Abstract
This study investigated psychometric properties (standardization and validity) of the Rey Complex Figure Organizational Strategy Score (RCF-OSS) in a sample of 217 healthy children aged 5-7 years. Our results showed that RCF-OSS performance changes significantly between 5 and 7 years of age. While most 5-year-olds used a local approach when copying the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure (ROCF), 7-year-olds increasingly adopted a global approach. RCF-OSS performance correlated significantly, but moderately with measures of ROCF accuracy, executive functioning (fluency, working memory, reasoning), and non-executive functioning (visual-motor integration, visual attention, processing speed, numeracy). These findings seem to indicate that RCF-OSS performance reflects a range of cognitive skills at 5 to 7 years of age, including aspects of executive and non-executive functioning.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 954-973 |
Number of pages | 20 |
Journal | Neuropsychology, Development and Cognition. Section D: The Clinical Neuropsychologist |
Volume | 28 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2014 |
Keywords
- ADHD
- CHILDHOOD
- CONSTRUCTION
- COPY
- Children
- Developmental trajectories
- EXECUTIVE FUNCTION
- Executive functions
- PATTERNS
- PERFORMANCE
- Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure
- SYSTEM
- Strategy use