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Title The patterning of test scores of children living in proximity to an inactive toxic waste disposal site who are classified as neurologically impaired
Creator/Author Licata, L.
Publication Date1992 Jan 01
OSTI IdentifierOSTI ID: 5312173
Resource TypeMiscellaneous
Resource RelationThesis (Ph.D.)
Research OrgSeton Hall Univ., South Orange, NJ (United States). Dept. of Chemistry
Subject290300 -- Energy Planning & Policy-- Environment, Health, & Safety ;552000 -- Public Health; CHILDREN-- MENTAL DISORDERS;TOXIC MATERIALS-- ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES;PSYCHOLOGY;SEX DEPENDENCE
Related SubjectAGE GROUPS;DISEASES;HAZARDOUS MATERIALS;MATERIALS
Description/Abstract This study investigated the relationship between the pattern of impairment on test scores of the neurologically impaired children and proximity to an inactive toxic waste disposal site.^Subjects (N = 147) were students, ages 6-16, classified as neurologically impaired.^Seventy-six who lived within six miles of the site served as the experimental group and 71 who did not live near a site comprised the control group.^Research was based on existing data available through the Child Study Team evaluation process.^Attention was given to the ACID cluster of the WISC-R, the Arithmetic and Reading subtests on the WRAT, and the Koppitz scores of the Bender Visual Motor Gestalt Test.^No significant difference was found between the experimental and control groups.^Sex differences within the experimental group were not significant.^Time of exposure and patterning of scores in the experimental group were investigated.^Time had a significant main effect on WISC-R Arithmetic and Digit Span subtests, the ACID cluster and the Bender Test for the total group.^Main effect for sex was significant for the WISC-R Information subtest.^An interaction effect was found to be significant on the WRAT Arithmetic subtest WRAT.^The longer the girls lived within the site area the lower they scored on the WISC-R Information subtest and the WRAT Arithmetic subtest.^The variable exposure (interaction of distance and time) was related to lower scores on the WISC-R Arithmetic and Digit Span subtest.^A two-way interaction was found on the WRAT Arithmetic subtest.^The longer the females were exposed to the waste site area, the lower they scored on the WRAT Arithmetic subtest.^A comparison of those children in the site area from birth and those in the area three years prior to the evaluation was done.^A significant main effect was found for the Bender Gestalt.
PublisherOrange, NJ (United States) ;Seton Hall Univ.
Country of PublicationUnited States
LanguageEnglish
FormatPages: (132 p)
AvailabilityUniversity Microfilms, P.O. Box 1764, Ann Arbor, MI 48106 (United States). Order No. 93-08,217
System Entry Date2001 May 13

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