Assessing chinese adults’ intellectual abilities: Validation of chinese primary mental abilities scale

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 65-72

  Chou, Kee Lee ^a   Chi, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Adults; Chinese; Intellectual abilities; Scale validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LOGIC; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SKILL; SPATIAL DISCRIMINATION; SPEECH ARTICULATION; VERBAL MEMORY;

EID: 0033808590     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: 15452301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v21n03_05     Document Type: Article

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