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Psychological-Educational Studies
2025. Vol. 17, no. 4, 56–81
doi:10.17759/psyedu.2025170404
ISSN: 2587-6139 (online)

Standardization of the «Test for diagnosis of mental activity in children aged 6-7 » (created by U.V.Ulyenkova, modification of N.Yu. Boryakova)

 
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Abstract

Context and relevance. The most important aspect of preparing a child for school and a condition for the success of mastering the program of the initial stage of education is the level of development of mental operations and the possibility of their implementation at the level of verbal and logical thinking. Objective. To standardize the "Test for diagnosis of mental activity in children aged 6-7" (author U.V. Ulenkova, modified by N.Y. Boryakova) and its adaptation to use in digital format. Hypothesis. The modified version of the "Test for diagnosis of mental activity in children aged 6-7” is a qualitative measuring tool in terms of its psychometric properties: reliability and validity. Methods and materials. The methodology was standardized on a sample of 1765 children aged 6-7 years from 72 to 95 months (M = 83,85 months; SD = 5,74 months). To check the external validity, an additional technique "Raven's Color Progressive Matrices" was used. Data processing methods and procedures: bifactor analysis, Cronbach's alpha and McDonald's omega coefficients, Spearman correlation coefficient, Mann-Whitney criterion, percentile normalization. Results. The one-factor structure of the methodology was revealed, high reliability, external and differential validity were proved, and statistical norms were calculated. Conclusions. This technique can be used to measure the level of development of mental activity in both normotypic children aged 6-7 and those with limited health opportunities (nosologies included in the standardization sample), for differential diagnosis, as well as to determine the dynamics of mental activity development in various educational settings.

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Keywords: thinking activity of preschoolers, standardization of methodology, assessment of development, diagnosis, differential diagnostic technique, factor analysis, diagnostic norms, reliability, validity

Journal rubric: Developmental Psychology

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2025170404

Funding. The study was carried out within the framework of the State assignment of the Ministry of Education of the Russian Federation dated 02/09/2024 No. 073-00037-24-01 “Development of a package of standardized psychodiagnostic tools in digital format for assessing the individual psychological characteristics of students at different levels of education”.

Acknowledgements. The authors are grateful to Marina G. Sorokova Head of the Scientific and Practical Center for Integrated Support of Psychological Research PsyDATA, Head of the Department of Digital Education Professor; O.I. Leonova the Head of the Federal Center for Scientific and Methodological Support of the Pedagogical Staff of MSUPE; Lyubov M. Prokopyeva, the Head of the Professional Education Quality Monitoring Department of MSUPE; psychologists from educational organizations for assistance in collecting data.

Supplemental data. Datasets аvailable from https://doi.org/10.48612/MSUPE/m79b-ez27-urat

Received 11.09.2025

Revised 23.10.2025

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For citation: Boryakova, N.Yu., Fedorov, V.V. (2025). Standardization of the «Test for diagnosis of mental activity in children aged 6-7 » (created by U.V.Ulyenkova, modification of N.Yu. Boryakova). Psychological-Educational Studies, 17(4), 56–81. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.17759/psyedu.2025170404

© Boryakova N.Yu., Fedorov V.V., 2025

License: CC BY-NC 4.0

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Information About the Authors

Natalya Y. Boryakova, Candidate of Science (Psychology), Professor of the Department of Special (Defectological) Education of the Faculty of Clinical and Special Psychology, Moscow State University of psychology and education (MSUPE), Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1825-1935, e-mail: natbor55@mail.ru

Valery V. Fedorov, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Psychology of Development, Faculty of Social Psychology, Senior Researcher, Scientific and Practical Center for Comprehensive Support of Psychological Research PsyDATA, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russian Federation, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8289-3775, e-mail: val.vl.fed@yandex.ru

Contribution of the authors

Nataliya Yu. Boryakova — ideas; annotation, writing and design of the manuscript; planning of the research; control over the research.

Valeriy V. Fedorov — application of statistical, mathematical or other methods for data analysis; visualization of research results, writing and design of the manuscript.

All authors participated in the discussion of the results and approved the final text of the manuscript.

Conflict of interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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