A confirmatory factor analysis of the California verbal learning test-second edition (CVLT-II) in a traumatic brain injury sample

Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 328-336

  DeJong, Joy ^a   Donders, Jacobus ^a  

^a MARY FREE BED REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Factor analysis; Learning; Memory; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ATTENTION; BRAIN INJURIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 70449726754     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191109336989     Document Type: Article

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