Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children—Second Edition (KABC-II)

Lichtenberger, Elizabeth O.; Kaufman, Alan S.

doi:10.1007/978-0-387-71799-9_218

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“…At 5 years, interviewers administered the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children-Second Edition (KABC-II; Lichtenberger & Kaufman, 2010). The Mental Processing Index (MPI) of the KABC-II measured executive function and has been validated for use in LMIC (Bangirana et al, 2009).…”

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The association of maternal alcohol use and paraprofessional home visiting with children’s health: A randomized controlled trial.

Arfer¹,

Christodoulou²,

Comulada³

et al. 2019

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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This study examines the effect of a home visiting intervention on maternal alcohol use, problematic drinking, and the association of home visiting and alcohol use on children's behavioral, cognitive, and health outcomes at 5 time points over 5 years. Method: We analyzed 5,099 observations of 1,236 mothers and their children from pregnancy to 5 years postbirth, within a longitudinal clusterrandomized trial evaluating the effect of a home visiting intervention on mothers in Cape Town, South Africa. Paraprofessional home visitors coached mothers on coping with multiple risk factors, including a brief, 1-visit intervention on alcohol prevention in pregnancy. We assessed changes in maternal drinking over time in relation to the intervention, and then examined the impact of these drinking patterns on child outcomes over five years. Results: Drinking increased over the 5 years postbirth, but it was significantly lower in the intervention condition. Compared with abstinence, mothers' problematic drinking was associated with decreased child weight (Ϫ0.21 z-units) at all assessments, increased child aggressive behavior (3 to 7 additional symptoms), and decreased child performance on an executive functioning measure (the silly sounds task; odds ratio ϭ .34) at 3 and 5 years. The intervention's effect was associated with increased child aggression (0.25 to 0.75 of 1 additional symptom), but the intervention appeared to decrease the effect of problem drinking on children's aggressive acts and executive functioning. Conclusion: These findings support the need for sustained interventions to reduce alcohol use, especially for mothers who exhibit problematic drinking. Maternal drinking influences children's health and development over time. What is the public health significance of this article?This study highlights the need for home visiting programs that address maternal drinking during pregnancy and early childhood. Even brief alcohol interventions, nested within a generalist home visiting intervention, result in less problematic drinking over the next 5 years. The findings demonstrate that problematic alcohol use is associated with children's increased challenge to maintain healthy growth, inhibitory control, and nonaggressive behavior overtime.

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The association of maternal alcohol use and paraprofessional home visiting with children’s health: A randomized controlled trial.

Arfer¹,

Christodoulou²,

Comulada³

et al. 2019

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

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“…Carroll 1993 ). Tests of quantitative reasoning are found in various intelligence tests (e.g., KABC-II , Lichtenberger and Kaufman 2010 ; WAIS-IV—Figure Weight , Wechsler 2008 ; WISC-IV—Figure Weight , Wechsler 2003 ). An example of a quantitative reasoning item would be: “A craftsman gets paid EUR 60,- during the first 3 h of work.…”

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A Log File Analysis on the Validity of Partial Solutions in Figural Matrices Tests

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As a component of many intelligence test batteries, figural matrices tests are an effective way to assess reasoning, which is considered a core ability of intelligence. Traditionally, the sum of correct items is used as a performance indicator (total solution procedure). However, recent advances in the development of computer-based figural matrices tests allow additional indicators to be considered for scoring. In two studies, we focused on the added value of a partial solution procedure employing log file analyses from a computer-based figural matrices test. In the first study (n = 198), we explored the internal validity of this procedure by applying both an exploratory bottom-up approach (using sequence analyses) and a complementary top-down approach (using rule jumps, an indicator taken from relevant studies). Both approaches confirmed that higher scores in the partial solution procedure were associated with higher structuredness in participants’ response behavior. In the second study (n = 169), we examined the external validity by correlating the partial solution procedure in addition to the total solution procedure with a Grade Point Average (GPA) criterion. The partial solution procedure showed an advantage over the total solution procedure in predicting GPA, especially at lower ability levels. The implications of the results and their applicability to other tests are discussed.

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“…Low weight, height, and head circumference are common diagnostic criteria for FASD [18]. At T2, children were administered the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children [19]. Our analyses use the Mental Processing Index (MPI), which measures general mental processing ability (i.e., intelligence) and excludes an assessment of acquired knowledge.…”

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South African mothers’ immediate and 5-year retrospective reports of drinking alcohol during pregnancy

2020

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Prenatal alcohol-drinking is often measured with self-report, but it is unclear whether mothers give more accurate answers when asked while pregnant or some time after their pregnancy. There is also the question of whether to measure drinking in a dichotomous or continuous fashion. We sought to examine how the timing and scale of self-reports affected the content of reports. From a sample of 576 black mothers around Cape Town, South Africa, we compared prenatal reports of prenatal drinking with 5-year retrospective reports, and dichotomous metrics (drinking or abstinent) with continuous metrics (fluid ounces of absolute alcohol drunk per day). Amounts increased over the 5-year period, whereas dichotomous measures found mothers less likely to report drinking later. All four measures were weakly associated with birth weight, birth height, child head circumference soon after birth, and child intelligence at age 5. Furthermore, neither reporting time nor the scale of measurement were consistently related to the strengths of these associations. Our results point to problems with self-report, particularly with this population, but we recommend post-birth continuous measures as the best of the group for their flexibility and their consistency with previous research.

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Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children—Second Edition (KABC-II)

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The association of maternal alcohol use and paraprofessional home visiting with children’s health: A randomized controlled trial.

The association of maternal alcohol use and paraprofessional home visiting with children’s health: A randomized controlled trial.

A Log File Analysis on the Validity of Partial Solutions in Figural Matrices Tests

South African mothers’ immediate and 5-year retrospective reports of drinking alcohol during pregnancy

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