title: Preschool embedded figures test performance of young children: age and gender differences.
abstract: An analysis of the literature was the basis for a set of predictions regarding the Preschool Embedded Figures Test performance of a small, cross-sectional sample of 37 3- to 5-year-old children. The test scores were modestly reliable. Predicted age-related differences in scores for boys and girls were observed, including an interaction of age with gender; however, other predictions regarding those scores were not supported. Based on a small sample, it was tentatively concluded that the evidence for continued use of the Preschool Embedded Figures Test as a measure of field independence for young children was weak.
authors.affiliation: University of North Carolina at Greensboro 27412.
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Busch
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Watson
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Brinkley
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Howard
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Nelson
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005364:Field Dependence-Independence; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012016:Reference Values