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ArticleDementia & neuropsychologia

The Mini-Mental Examination for Children (MMC): Evidence of validity for children with learning difficulties.

Larissa de Souza Salvador, Ricardo Moura, Fernanda Oliveira Ferreira, Peterson Marco Oliveira Andrade, Maria Raquel Santos Carvalho, Vitor Geraldi Haase

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Larissa de Souza SalvadorGraduate Program in Children's and Adolescents Health, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.ORCID 0000-0002-5597-0915
Ricardo MouraDepartment of Basic Psychological Processes, Institute of Psychology, University of Brasília, (UnB), Brasília, DF, Brazil.
Fernanda Oliveira FerreiraDepartment of Basic Sciences of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Campus Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil.
Peterson Marco Oliveira AndradeDepartment of Physiotherapy of the Federal University of Juiz de Fora - Campus Governador Valadares, MG, Brazil.
Maria Raquel Santos CarvalhoDepartment of General Biology, Institute of Biological Sciences, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil.
Vitor Geraldi HaaseDepartment of Psychology, Graduate Program in Children's and Adolescents Health, Graduate Program in Psychology: Cognition and Behavior, Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal de Juiz de Fora · BRUniversidade de Brasília · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The Mini-Mental Examination for Children (MMC) is a widely used tool for assessing global cognitive deficits, however,is still unknown whether MMC is sensitive for investigating cognitive profiles associated with learning difficulties (LD).

objectiveHere we investigate the feasibility of using the MMC for screening school-aged children with learning difficulties in spelling and math.

methodsThe MMC and other neurophysiological tests were administered to a sample of 168 children, aged 7 to 12 years. The sample was subdivided into a Control group and LD group (Math Difficulties, Spelling Difficulties, Math and Spelling Difficulties). Diagnostic accuracy was assessed with ROC analysis. Convergent and divergent validity was assessed using correlation analysis.

resultsPerformance on the MMC was associated with nonverbal intelligence, age and school achievement. The LD group had significantly lower performance on the MMC than the Control group. Performance on the MMC discriminated LD children with a global accuracy of around 0.80. Associations between the MMC and the other neuropsychological variables were higher for finger gnosis (r=0.40) and generally higher for early elementary school grades. The MMC proved satisfactory for identifying LD children with good accuracy. Nonverbal intelligence, and perceptual/motor abilities play an important role in MMC performance.

conclusionThe MMC could be a useful instrument for screening children with LD.

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intelligencelearning disordersneuropsychological testspsychomotor performancespatial processing

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