Bifactor and Item Response Theory Analyses of Interviewer Report Scales of Cognitive Impairment in Schizophrenia

Psychological Assessment

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 245-261

  Reise, Steven P ^a   Ventura, Joseph ^b   Keefe, Richard S E ^c   Baade, Lyle E ^d   Gold, James M ^e   Green, Michael F ^b,f   Kern, Robert S ^b,f   Mesholam Gately, Raquelle ^g   Nuechterlein, Keith H ^a,b   Seidman, Larry J ^g   Bilder, Robert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f VA GREATER LOS ANGELES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^g HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

CGI CogS; Computerized adaptive testing; Item response theory; Schizophrenia and cognitive deficits; SCoRS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; BIFACTOR ANALYSIS; CLINICAL GLOBAL IMPRESSION OF COGNITION IN SCHIZOPHRENIA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTENT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIA COGNITION RATING SCALE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL COGNITION; VARIANCE; WORKING MEMORY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952588077     PISSN: 10403590     EISSN: 1939134X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021501     Document Type: Article

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