Factorial validity, measurement equivalence and cognitive performance of the Cambridge Neuropsychological Test Automated Battery (CANTAB) between patients with first-episode psychosis and healthy volunteers

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1919-1929

  Haring, L ^a   Mottus R ^b,c   Koch, K ^a   Trei, M ^c,d   Maron, E ^a,e  

^a TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^d North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CANTAB; cognitive function; first episode psychosis; measurement invariance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NORMAL HUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTENTION; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84945558080     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291714003018     Document Type: Article

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