title: [The effectiveness of the Background Interference Procedure in psychiatric differential diagnosis of organic brain damage in children].
abstract: The Background Interference Procedure (BIP) is an improved psychological test to discriminate brain damaged and non brain damaged adults. In the present study the efficiency of the BIP was compared to the psychometric standard for children, the Göttinger Formenreproduktions-Test, in a sample of 14 girls and 26 boys between 7 and 13 years with minimal brain dysfunction. The background interference condition increased significantly the error rate for the reproduction of the test items, and the BIP yielded a significant concurrent validity with neurological criteria. In particular, an impaired motor coordination was effectively predicted. It is concluded that the BIP is an efficient psychometric aid for determining the organic contribution to psychiatric syndromes in children.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie, Universität Gesamthochschule Essen.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bunk
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Schall
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001288:Attention; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000379:methods*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance
vernacular_title: Die Effizienz des Hintergrund-Interferenz-Verfahrens in der psychiatrischen Differentialdiagnose hirnorganischer Schäden bei Kindern.