Bosco Francesca M, Angeleri Romina, Zuffranieri Marco, Bara Bruno G, Sacco Katiuscia
Center for Cognitive Science, Department of Psychology, University of Turin, Neuroscience Institute of Turin, Turin, Italy.
J Commun Disord. 2012 Jul-Aug;45(4):290-303. doi: 10.1016/j.jcomdis.2012.03.002. Epub 2012 Mar 20.
The aim of this paper was to develop and test two equivalent forms of the Assessment Battery for Communication (ABaCo), a tool for evaluating pragmatic abilities in patients with neuropsychological and psychiatric disorders. The equivalent forms were created using the data from a sample of 390 children, then tested in a sample of 30 patients with traumatic brain injury. Equivalent forms of the same test are useful in clinical practice and intervention research, when performance needs to be tested on two separate occasions, for example before and after a rehabilitation program. The present results provide additional evidence on the psychometric functioning of the equivalent forms of the ABaCo and their usability in a clinical context.
The reader will be able to discuss the evidence of the psychometric propriety of the equivalent forms of the ABaCo and describe its potential usefulness.
本文的目的是开发并测试两种等效形式的沟通评估量表(ABaCo),这是一种用于评估神经心理和精神疾病患者语用能力的工具。等效形式是利用来自390名儿童样本的数据创建的,然后在30名创伤性脑损伤患者的样本中进行测试。当需要在两个不同场合(例如康复计划前后)测试表现时,同一测试的等效形式在临床实践和干预研究中很有用。目前的结果为ABaCo等效形式的心理测量功能及其在临床环境中的可用性提供了更多证据。
读者将能够讨论ABaCo等效形式心理测量恰当性的证据,并描述其潜在用途。