The behavioural assessment scale: Internal consistency and factor structure for an elderly psychiatric population

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 170-177

  Woodward, Todd S ^a,b   Iverson, Grant L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b RIVERVIEW HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adaptive behavior; Behavioural Assessment Scale; Dementia; Factor analysis; Geriatric psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0032823376     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an0603_5     Document Type: Article

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