The Symbol Digit Modalities Test: A Screening Instrument for Brain-Damaged Children
- 1 October 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Perceptual and Motor Skills
- Vol. 59 (2), 615-618
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1984.59.2.615
Abstract
28 brain-damaged males ranging in age from 8 to 16 yr. were compared with 28 nondamaged matching controls on their Symbol Digit Modalities Test performance. The damaged group performed significantly more poorly, and 75% of the subjects scored more than .5 z score below their matched controls. The results suggest that this brief and objective test can be used to screen brain-damaged children when their performance is compared to that of a control group or the normative group.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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