From: Cognitive performance in children and adolescents at high-risk for obsessive-compulsive disorder
Domain Definition | Subtest variables |
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Intelligence General intelligence (IQ) | Wechsler abbreviated scale of intelligence (WASI) [44, 45] Block Design; Matrix; Vocabulary; and Similarities. |
Attention Endogenous processing of selecting relevant stimuli (concentrating) in the environment (e.g., objects)a | Rey auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT) [46] Span A; Span B |
Trail making test (TMT) – Delis-Kaplan executive function scale (D-KEFS) [47] 1st condition omissions; and 4th condition sequence errors | |
Design fluency test (DFT) – D-KEFS [47] DFT 1 and 2 - % errors | |
Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST) [48] WCST failures to maintain set. | |
Go/NoGo [49] Go/NoGo omissions. | |
Motor and processing speed Ability to quickly process information and execute it (fine motor skills) | Color-word interference test (CWIT) - D-KEFS [47] Color naming time (CWIT 1); and word reading time (CWIT 2) |
Grooved pegboard test [50] Dominant hand time; and non-dominant hand time | |
TMT – D-KEFS [47] 5th condition time | |
Visuoconstructive abilities Coordination of fine motor skills with spatial abilities | |
Rey-Osterrieth complex figure (ROCF) [51] Copy total score | |
Visuospatial memory Memory for visual and spatial information | Corsi block-tapping test (CBTT) - Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS-R) [52] Forward hits |
ROCF [51] Immediate recall; and Delayed recall | |
Verbal memory Memory for verbal information | Digit span test (DST) - Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III) [53] Forward hits |
Rey auditory verbal learning test (RAVLT) [46] Immediate recall; and delayed recall | |
Working memory Ability to retain information and perform mental operations from them | DST – WISC-III [53] Backward hits |
CBTT – WMS-R [52] Backward hits | |
Cognitive flexibility Ability to change the perspectives, thinking of new possibilities for solving a problem | WCST [48] Perseverative errors; and categories DFT – D-KEFS [47] DFT 3 - % perseverative responses |
Brixton [54] Brixton hits | |
TMT – D-KEFS [47] 4th - 5th condition time difference | |
Inhibitory control Ability to resist an inclination to perform an action and, opting for a more convenient one | Go/NoGo – commission errors |
CWIT – D-KEFS [47] CWIT 3 errors; CWIT 4 errors; and CWIT 3-1 time difference |