Is health literacy an example of construct proliferation? A conceptual and empirical evaluation of its redundancy with general cognitive ability

Intelligence

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-102

  Reeve, Charlie L ^a   Basalik, Debra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive ability; Construct proliferation; Construct validity; Discriminant validity; Health Literacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898858737     PISSN: 01602896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2014.03.004     Document Type: Article

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