Abstract

BRAVO, Mariane de Siqueira. Standardization of Rey Complex Figure test for the elderly population from the city of Curitiba. Bol. psicol [online]. 2013, vol.63, n.139, pp. 115-127. ISSN 0006-5943.

This research aimed to develop a study on standardization of the Rey Complex Figure for the elderly population of the city of Curitiba. To attain this goal the Figure A of Rey Complex Figure Test was applied in a sample of 97 participants of both sexes living in the city of Curitiba, aged between 60 and 86 years. All participants made the copy and the memory reproduction of the figure presented and from this reproduction it was possible to score the location and precision of each element drawn, thereby obtaining raw scores from copy and memory. Percentiles tables were calculated by SPSS 13.0 for Windows. It was concluded that there was a statistically significant difference in the memory reproduction between age groups of 60-65 years and 66-75 years.

Keywords : Rey Complex Figure; elderly; psychological tests.

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