Psychometric properties of the communication confidence rating scale for aphasia (CCRSA): Phase 1

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 352-360

  Cherney, Leora ^a,b   Babbitt, Edna ^a   Semik, Patrick ^a   Heinemann, Allen ^a,b  

^a REHABILITATION INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aphasia; assessment; communication confidence; Rasch analyses; rating scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMMUNICATION CONFI DENCE RATING SCALE FOR APHASIA; COMMUNICATION SKILL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SPEECH THERAPY; STUDENT T TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APHASIA; COMMUNICATION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052895167     PISSN: 10749357     EISSN: 19455119     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1310/tsr1804-352     Document Type: Article

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