The application area “Clinical Psychology” comprises test solutions for use in clinical psychology and neuropsychology to assess neurocognitive functioning. The “Brief Neurocognitive Assessment” serves as a general evaluation of basic cognitive functions. In addition, disorder-specific SFS test solutions are available that are based on the “Brief Neurocognitive Assessment” and include additional cognitive performance tests. Due to the complexity of individual diagnostic questions, index scores are not calculated from the individual test values for any of the neurocognitive SFS test solutions. Regarding the factor structure of cognitive domains, a meta-analysis including 11,881 individuals concluded that the relationships between domains are best described by the CHC model of intelligence (Cattell-Horn-Carroll model; Schneider & McGrew, 2018) (Agelink van Rentergem et al., 2020). In particular, the construct of executive function shows similarities to fluid intelligence (van Aken et al., 2015), which has also been confirmed in lesion studies (Barbey et al., 2012). For example, a high correlation between the Tower of London test of planning ability and Raven’s matrices test of fluid intelligence of r = .55 was found in a sample of n = 830 (D’Antuono et al., 2016), which can be interpreted as evidence for convergent validity of the constructs. Based on these findings, a matrices test developed for clinical practice (BMT; SCHUHFRIED, 2024c) was integrated into the executive function domain of the clinical SFS Test Solutions whenever planning ability or intelligence were found to be relevant for the respective disorder. Results are presented in a domain-specific manner, enabling a differentiated (disorder-specific) interpretation of clinically relevant strengths and weaknesses based on the relevant literature findings, which are summarized below.
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