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. 2019 May-Jun;26(3):229-235.
doi: 10.1080/23279095.2017.1392963. Epub 2018 Jan 9.

Normative data for Farsi-speaking Iranians in the United States on measures of executive functioning

Justina F Avila  1 , Steven P Verney  1 , Kaitlyn Kauzor  2 , Amina Flowers  2 , Maryam Mehradfar  2 , Jill Razani  2
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Normative data for Farsi-speaking Iranians in the United States on measures of executive functioning

Justina F Avila et al. Appl Neuropsychol Adult. 2019 May-Jun.

Abstract

As the Farsi-speaking Iranian population continues to grow in the United States, examination of their cognitive performance is an imperative first step to providing this group with culturally competent services. Thirty-six healthy primarily Farsi-speaking Iranian adults completed Farsi-translated and adapted versions of three frequently used measures of executive/subcortical functioning: Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Trail Making Test (TMT), and Color Trails Test (CTT). Participants' performance on each measure was compared to published normative data resulting in 0-85% of cognitively and medically healthy individuals being classified as impaired depending on the executive/subcortical test score examined, with the highest impairment rates for specific WCST outcome scores. These findings raise questions for the use of published norms with Farsi-speaking Iranians residing in the US. The present study provided normative data from this group of Farsi-speaking Iranians on the Farsi-translated and adapted versions of the WCST, TMT, and CTT.

Keywords: Cross-cultural neuropsychology; Farsi-speaking Iranian; executive functioning; normative data.

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Percentage of Farsi-speaking Iranian participants with demographically corrected T-scores classified as “Impaired” (1 SD cutoff).
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