Abstract

The aim of this study was to analyze the psychometric properties of the Brazilian version of the Test de Evaluación Neuropsicologica Infantil (TENI) using classical test theory (CTT), item response theory (IRT), and differential item functioning (DIF) models. The visuospatial working memory, focused attention, and matrix reasoning subtasks were analyzed. A total of 553 children, aged between 3 and 9 years of age, from eight public and private schools from the urban area of Belo Horizonte were assessed. In general, all subtasks can be treated essentially as unidimensional. Items’ discrimination and difficulties increased in the order of presentation, as they were planned, using CTT and IRT. Items with DIF were found in all tasks, with higher probabilities of answering items correctly for boys and for private school children. Our results corroborated the partial use of some TENI subtasks as a promising digital instrument for non-verbal neuropsychological assessment for children.

摘要

本研究的目的是使用经典测试理论 (CTT)、项目反应理论 (IRT) 和差异项目功能 (DIF) 模型分析巴西版 Test de Evaluación Neuropsicologica Infantil (TENI) 的心理测量特性。分析了视觉空间工作记忆、集中注意力和矩阵推理子任务。对来自贝洛奥里藏特市区八所公立和私立学校的 553 名 3 至 9 岁的儿童进行了评估。一般来说，所有子任务基本上都可以被视为一维的。按照计划，使用 CTT 和 IRT，项目的区分和困难按呈现顺序增加。在所有任务中都发现了具有 DIF 的项目，男孩和私立学校儿童正确回答项目的概率更高。