School of Health and Natural Sciences, Mercy College, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522, USA.
Am J Occup Ther. 2013 Sep-Oct;67(5):515-23. doi: 10.5014/ajot.2013.008482.
We compared abilities and strategy use of at-risk youth aged 16-21 yr with those of a community sample of high school students using a performance measure of executive function, the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA).
We recruited students from an alternative school for at-risk youth (n = 113) and from community high schools in the same region (n = 49). We collected demographic information from and administered the WCPA to both groups.
The at-risk group made more errors, used fewer strategies, and broke more rules than the community group; however, the groups were similar in average time for planning and task completion. Moderate relationships were found between WCPA and academic performance in the at-risk group.
Comparison of at-risk and community youth provides support for discriminant validity of the WCPA and indicates that the WCPA is useful in identifying adolescents who are at risk for occupational performance deficits.
我们通过执行功能的表现测试——每周日程规划活动（WCPA），比较了 16-21 岁的高危青少年与社区内高中生群体在能力和策略使用方面的差异。
我们招募了一所面向高危青少年的替代学校的学生（n=113）和同一地区的社区高中学生（n=49）。我们从两组学生中收集人口统计学信息并进行 WCPA 测试。
高危组比社区组犯的错误更多，使用的策略更少，违反的规则也更多；但两组在规划和任务完成方面的平均时间相似。在高危组中，WCPA 与学业成绩之间存在中等关系。
高危青少年与社区青少年的比较为 WCPA 的判别有效性提供了支持，并表明 WCPA 可用于识别存在职业表现缺陷风险的青少年。
