The adaptation of an adult group screening test for dyslexia into Finland-Swedish: Normative data for university students and the effects of language background on test performance: Health and Disability

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 419-432

  Lindgrén, Signe Anita ^a   Laine, Matti ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Dyslexia; Higher education; Screening test; Test adaptation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROC CURVE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AWARENESS; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY; MULTILINGUALISM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PHONETICS; ROC CURVE; SELF DISCLOSURE; STUDENTS; SWEDEN; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VOCABULARY;

EID: 34548672785     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2007.00592.x     Document Type: Article

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