Stroop Color and Word Test: Children’s Version

Stroop Color and Word Test: Children\’s Version Charles J. Golden, PhD, Shawna M. Freshwater, Zarabeth Golden

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  Purpose: Differentiate between non-brain-damaged psychiatric and brain-damaged patients


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  Age Range: Child, Adolescent


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  Adminitration: Individual or group


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  Time: 10-15 minutes

The children\’s version of the Stroop Color and Word Test was developed in response to the demand for a Stroop test that is similar to the adult version, but is specifically normed and interpreted for children. The Stroop Color and Word Test: Children\’s Version Manual details specific administration, scoring, and interpretive strategies for use with children ages 5-14 years.

The interpretation of a child\’s score is affected by developmental trends, possible learning disabilities, attentional problems, emotional problems, and overall maturity–therefore, it is more difficult to interpret a child\’s score than it is to interpret an adult\’s score. The children\’s version of the Stroop has been designed to avoid measurement issues that exist in attempting to apply the scoring approach of the adult Stroop to children\’s data. Interpretive strategies also differ between younger children (ages 5-10) and older children (ages 11-14). Therefore, interpretive strategies for each age group are presented separately in the Manual.

Each Stroop Test Booklet consists of three basic sections:

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  Word Page-names of colors are printed in black ink;


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  Color Page-semantically meaningless symbols are printed in various colors of ink; and


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  Color-Word Page-composed of words from the first page (i.e., Word Page) printed in the colors from the second page (i.e., Color Page).

The task consists of moving down five columns on each page as quickly as possible, and reading words or naming colors. The test yields three scores (i.e., Raw Word score, Raw Color score, and Raw Color-Word score), based on the number of items completed. Raw scores are then converted to T scores by age using the Appendixes in the Manual. In addition, an Interference score is derived from the difference between the Color-Word T score and the Color T score.

Stroop Color and Word Test: Children\’s Version Kit includes Stroop Color and Word Test: Children\’s Version Manual and 25 Test Booklets.