An item response theory/confirmatory factor analysis of the autobiographical memory test

Memory

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 609-623

  Griffith, James W ^a   Sumner, Jennifer A ^a   Debeer, Elise ^b   Raes, Filip ^b   Hermans, Dirk ^b   Mineka, Susan ^a   Zinbarg, Richard E ^a   Craske, Michelle G ^c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autobiographical memory; Emotional valence; Factor analysis; Item response theory; Overgeneral memory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL MEMORY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL TEST; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CUES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70849103668     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658210902939348     Document Type: Article

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