Kay S R
Percept Mot Skills. 1980 Apr;50(2):583-90. doi: 10.1177/003151258005000244.
A Progressive Figure Drawing Test was assembled to delineate level of perceptual-motor development in patients with both developmental and psychiatric disorders. 63 mentally retarded psychotic adults were evaluated by this procedure and other measures of intellectual, social, and psychiatric functioning. The test's reliability and developmental hierarchy were supported, and significant differentiation among grades of retardation was noted. Strong correlates were obtained with the other developmentally based tests while its associations with indices of psychosis were significantly weaker or inconsequential. The findings suggested that this procedure may separate cognitive subnormality from abnormality related to psychosis. It was proposed that developmental assessment may provide a crucial perspective for clinical evaluation and research into mental retardation and psychosis.
为了描绘发育障碍和精神疾病患者的感知运动发育水平，设计了一项渐进式人物绘画测试。通过该测试程序以及其他智力、社会和精神功能测量方法，对63名智力迟钝的精神病成年人进行了评估。该测试的信度和发育层次得到了支持，并且在不同程度的智力迟钝之间发现了显著差异。与其他基于发育的测试获得了很强的相关性，而其与精神病指标的关联则明显较弱或无关紧要。研究结果表明，该测试程序可能将认知亚正常与精神病相关的异常区分开来。有人提出，发育评估可能为智力迟钝和精神病的临床评估和研究提供一个关键视角。
