title: Parallel short forms for the Boston Naming Test: psychometric properties and norms for older adults.
abstract: Four 15-item and two 30-item short forms for the Boston Naming Test were validated using 108 non-neurological community-dwelling adults, ages 57-85. All forms were administered to all participants (counterbalanced), with no effect of administration sequence on any score. An age effect emerged (Multiple R = .28, p< or =.01). No effects for education or gender were found, nor were there any interactions (p> or = .10). Descriptive data are stratified by age group. Reliability and validity for each form were demonstrated in several ways. These short forms should be very useful as screening instruments and/or as alternate forms for the BNT in test-retest clinical protocols, pre-post experimental designs, and longitudinal research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, IN 46202-3275, USA. pfastena@iupui.edu
authors.forename: P S
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Fastenau
authors.forename: N L
authors.initials: NL
authors.lastname: Denburg
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Mauer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000849:Anomia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D003704:Dementia / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D015203:Reproducibility of Results