Factor analysis of the self-report Dysexecutive (DEX-S) Questionnaire

Applied Neuropsychology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 12-18

  Mooney, Brendan ^a   Walmsley, Carey ^a   McFarland, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Dysexecutive syndrome; Executive functions; Impulsivity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGGRESSION; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONFABULATION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DECISION MAKING; DISTRACTIBILITY; DYSEXECUTIVE SYNDROME; EUPHORIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; HYPERKINESIA; IMPULSE CONTROL DISORDER; IMPULSIVENESS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); LEARNING; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERSEVERATION; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESTLESSNESS; SELF MONITORING; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33645948784     PISSN: 09084282     EISSN: 15324826     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15324826an1301_2     Document Type: Article

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