Influence of the difficulty of the Matching Familiar Figures Test-20 on the assessment of reflection–impulsivity: An item analysis

2008 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 505-508 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugo Carretero-Dios ◽  
De los Santos-Roig Macarena ◽  
Gualberto Buela-Casal
Keyword(s):  
Item Analysis ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

Is the Matching Familiar Figures Test a Measure of Cognitive Style?: A Warning for Users

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pedro Solís-Cámara R. ◽  
Pedro Solís-Cámara V.
Keyword(s):  
Fourth Graders ◽  
Evaluation Process ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Random Response ◽  
Cognitive Response ◽  
Initial Errors ◽  
Median Split ◽  
Response Group ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

A probabilistic model of reflection-impulsivity as measured by the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFFT) is presented and tested on 77 fourth graders. In testing the model two groups emerged, a random response group ( n = 22) and a cognitive response group ( n = 55), who use the evaluation process. Correlations among latencies, total errors, initial errors, school-scores, and IQs were compared for our total sample and the two groups. The correlation of MFFT latencies and errors disappeared for the random-response group and new correlations with errors appeared while the cognitive response group kept a statistically significant correlation of latencies with errors and no other error correlation was shown. This last group was classified by Kagan's median-split procedure showing that most reflective subjects kept their classification. Preliminary results suggest a reinterpretation of reflection-impulsivity literature, especially as related to the impulsive style.

The Porteus Maze Test in the Measurement of Reflection/Impulsivity

1982 ◽  
Vol 54 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1043-1052 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn Gow ◽  
James Ward
Keyword(s):  
Rating Scale ◽  
Adolescent Students ◽  
Regular School ◽  
Maze Test ◽  
Average Group ◽  
Sample Data ◽  
Quantitative Scoring ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity ◽  
Average Average

This study investigated the use of the Porteus Maze test as a measure of reflection/impulsivity when used with both normal and retarded subjects. Study 1 ( N = 90) provided sample data for three equal groups of 30 adolescent students in the regular school. These were defined as above average, average, and below average in general intelligence. In addition to measures of qualitative and quantitative scoring, data were also available from Kagan's Matching Familiar Figures Test and a specially constructed Teachers' Rating Scale. The below-average group showed a significantly more impulsive approach. There was evidence of the concurrent validity of Porteus Maze as shown in substantial correlations with the other variables. Study 2 investigated the use of the Porteus Maze with 41 mildly intellectually handicapped adolescents. The data were in keeping with those obtained from a below-average group in Study 1.

Correlates of Reflection-Impulsivity in Kindergarten Males: Intelligence, Socioeconomic Status, Race, Fathers' Absence, and Teachers' Ratings

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1187-1191 ◽  
Author(s):  
Trina Plakosh Smith ◽  
Sheila C. Ribordy
Keyword(s):  
Socioeconomic Status ◽  
Cognitive Style ◽  
Socioeconomic Groups ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

72 kindergarten males were assessed for reflection-impulsivity with the Matching Familiar Figures test. Cognitive style on this test was examined in relation to intelligence, socioeconomic status, race, fathers' absence, and teachers' ratings of impulsivity. Significant findings included boys whose fathers were absent from the home made more errors on the test than boys whose fathers were present in the home. Teachers rated more intelligent boys as more impulsive, and these teachers' ratings were positively correlated with errors but not latencies. No significant differences in cognitive style were found for race or socioeconomic groups.

Some misgivings about the Matching Familiar Figures Test as a measure of reflection-impulsivity.

1974 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 611-632 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jack Block ◽  
Jeanne H. Block ◽  
David M. Harrington
Keyword(s):  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

Matching Familiar Figures Test: A Unidimensional Measure of Reflection-Impulsivity?

1978 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1247-1253 ◽  
Author(s):  
James P. O'Donneix ◽  
Karen A. Paulsen ◽  
Jon D. McGann
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Age Group ◽  
Error Measures ◽  
Factor Analytic ◽  
Factor Analytic Study ◽  
Task Oriented ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity

In an initial factor-analytic study using preschool children (42 girls, 44 boys), the errors and latencies on the Matching Familiar Figures Test saturated different factors. A second study (47 boys, 39 girls), employing the Kansas Reflection Impulsivity Scale for Preschoolers, replicated this finding. In addition, the error (but not the latency) was associated with measures of gross-motor, fine-motor, and perceptual-motor coordination. The results suggest that error measures a maturational dimension of task-oriented attention for this age group.

Reflection-Impulsivity: Reliability of the Matching Familiar Figures Test with Emotionally Disturbed Children

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 1133-1134
Author(s):  
A. J. Finch ◽  
P. A. Deardorff ◽  
L. E. Montgomery
Keyword(s):  
Emotionally Disturbed ◽  
Matching Familiar Figures Test ◽  
Reflection Impulsivity ◽  
Emotionally Disturbed Children

To investigate the reliability of the Matching Familiar Figures Test with emotionally disturbed children, 30 Ss were tested at the beginning and end of a 3-mo. period. Neither latencies nor errors were reliable. Possible explanations were discussed.

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