Structure and invariance of executive functioning tasks across socioeconomic status: Evidence from Spanish-speaking children

Spanish Journal of Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Arán Filippetti, Vanessa ^a  

^a National Council of Scientific and Technological Research CONICET   (Argentina)

Author keywords

child neuropsychology; confirmatory factor analysis; executive functions; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893491582     PISSN: 11387416     EISSN: 19882904     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/sjp.2013.102     Document Type: Article

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