Journal of the Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Korean Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (대한소아청소년정신의학회)
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Standardization of the Comprehensive Attention Test for the Korean Children and Adolescents

국내 아동 및 청소년 주의력 평가를 위한 종합주의력검사의 표준화 연구

  • K.Yoo, Han-Ik (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center) ;
  • Lee, Jung-Sun (Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine University of Ulsan, Asan Medical Center) ;
  • Kang, Sung-Hee (Happymind INC) ;
  • Park, Eun-Hee (Happymind INC) ;
  • Jung, Jae-Suk (Seoul I Psychiatric Clinic) ;
  • Kim, Boong-Nyun (Division of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, Clinical Research Institute, Institute of Behavioral Medicine, Seoul National University Hospital) ;
  • Son, Jung-Woo (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Chungbuk National University College of Medicine, Chungbuk National University Hospital) ;
  • Park, Tae-Won (Department of Psychiatry, Chonbuk National University School of Medicine, Chonbuk National University Hospital) ;
  • Kim, Bong-Seok (Department of Psychiatry, Sanggyepaik Hospital, College of Medicine Inje University) ;
  • Lee, Young-Sik (Department of Psychiatry, Chung-Ang University College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University Medical Center)
  • 유한익 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이중선 (울산대학교 의과대학 서울아산병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 강성희 ((주)해피마인드) ;
  • 박은희 ((주)해피마인드) ;
  • 정재석 (서울아이정신과의원) ;
  • 김붕년 (서울대학교 의과대학 서울대학교병원 소아청소년정신과학교실, 임상의학연구소, 행동의학연구소) ;
  • 손정우 (충북대학교 의과대학 충북대학교병원 신경정신과학교실) ;
  • 박태원 (전북대학교 의과대학 전북대학교병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 김봉석 (인제대학교 의과대학 상계백병원 정신과학교실) ;
  • 이영식 (중앙대학교 의과대학 중앙대학교병원 정신과학교실)
  • Published : 2009.06.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This study was conducted in order to develop and obtain the nonnative data of the computerized Comprehensive Attention Test(CAT) in Korean children and adolescents. It also aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of the CAT. Methods: We developed the computerized CAT which includes the selective attention task, the sustained attention to response task, the flanker task, the divided attention task, and the spatial working memory task. We investigated the test-retest reliability and the construction validity of this computerized version by using the data from 21 children, and gathered the nonnative data of 9l2 subjects, aged 4 to 15 years, dwelling in the Metropolitan Seoul area in 2008. Results: No statistical differences between means of the tests and retests of the CAT were observed. The mean of the correlation coefficient of the test-retest scores was 0.715. The results from the factor analyses explained 51.7% of the cumulative variance. In addition, the nonnative data for all of the CAT subtests were obtained. Conclusion: The computerized CAT can be used as a reliable and valid tool in both clinical and research settings for Korean children and adolescents with or without neuropsychiatric conditions such as attention deficit.

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