Publicación: Cuestionario de madurez neuropsicológica infantil: un estudio piloto
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Introduction. Neuropsychological maturity is a fundamental aspect for the detection and early intervention of learning difficulties. The Childhood Neuropsychological Maturity Questionnaire (CUMANIN) of Portellano, (2000) contributes to this purpose. The general objective of the present study is to carry out a pilot study of CUMANIN in the city of Santa Marta - Magdalena, Colombia. Among the objectives of this study are: 1. Identify the sociodemographic variables of the children that make up the sample. 2. Estimate the reliability of the Childhood Neuropsychological Maturity questionnaire (CUMANIN). 3. Establish the reliability of the subscales of the questionnaire. 4. Determine the correlation between the scales of the Childhood Neuropsychological Maturity Questionnaire (CUMANIN). Methodology: Psychometric, quantitative and transversal design. The sample of the study consisted of 60 children between the ages of three (3) and six (6), 25 male and 35 female children belonging to private schools in the city, to which the Childhood Neuropsychological Maturity Questionnaire which was revised some adjustments in semantic and cultural equivalence to the questionnaire reagents that required it according to expert judgment. Results: The ffindings in the study indicate that the CUMANIN has a high internal consistency and the reliability analysis (Cronbach) shows very similar coefficients in most of the scales. In addition, a relationship was observed between the neuropsychological development scales with correlation coefficients in the range 0.23 <R <0.57. Conclusions: the Infant Neuropsychological Maturity questionnaire is a valid and reliable instrument for the assessment of neuropsychological maturity in school children of Santa Marta, Colombia between 36 and 78 months of age.