40,000 memories in young teenagers: Psychometric properties of the Autobiographical Memory Test in a UK cohort study

Memory

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 300-320

  Heron, Jon ^a   Crane, Catherine ^b   Gunnell, David ^a   Lewis, Glyn ^a   Evans, Jonathan ^a   Williams, J Mark G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

ALSPAC; AMT; Autobiographical Memory Test; Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children; Differential item functioning; Graded response model; Mood congruence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPISODIC MEMORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFFECT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY, EPISODIC; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84859358502     PISSN: 09658211     EISSN: 14640686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09658211.2012.656846     Document Type: Article

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