Discrepancies between the California Verbal Learning Test: Children's Version and the Children's Category Test after pediatric traumatic brain injury.
One hundred 9-16-year-old children with traumatic brain injury (TBI) completed the California Verbal Learning Test-Children's Version (CVLT-C) and the Children's Category Test (CCT) within 1 year after injury. Performance contrasts between these two instruments that were unusually large (> 16 T score points) were about as common in this clinical sample as in the standardization sample of both instruments. However, relatively poor performance on the CVLT-C as compared to the CCT was associated with prolonged coma and lower scores on the Processing Speed index of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition. It is concluded that a relative weakness on the CVLT-C is more likely to reflect cerebral compromise after pediatric TBI than is a relative weakness on the CCT.
Donders
Jacobus
J
Psychology Service, Mary Free Bed Rehabilitation Hospital, 235 Wealthy S.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503, USA. jacobus.donders@maryfreebed.com
Giroux
Adam
A
D000293:Adolescent; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007807:Language Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011340:Problem Solving / Q000502:physiology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012044:Regression Analysis; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*