Reliability and validity of two tests of tactile functions (learning disabilities, somatosensory)
- Title
- Reliability and validity of two tests of tactile functions (learning disabilities, somatosensory)
- Creator
- Moya Kinnealey
- Date
- 1985
- Author
- Moya Kinnealey
- Note
Source type: dissertations&theses; Object type: Dissertation; Object type: Thesis; Copyright: Copyright UMI - Dissertations Publishing 1985; DOCID: 749034251; PCID: 29573941; PMID: 66569; DissertationNum: 8521096; PublisherXID: 8521096
- Abstract Note
- Touch is one of the first sensory systems to develop and is a primary channel for early learning. The theories of Piaget, Kulka et al, and Bruner demonstrate its importance in the development of cognition, motor ability and feelings of competence. Touch has been used therapeutically to improve abilities in premature and institutionalized children and conversely, deficiencies in the tactile system have been associated with academic problems and attention problems in school aged children. In spite of the apparent importance of touch there are few tests of tactile functions and those that exist have questionable psychometric soundness. This study explored the test-retest reliability and the construct and concurrent validity of the tactile tests in the Southern California Sensory Integration Tests (SCSIT) and the tactile functions section of the Luria Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery Children's Revision ((C)LNNB) on 30 8-year-old normal children and 30 children with learning disabilities (LD). Results indicated that the SCSIT Tactile Battery and the (C)LNNB tactile test are reliable. A test-retest reliability coefficient of .86 was obtained for both tests. Individual tests of the SCSIT and subsections of (C)LNNB are less reliable than either test given as a whole. Construct validity for both tests is good. T-tests were applied to the scores of the SCSIT battery as well as the (C)LNNB test. Without exception a significant difference was found between LD and normal scores. Furthermore, a discriminant analysis correctly classified 90% of the children tested as LD or normal. Concurrent validity between the two tests was .73. These results have implications for evaluation, teaching and remediation of children with LD and give new support to an organic based definition of LD.
- Date
- 1985
- Extra
- Dissertation/Thesis
- Place
- United States -- Pennsylvania
- Title
- Reliability and validity of two tests of tactile functions (learning disabilities, somatosensory)
- University
- Temple University
- URL
- http://sfx.scholarsportal.info/ottawa?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&genre=dissertations+%2526+theses&sid=ProQ:ProQuest+Dissertations+%2526+Theses+%2528PQDT%2529&atitle=&title=RELIABILITY+AND+VALIDITY+OF+TWO+TESTS+OF+TACTILE+FUNCTIONS+%2528LEARNING+DISABILITIES%252C+SOMATOSENSORY%2529&issn=&date=1985-01-01&volume=&issue=&spage=&au=Kinnealey%252C+Moya&isbn=&jtitle=&btitle=
Collection
Citation
Moya Kinnealey, “Reliability and validity of two tests of tactile functions (learning disabilities, somatosensory),” Training site - test instance, accessed October 16, 2024, http://omeka.uottawa.ca/training/items/show/169.