Stoelting Stroop Color And Word Test Kit

Features

• Stoelting Stroop Color And Word Test Kit includes:
  - Appropriate Manual
  - Package of 25 Test Booklets for its corresponding age range
• Differentiates normal, non brain damaged psychiatric and brain damaged subjects
• Stroop tests basic processes, is stable over long periods of time and is easy to administer and score
• Cognitive dimension tapped by Stroop is associated with:
  - Cognitive flexibility
  - Resistance to interference from outside stimuli
  - Creativity
  - Psychopathology
• Influences the individuals ability to cope with cognitive stress and process complex output
• Each Stroop Test Booklet consists of 3 basic parts:
  - Word Page:
  The names of color printed in black ink
  - Color Page:
  Semantically meaningless symbols (X) printed in colored ink
  - Color Word Page:
  Comprised of the words from the first page, printed in the colors from the second page with the restriction that the word and color do not match
• Age Range:
  - Adult version: 15 years and up
  - Children version: 5 to 14 years
• Time required: 5 minutes, individual administration
• Authors:
  - Adult Version: Charles Golden, Ph. D. and Shawna M. Freshwater
  - Childrens Version: Charles Golden, Ph. D., Shawna Freshwater and Zarabeth Golden

More Information

• Developed in response to the demand for a Stroop Test specifically normed, and interpreted for children, these new materials detail administration, scoring and interpretive strategies for these younger clients
• Interpretation of a childs score is more difficult than an adults, as it is affected by developmental trends, possible learning disabilities, attention problems, emotional problems and overall maturity
• Childrens Version of the Stroop has been designed to avoid measurement issues that exist in attempting to apply the scoring approach of the adult Stroop to childrens data
• Interpretive strategies also differ between younger (ages 5 to 10) and older children (ages 11 to 14), and are presented separately in the Childrens Manual
• Scoring, interpretation strategies and literature have been updated for both versions of the Stroop
• Both manuals include new norms for their respective populations
• Childrens Version uses T-scores, derived from means and standard deviation, by age
• Adult T-scores are tabled, based on multiple regression equations, utilizing education and age
• Task is to look at each sheet and move down the columns, reading words or naming the ink colors, as quickly as possible, within a given time limit
• Test yields 3 scores, and interference, based on the number of items completed
• Since it requires only 5 minutes to administer, the Stroop Color and Word Test is an exceptionally useful screening instrument, which may be used alone, or as part of a larger screening battery