title: Is the color trails culture free?
abstract: Increasingly clinical neuropsychology has been addressing the effects of culture on neuropsychological functioning. However, that focus has been on comparing performance on standardized tests across two or more groups, often Hispanic. In this study, Arabic children were tested in Morocco using a "culture-free test," Children's Color Trails. Children of different ages and living in rural and urban centers were tested. The results suggest that the Color Trails Test scores from Arab children differed from U.S. norms available. Furthermore, the location of testing and the age of the child were of significance. The role of culture-specific tests was considered.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Granada, Spain.
authors.forename: Ahmed F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Fasfous
authors.forename: Antonio E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Puente
authors.forename: María Nieves
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Pérez-Marfil
authors.forename: Francisco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cruz-Quintana
authors.forename: Isabel
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Peralta-Ramirez
authors.forename: Miguel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pérez-García
mesh_terms: D018912:Arabs / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003469:Culture; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009018:Morocco; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D014481:United States
keywords: Arab Children; Culture; Neuropsychology; Non-verbal test