Factor structure of the Italian version of the WAIS-R compared with the American standardization

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1091-1100

  Orsini, Arturo ^a   Laicardi, Caterina ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0034200501     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2000.90.3c.1091     Document Type: Article

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