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
