The relationship between the pediatric neurological examination and neuropsychological assessment measures for young children.
Children with some degree of neurological dysfunction have traditionally been assessed by means of pediatric neurological examinations and/or neuropsychological test batteries. The present study investigated the relationship between these two different assessment methods in a normal population of 129 kindergarten and second grade students. Results indicated that of the 396 correlations conducted for each grade, 18% of the kindergarten and 15% of the second grade sample correlations were significant at the .01 level. Given the relatively few positive correlations, and the fact that there were few consistent patterns within and across grade levels, it was concluded that these two assessment procedures measure different areas of functioning and constitute two separate components of a broad evaluation of the relationship between behavior and the adequacy of brain functions.
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Department of Psychiatry, Second Affiliated Hospital, Hunan Medical College, China.
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Doan
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Townes
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D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012737:Sex Factors