Developing a Measure of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo for Children: Content Validity, Factor Structure, and Reliability

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 380-389

  Penny, Ann Marie ^a   Waschbusch, Daniel A ^a   Klein, Raymond M ^a   Corkum, Penny ^a,b   Eskes, Gail ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

ADHD; content validity; factor analysis; reliability; sluggish cognitive tempo

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; CHILD; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTENT VALIDITY; DISCRIMINANT VALIDITY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SLUGGISH COGNITIVE TEMPO; SOMNOLENCE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; CANADA; CHILD; COGNITION DISORDERS; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70249138692     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016600     Document Type: Article

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