Influence of socio-cultural factors on SRAVEN performance

dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Raegan
dc.contributor.authorCassimjee, Nafisa
dc.contributor.authorSchur, Clare
dc.contributor.funderNational Research Foundation, South Africaen
dc.contributor.funderUniversity of Pretoria, South Africaen
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10T09:09:40Z
dc.date.available2012-07-10T09:09:40Z
dc.date.copyright2011
dc.date.issued2011-03
dc.date.updated2012-02-10T15:08:38Z
dc.description.abstractThe study explored the evidence for the cross-cultural transportability of non-verbal neuropsychological tests to the South African setting. Six hundred and thirty South African first year students were assessed using the University of Pennsylvania Computerised Neuropsychological Test Battery (PennCNP). Fluid intelligence was measured by a computerized version of the Raven's Progressive Matrices (SRAVENS). Analysis of variance indicated that gender, home language, quality of schooling, language of schooling and paternal education influenced performance on the SRAVEN. Stepwise multiple regression evidenced the importance of language, paternal education and high school language on SRAVENS responses. The assumption of non-verbal test scores as being independent of socio-demographic factors needs to be revisited as such independence cannot be maintained in light of such evidence. en
dc.description.sponsorshipUniversity of Pretoria, South Africa (Research and Development Programme)
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationMurphy, R., Cassimjee, N. & Schur, C ; (2011) 'Influence of socio-cultural factors on SRAVEN performance'. Journal of Psychology in Africa, 21 (1):91-102.en
dc.identifier.endpage102en
dc.identifier.issn14330237
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleJournal of Psychology in Africaen
dc.identifier.startpage91en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/623
dc.identifier.volume21en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAustralian Academic Pressen
dc.rightsCopyright 2011 Journal of Psychology in Africa.en
dc.subjectNon-verbal testsen
dc.subjectNeuropsychological performanceen
dc.subjectSRAVENSen
dc.subjectSocio-demographic factorsen
dc.subjectCulture-dependenceen
dc.titleInfluence of socio-cultural factors on SRAVEN performanceen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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