title: Verbal (animal) fluency scores in age/grade appropriate minority children from low socioeconomic backgrounds.
abstract: Two hundred-thirteen children in grades 1 through 8 were asked to rapidly generate as many names of animals as they could in 60 seconds. These children were age appropriate for their grade level in school, did not receive any form of special education services, and as a group showed (estimated) average intellectual ability. They were primarily from minority (particularly Hispanic) backgrounds and came from families with low socioeconomic status. Normative data are presented. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis revealed that the age range/grade level score accounted for 21.5% of the variability in fluency scores and the Vocabulary level of the child accounted for an additional 5.7%. Level of performance on this animal fluency task was not lower than what has been reported in primarily white children from middle socioeconomic backgrounds.
authors: Division of Neurology, Barrow Neurological Institute, St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center, Phoenix, Arizona 85013, USA. gprigat@chw.edu
authors: George P
authors: GP
authors: Prigatano
authors: Jennifer A
authors: JA
authors: Gray
authors: Vicky T
authors: VT
authors: Lomay
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007804:Language Development; D007807:Language Tests; D008297:Male; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology*; D019303:Multilingualism; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014705:Verbal Behavior / Q000502:physiology*; D014706:Verbal Learning / Q000502:physiology*