To cut a short test even shorter: Reliability and validity of a brief assessment of intellectual ability in Schizophrenia - A control-case family study

Cognitive Neuropsychiatry

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 574-593

  Velthorst, Eva ^a   Levine, Stephen Z ^b   Henquet, Cecile ^c   De Haan, Lieuwe ^a   Van Os, Jim ^c,d   Myin Germeys, Inez ^c   Reichenberg, Abraham ^d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cognitive functioning; Item response theory.; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

NEUROLEPTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; ITEM RESPONSE THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ACCURACY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCREENING TEST; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIBLING; THEORY; TIME; WECHSLER ADULT INTELLIGENCE SCALE III; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WECHSLER SCALES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887634183     PISSN: 13546805     EISSN: 14640619     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13546805.2012.731390     Document Type: Article

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