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Reflection-impulsivity and level of maturity. 1978

K Paulsen

It was hypothesized that scores on the Matching Familiar Figures Test (MFF) are related to level of maturity. To test this hypothesis, 76 latency-aged boys in residential treatment were administered the MFF and a gross motor coordination test and were assessed for soft signs of neurological damage. Also included were age, IQ, and reading scores, along with ratings of behavior problems, activity, and impulsivity levels. A factor analysis yielded a factor (Factor II) consisting of MFF errors, age, soft signs of neurological damage, and gross motor coordination. Another factor (Factor IV) consisted of MFF errors and MFF latency. Factor IV provides support for the reflection-impulsivity construct, while Factor II may suggest that scores on the MFF are partially a function of physiological maturity and that errors contribute more than latency to the determination of reflection/impulsivity.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007175	Impulsive Behavior	An act performed without delay, reflection, voluntary direction or obvious control in response to a stimulus.	Impulsivity,Behavior, Impulsive,Behaviors, Impulsive,Impulsive Behaviors,Impulsivities
D007837	Latency Period, Psychological	The period from about 5 to 7 years to adolescence when there is an apparent cessation of psychosexual development.	Latency Period (Psychology),Latency Period, Psychology,Latency Periods (Psychology),Latency Periods, Psychological,Latency Periods, Psychology,Period, Latency (Psychology),Period, Psychological Latency,Period, Psychology Latency,Periods, Latency (Psychology),Periods, Psychological Latency,Periods, Psychology Latency,Psychological Latency Period,Psychological Latency Periods,Psychology Latency Period,Psychology Latency Periods
D008297	Male		Males
D010551	Personality	Behavior-response patterns that characterize the individual.	Personalities
D011581	Psychological Tests	Standardized tests designed to measure abilities (as in intelligence, aptitude, and achievement tests) or to evaluate personality traits.	Parenting Stress Index,Trier Social Stress Test,Trier Stress Test,Psychologic Tests,Psychological Test,Test, Psychological,Tests, Psychological,Index, Parenting Stress,Psychologic Test,Stress Index, Parenting,Stress Test, Trier,Test, Psychologic,Test, Trier Stress,Trier Stress Tests
D002648	Child	A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL.	Children
D002657	Child Development	The continuous sequential physiological and psychological maturing of an individual from birth up to but not including ADOLESCENCE.	Infant Development,Development, Child,Development, Infant
D005163	Factor Analysis, Statistical	A set of statistical methods for analyzing the correlations among several variables in order to estimate the number of fundamental dimensions that underlie the observed data and to describe and measure those dimensions. It is used frequently in the development of scoring systems for rating scales and questionnaires.	Analysis, Factor,Analysis, Statistical Factor,Factor Analysis,Statistical Factor Analysis,Analyses, Factor,Analyses, Statistical Factor,Factor Analyses,Factor Analyses, Statistical,Statistical Factor Analyses
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man