Desenvolvimento de padrões normativos e indicadores de validade do teste de Memória Visual de Curto Prazo - MEMO

Abstract

The scarcity of valid, reliable, standardized and normative neuropsychological assessment instruments for the Brazilian population is significant. For this reason, the present study aimed to verify the psychometric qualities of the MEMO memory test, developed in the psychological evaluation laboratory of UFAM. For this purpose, convergent validity analysis and reliability analysis were used. 79 university students from the Federal University of Amazonas (mean = 20.8 and standard deviation = 2.8) participated in the study. The instruments were: auditory-verbal learning test of Rey and Rey Complex Figure, to verify the relationships between the measures of the Memo test. The results obtained indicated good convergence validity indexes through positive correlations between the all the MEMO test and the RAVLT and Rey Complex tests (r = 0.30 ar = 0.47), and excellent internal consistency indexes, for the task task one, relative to immediate recall (α = 0.83) and task two to late recall (α = 0.90). Considering that there is evidence of validity of the instrument studied, it is suggested that the use of the MEMO test can be used as an effective resource by psychologists and neuropsychologists in the psychological, neuropsychological evaluation and in the scope of clinical and experimental research. It is recommended to carry out other studies with the same objectives in populations with different age groups, with different socioeconomic situations.