Foote J, Kahn M W
J Pers Assess. 1979 Aug;43(4):360-4. doi: 10.1207/s15327752jpa4304_4.
A means was devised of assessing elderly individuals' responses to the Senior Apperception Test (SAT) that would discriminate emotionally-cognitively impaired from nonimpaired. With a matched sample of known impaired and nonimpaired nursing home residents, SAT protocols were scored on four dimensions, and the best discriminating cut-off scores established. Protocols from a second similar matched sample were tested for discriminative effectiveness of previously established criterion scores. Significant discrimination at .01 or better was obtained for all four dimensions in the predicted direction. False positives and false negatives ranged from 7 to 33%. The best predictor score was Interpersonal-relationships, the poorest was mood. This procedure with the SAT appears to be an effective screening method for impairment, and it provides additional useful clinical information.
设计了一种评估老年人对老年知觉测验（SAT）反应的方法，该方法能够区分情感认知受损和未受损的老年人。通过对已知受损和未受损的养老院居民进行匹配抽样，从四个维度对SAT测验记录进行评分，并确定最佳区分临界分数。对来自第二个类似匹配样本的记录进行测试，以检验先前确定的标准分数的区分有效性。在预测方向上，所有四个维度均在0.01或更好的水平上获得了显著区分。假阳性和假阴性的比例在7%至33%之间。最佳预测分数是人际关系，最差的是情绪。这种使用SAT的方法似乎是一种有效的损伤筛查方法，并且它还提供了其他有用的临床信息。
