Increasing the Ecological Validity of Traditional Neuropsychological Assessments

dc.contributor.advisor Foster, Paul
dc.contributor.author Trexler, Reanna
dc.contributor.committeemember Ujcich Ward, Kimberly
dc.contributor.committeemember Loveless, James
dc.date.accessioned 2024-08-09T19:03:55Z
dc.date.available 2024-08-09T19:03:55Z
dc.date.issued 2024
dc.date.updated 2024-08-09T19:03:55Z
dc.description.abstract The purpose of this study was to create a version of a traditional neuropsychological assessment, the Hopkins Verbal Learning Test – Revised (HVLT-R), that is ecologically valid by adding an audio distraction to the standardized test setting. Additionally, a subjective memory questionnaire (SMQ) was given to determine if the participants’ views about their own memory may be related to the difference in scores on the HVLT-R. Forty-eight healthy college-aged individuals were given the HVLT-R with and without an audio distraction, in addition to other standardized assessments and questionnaires. The participants were predicted to perform worse on average on the version of the HVLT-R with the audio distraction. Overall, the difference in scores from the HVLT-R without audio to the audio distraction condition was not significant. Also, scores on the SMQ were not shown to be related to the difference scores of the HVLT-R with and without an audio distraction.
dc.description.degree M.A.
dc.identifier.uri https://jewlscholar.mtsu.edu/handle/mtsu/7328
dc.language.rfc3066 en
dc.publisher Middle Tennessee State University
dc.source.uri http://dissertations.umi.com/mtsu:11925
dc.subject Clinical psychology
dc.thesis.degreelevel masters
dc.title Increasing the Ecological Validity of Traditional Neuropsychological Assessments
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