This paper describes the development and concurrent validation of a group-administered measure of field dependence for children. Subjects were 34 girls and 39 boys in the fourth-grade, and 35 girls and 40 boys in the fifth-grade. This measure was correlated with the Articulation of Body Concept measure for fourth-grade girls (r = —.42) and boys (r = —.59), and for fifth-grade girls (r = —.64) and boys (r = —.46). It was also correlated with scores on the Portable Rod-and-Frame Test for girls (r = —.51) and boys (r = —.39) at the fourth-grade.
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