?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7049%2F&rft.title=A+FUNCTIONAL+ASSESSMENT+OF+EXECUTIVE+FUNCTIONING%3A+THE+HAMBURGER+TURNING+TASK&rft.creator=Shugars%2C+Sara+L&rft.description=The+number+of+neuropsychological+tests+and+functional+assessments+that+claim+to+have+a+relationship+between+the+patient's+testing+performance+and+behavior+in+real-world+settings+is+limited.+Additionally%2C+there+is+a+growing+concern+among+testing+professionals+that+most%2C+if+not+all%2C+psychological+tests+and+standardized+assessments+introduce+environments+and+stimuli+that+people+never+encounter+and+tasks+that+often+do+not+emulate+life+situations+or+vocational+requirements.+In+order+to+address+the+current+issues+surrounding+the+ecological+validity+of+psychometric+tests%2C+this+pilot+study+introduced+a+hands-on+assessment+using+a+simulated+real-world+vocational+task.+Twenty-three+subjects+between+the+ages+of+18-26%2C+with+varying+cognitive+disabilities%2C+completed+a+vocational+simulation+task%2C+the+Hamburger+Turning+Task+(HTT)%2C+and+the+results+were+compared+to+their+scores+on+a+battery+of+commonly+used+neuropsychological+tests+(Wisconsin+Card+Sorting+Test%2C+Finger+Tapping+test%2C+Controlled+Oral+Word+Association+Test%2C+Trailmaking+Test%2C+Stroop+Color-Word+test)+that+purport+to+measure+aspects+of+executive+functioning+analogous+to+those+measured+by+the+HTT.+A+Pearson-product+correlation+was+run+to+compare+the+relationship+between+the+scores+from+the+HTT+and+the+psychometric+tests%2C+as+well+as+the+relationship+between+both+psychometric+tests+and+HTT+scores+and+daily+behavioral+observations+of+executive+functioning+related+performance+over+a+7+week+period.+The+results+of+the+study+found+a+significant+correlation+between+the+HTT+and+behavioral+data%2C+leading+us+to+believe+that+the+HTT+can+be+used+to+evaluate+real-world+aspects+of+executive+functioning.+It+was+also+found+that+there+was+a+high+level+of+interrater+reliability+on+the+scoring+of+the+HTT%2C+allowing+future+researchers+to+use+this+as+a+standardized+tool.&rft.date=2007-04-25&rft.type=University+of+Pittsburgh+ETD&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fd-scholarship-dev.library.pitt.edu%2F7049%2F1%2Fhugars_ETD2007_final.PDF&rft.identifier=++Shugars%2C+Sara+L++(2007)+A+FUNCTIONAL+ASSESSMENT+OF+EXECUTIVE+FUNCTIONING%3A+THE+HAMBURGER+TURNING+TASK.++Master's+Thesis%2C+University+of+Pittsburgh.++++(Unpublished)++