TY - JOUR
T1 - The influences of social class and sex on sustained attention (vigilance) and motor inhibition in children
AU - Levy, F.
AU - Hobbes, G.
PY - 1979
Y1 - 1979
N2 - A sample of 220 normal pre-school and primary school children was tested by the Continuous Peformance Test (CPT), a test of sustained attention (vigilance), the Draw-a-Line Slowly test (DALS), a test of motor inhibition and two sub-tests of the latter test. Significant social class associations were found for the CPT and DALS tests, but were not present for DALO and DALF (measures of speed in drawing a line). Sex differences were not found for the CPT test or for DALS, but the boys completed the DALO and DALF-tests faster than the girls suggesting superior motor activity and co-ordination.
AB - A sample of 220 normal pre-school and primary school children was tested by the Continuous Peformance Test (CPT), a test of sustained attention (vigilance), the Draw-a-Line Slowly test (DALS), a test of motor inhibition and two sub-tests of the latter test. Significant social class associations were found for the CPT and DALS tests, but were not present for DALO and DALF (measures of speed in drawing a line). Sex differences were not found for the CPT test or for DALS, but the boys completed the DALO and DALF-tests faster than the girls suggesting superior motor activity and co-ordination.
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U2 - 10.3109/00048677909159141
DO - 10.3109/00048677909159141
M3 - Article
C2 - 293177
AN - SCOPUS:84907034761
SN - 0004-8674
VL - 13
SP - 231
EP - 234
JO - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
JF - Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -