de Jong Marjanneke, Verhoeven Marjolein, Hooge Ignace T C, van Baar Anneloes L
Department of Child and Adolescent Studies, Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands.
Department of Experimental Psychology, Helmholtz Institute, Neuroscience and Cognition, Utrecht University Utrecht, Netherlands.
Front Psychol. 2016 May 6;7:669. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00669. eCollection 2016.
Attention capacities underlie everyday functioning from an early age onwards. Little is known about attentional processes at toddler age. A feasible assessment of attention capacities at toddler age is needed to allow further study of attention development. In this study, a test battery is piloted that consists of four tasks which intend to measure the attention systems orienting, alerting, and executive attention: the Utrecht Tasks of Attention in Toddlers using Eye tracking [UTATE]. The UTATE assesses looking behavior that may reflect visual attention capacities, by using eye-tracking methods. This UTATE was studied in 16 Dutch 18-month-old toddlers. Results showed that the instrument is feasible and generates good quality data. A first indication of sufficient reliability was found for most of the variables. It is concluded that the UTATE can be used in further studies. Further evaluation of the reliability and validity of the instrument in larger samples is worthwhile.
注意力能力从幼年起就支撑着日常功能。对于幼儿期的注意力过程，我们知之甚少。需要对幼儿期的注意力能力进行可行的评估，以便进一步研究注意力发展。在本研究中，对一个测试组合进行了试点，该组合由四项任务组成，旨在测量注意力系统的定向、警觉和执行注意力：使用眼动追踪的乌得勒支幼儿注意力任务[UTATE]。UTATE通过使用眼动追踪方法来评估可能反映视觉注意力能力的注视行为。对16名荷兰18个月大的幼儿进行了UTATE研究。结果表明该工具是可行的，并能生成高质量的数据。大多数变量都有足够可靠性的初步迹象。得出的结论是，UTATE可用于进一步的研究。在更大样本中对该工具的可靠性和有效性进行进一步评估是值得的。
