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Motor and verbal inhibitory control: Development and validity of the go/No-Go app test for children with development coordination disorder.

Authors :
Sartori RF
Valentini NC
Nobre GC
Fonseca RP
Source :
Applied neuropsychology. Child [Appl Neuropsychol Child] 2021 Oct-Dec; Vol. 10 (4), pp. 359-368. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Mar 02.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

A set of inhibitory control tasks for the smartphone (Go/No-Go App) was developed for typical children and children with development coordination disorder (DCD). The content, construct, and criterion validity was examined. The inhibitory control Go/No-Go App test is comprised of four tasks: auditory and visual stimuli with motor and verbal responses. Six experts in neuropsychology and 252 Brazilian children (139 boys; 113 girls) participated in the study, including a subgroup of children with DCD ( n  = 53). A high level of agreement for clarity and pertinence was observed among the experts (Gwet's Agreement Coefficients > .09), highlighting its content validity. Suitable Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega results were observed. The confirmatory factorial analysis (CFA) accepted the results for the Auditory-Motor (γ = .83), Visual-Motor (γ = .73), Auditory-Verbal (γ = .67) and Visual-Verbal (γ = .73) tasks. The model presented adequate adjustment indexes (Chi-square = .48, p  = .787), 2/DF = .24; RMSEA = .00; GFI = .99; CFI = 1.00; AIC = 326.90. The Go/No-Go app is a test with adequate validity for the assessment of inhibition in children with DCD and may be very helpful due to the variation of the stimuli and the responses.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
2162-2973
Volume :
10
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Applied neuropsychology. Child
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
32116046
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/21622965.2020.1726178