Standardising the single and double letter cancellation test for South African military personnel

African Journal of Psychological Assessment

 
 
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Title Standardising the single and double letter cancellation test for South African military personnel
 
Creator Haarhoff, Chevon P. Gadd, Christi Semenya, Boshadi van Eeden, René
 
Subject Psychology; Psychological Assessment; Psychometrics attention; concentration; distractor stimuli; target stimuli; military; letter cancellation test
Description Neuropsychological testing is widely used for specialised placements within the military. Within the South African National Defence Force (SANDF), there is concern about the representation of the normative information currently available for these tests. The letter cancellation test, a paper-and-pencil-based test used as a quick measure of attention, is subject to unstandardised administration and scoring procedures as well as broad cut-off scores. The aim of this study was to develop detailed administration and scoring procedures for the single and double letter cancellation test and to provide preliminary normative data on these versions of the test in the SANDF. A non-probability sampling strategy resulted in a sample of 292 participants. Normative data are provided for the total sample and classified into three performance categories: omissions, errors and time. Between-group comparisons indicated gender and age-related differences (but no differences for rank) in terms of time, and normative data are therefore also provided for related subgroups.
 
Publisher AOSIS
 
Contributor SANDF
Date 2020-06-08
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Quantitative; Assessment
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ajopa.v2i0.19
 
Source African Journal of Psychological Assessment; Vol 2 (2020); 8 pages 2617-2798 2707-1618
 
Language eng
 
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https://ajopa.org/index.php/ajopa/article/view/19/94 https://ajopa.org/index.php/ajopa/article/view/19/93 https://ajopa.org/index.php/ajopa/article/view/19/95 https://ajopa.org/index.php/ajopa/article/view/19/92
 
Coverage South Africa — 20-65; male and female; all population groups
Rights Copyright (c) 2020 Chevon P. Haarhoff, Christi Gadd, Boshadi Semenya, René van Eeden https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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