Abstract

The purpose of the present study was to calculate the construct validity, internal consistency and normative data of the Phonological Verbal Fluency Test (letters F, A, S, and M), Semantic Verbal Fluency Test (Animals, Fruits and Professions categories), and Boston Naming Test (short and standard version), and to generate normative data for these tests after adjusting for age, education, and sex. A sample of 293 European Portuguese adults participated in the study. Results showed adequate construct validity and internal consistency for all of the tests and the final multiple regression models found that age and education were significantly associated with P-VFT (letters F, A, S, and M), S-VFT (Animals, Fruits and Professions categories), and BNT performance. Sex was only found to have an effect on the fruit category, with women scoring higher than men. The normative data provided in this study will contribute to improving the clinical practice of neuropsychology in Portugal.

摘要

本研究的目的是计算语音能力测试（字母F，A，S和M），语义语言能力测试（动物，水果和专业类别）的构造效度，内部一致性和规范性数据，以及波士顿命名测试（简短版和标准版），并在调整了年龄，教育程度和性别后为这些测试生成规范数据。293名欧洲葡萄牙成年人的样本参加了该研究。结果显示所有测试均具有足够的结构效度和内部一致性，最终的多元回归模型发现年龄和教育程度与P-VFT（字母F，A，S和M），S-VFT（动物，水果）显着相关。和专业类别），以及BNT的效果。发现性别仅对水果类别有影响，女人的得分高于男人。这项研究中提供的规范性数据将有助于改善葡萄牙神经心理学的临床实践。