Validation of the Word Accentuation Test (TAP) as a means of estimating premorbid IQ in Spanish speakers

Schizophrenia Research

Volumn 128, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 175-176

  Gomar, Jesús J ^a,b   Ortiz Gil, Jordi ^a,b   McKenna, Peter J ^a,c   Salvador, Raymond ^a,c   Sans Sansa, Bibiana ^c   Sarró, Salvador ^c   Guerrero, Amalia ^a   Pomarol Clotet, Edith ^a  

^a Benito Menni Complex Assistencial en Salut Mental   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL GENERAL DE GRANOLLERS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMMUNITY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LETTER; MORBIDITY; NATIONAL ADULT READING TEST; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCORING SYSTEM; SDRESID; SPAIN; VALIDATION PROCESS; WAIS III FULL SCALE IQ; WORD ACCENTUATION TEST;

HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPAIN; SPEECH INTELLIGIBILITY; VOCABULARY;

EID: 79955478140     PISSN: 09209964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2010.11.016     Document Type: Letter

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