Development and initial validation of an Arabic version of the Expanded Trail Making Test Implications for cross-cultural assessment

1 February 2001

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology

Vol. 16 (2) , 141-149
https://doi.org/10.1016/s0887-6177(99)00060-8

Abstract

The performances of Sudanese subjects, both normal and brain damaged, on an Arabic version of the Expanded Trail Making Test were compared to those of normal and brain-damaged subjects from the United States, who completed the standard English version of this test. Preliminary psychometric properties of the Arabic version of the Expanded Trail Making Test were defined. Significant intergroup differences in performance were observed. Interestingly, the performances of Sudanese normals were found to be similar to those of U.S. brain-damaged subjects. The results are discussed in terms of reducing neuropsychological diagnostic errors attributable to ethnocultural factors.

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