The joint WAIS-III and WMS-III factor structure: Development and cross-validation of a six-factor model of cognitive functioning

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 149-162

  Tulsky, David S ^a   Price, Larry R ^b  

^a KESSLER FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUDITORY MEMORY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PERCEPTION; PROCESS DESIGN; PROCESS MODEL; RATING SCALE; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; VISUAL MEMORY; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE III; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 0037867822     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/1040-3590.15.2.149     Document Type: Article

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