Frisk Virginia, Jakobson Lorna S, Knight Rachel M, Robertson Barbara
Department of Psychology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Child Neuropsychol. 2005 Apr;11(2):135-52. doi: 10.1080/092970490911289.
The Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF; Rey 1941; Osterrieth, 1944) is frequently used in the neuropsychological assessment of children and adults. The present study was designed, in part, to examine the impact of providing organizational scaffolding to young children being tested with the ROCF. To this end, 6-, 7-, and 8-year-old children were administered the test either in the standard fashion, or using a format in which the 18 key elements of the figure were introduced sequentially. Participants included 132 children who were randomly assigned to the standard or step-by-step administration groups. Significantly higher accuracy and organization scores for both copy and recall were seen with the step-by-step format than with the standard format, even though children in the step-by-step condition took less time to execute their drawings. Retention of encoded information was not affected by age or testing format. The fact that 6-year-olds in the step-by-step condition performed as well as, or better than, 8-year-olds in the standard condition suggests that the primary problem young children experience with the ROCF lies with organizational strategy formation. Advantages of using the Step-by-step ROCF in clinical practice are discussed.
雷-奥斯特里茨复杂图形（ROCF；雷，1941年；奥斯特里茨，1944年）常用于儿童和成人的神经心理学评估。本研究部分旨在考察为接受ROCF测试的幼儿提供组织支架的影响。为此，对6岁、7岁和8岁的儿童以标准方式或采用按顺序介绍图形18个关键元素的形式进行测试。参与者包括132名儿童，他们被随机分配到标准组或逐步实施组。尽管逐步实施组的儿童绘制图形所用时间较短，但与标准形式相比，逐步实施形式在复制和回忆方面的准确性和组织得分显著更高。编码信息的保留不受年龄或测试形式的影响。逐步实施组中的6岁儿童表现与标准组中的8岁儿童一样好，甚至更好，这一事实表明幼儿在ROCF测试中遇到的主要问题在于组织策略的形成。文中讨论了在临床实践中使用逐步实施ROCF的优势。
