Test-retest reliability of a new executive function battery for use in early childhood

Child Neuropsychology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 564-579

  Willoughby, Michael ^a   Blair, Clancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early childhood; Executive function; Latent variables; Preschool; Retest reliability

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CONTROL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; ATTENTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INHIBITION (PSYCHOLOGY); INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NORTH CAROLINA; PENNSYLVANIA; POVERTY; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855774486     PISSN: 09297049     EISSN: 17444136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09297049.2011.554390     Document Type: Article

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