Exploring the factor structure of the La Trobe Communication Questionnaire: Insights into the nature of communication deficits following traumatic brain injury

Aphasiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1181-1194

  Douglas, Jacinta M ^a   Bracy, Christine A ^a   Snow, Pamela C ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LA TROBE COMMUNICATION QUESTIONNAIRE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VARIMAX ROTATION;

EID: 36749071414     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030600980950     Document Type: Article

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