Refining the latent structure of neuropsychological performance in schizophrenia

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 3557-3570

  Lam, M ^a   Collinson, S L ^b   Eng, G K ^a,e   Rapisarda, A ^a,c   Kraus, M ^d   Lee, J ^a,c   Chong, S A ^a   Keefe, R S E ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bland Altman analysis; confirmatory factor analysis; endophenotypes; exploratory factor analysis; g

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CHINA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

ADULT; CHINA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SCHIZOPHRENIC PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 84908504970     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714001020     Document Type: Article

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