Replication of factor structure of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-III Chinese version in Chinese mainland non-clinical and schizophrenia samples

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-384

  Yao, Shuqiao ^a   Chen, Huan ^a   Jiang, Li ^a   Tam, Wai Cheong Carl ^b  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adults; Confirmatory factor analysis; Neurocognitive ability; Schizophrenia; WAIS III Chinese version

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; SCHIZOPHRENIA; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHINA; COMPREHENSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34347399858     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2007.01672.x     Document Type: Article

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