Partial measurement equivalence of French and English versions of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging neuropsychological battery

Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 416-425

  Tuokko, Holly A ^a   Chou, Pak Hei Benidito ^a   Bowden, Stephen C ^b   Simard, Martine ^c   Ska, Bernadette ^d   Crossley, Margaret ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Cross cultural comparisons; Elderly; Languages; Psychometric

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANADA; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM MEMORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY CONSOLIDATION; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; CULTURAL FACTOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; LANGUAGE; PHYSIOLOGY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CANADA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 67651154557     PISSN: 13556177     EISSN: 14697661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355617709090602     Document Type: Article

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