Neuropsychological Testing in a Rural African School-Age Population: Evaluating Contributions to Variability in Test Performance

Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 776-784

  Kitsao Wekulo, Patricia K ^a,b   Holding, Penny A ^a,b,c   Taylor, H Gerry ^c   Abubakar, Amina ^b,d   Connolly, Kevin ^e  

^a International Centre for Behavioural Studies   (Kenya)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adaptations; children; neuropsychological tests; psychometric properties; school age; sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATIONS; ARTICLE; BLACK PERSON; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL-AGE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATIONS; CHILDREN; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES; SCHOOL-AGE; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891859802     PISSN: 10731911     EISSN: 15523489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1073191112457408     Document Type: Article

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