Interpreting the WPPSI subtests scores of language impaired children - A structural approach

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 319-328

  Ottem, Ernst ^a  

^a National Centre for Logopedics   (Norway)

Author keywords

Language impaired; Structural approach; WPPSI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0033249939     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9450.404132     Document Type: Article

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