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Performance-Based Measure of Executive Function: Comparison of Community and At-Risk Youth.

OBJECTIVE. We compared abilities and strategy use of at-risk youth aged 16-21 yr with those of a community sample of high school students using a performance measure of executive function, the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA). METHOD. We recruited students from an alternative school for at-r...

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Published in:American Journal of Occupational Therapy Vol. 67; no. 5; pp. 515 - 524
Main Authors: Toglia, Joan, Berg, Christine
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: American Occupational Therapy Association Sep/Oct2013
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          Toglia, Joan
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        affil: Dean, School of Health and Natural Sciences, Mercy College, 555 Broadway, Dobbs Ferry, NY 10522
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          Task Performance and Analysis
          Harm Reduction
          Mental Processes
          Adolescent Behavior
          Activities of Daily Living
          Instrument Validation
          Students, High School
          Academic Performance
          Adolescence
          Validity
          Cross Sectional Studies
          Quasi-Experimental Studies
          Chi Square Test
          Fisher's Exact Test
          Male
          Female
          Pearson's Correlation Coefficient
          Descriptive Statistics
          Convenience Sample
          Human
          Adolescent: 13-18 years
          Male
          Female
      ab: OBJECTIVE. We compared abilities and strategy use of at-risk youth aged 16-21 yr with those of a community sample of high school students using a performance measure of executive function, the Weekly Calendar Planning Activity (WCPA). METHOD. We recruited students from an alternative school for at-risk youth (n 5 113) and from community high schools in the same region (n 5 49). We collected demographic information from and administered the WCPA to both groups. RESULTS. The at-risk group made more errors, used fewer strategies, and broke more rules than the community group; however, the groups were similar in average time for planning and task completion. Moderate relationships were found between WCPA and academic performance in the at-risk group. CONCLUSION. Comparison of at-risk and community youth provides support for discriminant validity of the WCPA and indicates that the WCPA is useful in identifying adolescents who are at risk for occupational performance deficits.
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