Validation of the cross-linguistic naming test: a naming test for different cultures? A preliminary study in the Spanish population.
BACKGROUND
Despite the consensus pointing out the importance of cultural variables in neuropsychological assessments, empirical studies within cross-cultural neuropsychology continue to be limited. The Cross-Linguistic Naming Test (CLNT) is a naming test that is supposed to have no influence from cultural variables. The aim of this paper is to determine the psychometric properties of the CLNT and its discriminatory validity (Experiment 1) and to determine the performance of the CLNT in different cultures (Experiment 2).


METHODS
Three groups followed the CLNT in Experiment 1: dementia patients, individuals with subjective memory complaints, and neurologically healthy volunteers. Three groups followed the CLNT in Experiment 2: Colombians, Moroccans, and Spaniards.


RESULTS
The results showed that the psychometric properties of the CLNT are appropriate and that this test obtains a high specificity but a low sensitivity. Furthermore, no differences were found in the CLNT among the three cultural groups.


CONCLUSIONS
The CLNT may be appropriate for the screening of naming impairment in Colombian, Moroccan, and Spanish cultures.
a Department of Psychology , University of Córdoba , Córdoba , Spain.
Mario
M
Gálvez-Lara
Juan Antonio
JA
Moriana
Raquel
R
Vilar-López
Ahmed Fayez
AF
Fasfous
Natalia
N
Hidalgo-Ruzzante
Miguel
M
Pérez-García
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003704:Dementia / Q000503:physiopathology; D004463:Ecology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D008569:Memory Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology; D008609:Mental Status Schedule; D009275:Names; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013030:Spain; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric
Boston Naming Test; Cross-cultural neuropsychology; Dementia; Ethnic minorities; Naming