Reliability and validity of the Spanish language Wechsler adult intelligence scale (3rd edition) in a sample of American, urban, Spanish-speaking Hispanics

Clinical Neuropsychologist

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 455-470

  Renteria, Laura ^a   Li, Susan Tinsley ^b   Pliskin, Neil H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b PACIFIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; STUDENT T TEST; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDITY;

ADULT; ATTENTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING; URBAN POPULATION; VISUAL PERCEPTION; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 45949097145     PISSN: 13854046     EISSN: 17444144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13854040701336428     Document Type: Article

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