Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Cognitive Dysfunction Questionnaire: Instrument refinement and measurement invariance across age and sex

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 53, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 390-400

  Vestergren, Peter ^a   Rönnlund, Michael ^a   Nyberg, Lars ^a   Nilsson, Lars Göran ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Cognitive impairment; Self report measures; Subjective memory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; FACE; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECOGNITION; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEMANTICS; SEX RATIO; STANDARD; TIME PERCEPTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FACE; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEMANTICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPACE PERCEPTION; TIME PERCEPTION;

EID: 84866165275     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: 14679450     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2012.00970.x     Document Type: Article

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