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The Dutch Memory Compensation Questionnaire: Psychometric Properties and Regression-Based Norms
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Van der Elst, Wim; Hoogenhout, Esther M.; Dixon, Roger A.; De Groot, Renate H. M.; Jolles, Jelle – Assessment, 2011
The Memory Compensation Questionnaire (MCQ) is a psychometrically sound instrument that assesses the variety and extent to which an individual compensates for actual or perceived memory losses. Until now, only an English version of the MCQ has been psychometrically evaluated. The aim of the present study was to establish a Dutch version of the MCQ…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Factor Structure, Computer Software, Measures (Individuals)
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV
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Holdnack, James A.; Zhou, Xiaobin; Larrabee, Glenn J.; Millis, Scott R.; Salthouse, Timothy A. – Assessment, 2011
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-fourth edition (WAIS-IV) and the Wechsler Memory Scale-fourth edition (WMS-IV) were co-developed to be used individually or as a combined battery of tests. The independent factor structure of each of the tests has been identified; however, the combined factor structure has yet to be determined. Confirmatory…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Short Term Memory, Factor Analysis
Factor Structure and Measurement Invariance of the Cognitive Failures Questionnaire across the Adult Life Span
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Rast, Philippe; Zimprich, Daniel; Van Boxtel, Martin; Jolles, Jellemer – Assessment, 2009
The Cognitive Failures Questionnaire (CFQ) is designed to assess a person's proneness to committing cognitive slips and errors in the completion of everyday tasks. Although the CFQ is a widely used instrument, its factor structure remains an issue of scientific debate. The present study used data of a representative sample (N = 1,303, 24-83 years…
Descriptors: Factor Structure, Measures (Individuals), Factor Analysis, Memory
A Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) in a Traumatic Brain Injury Sample
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DeJong, Joy; Donders, Jacobus – Assessment, 2009
The latent structure of the California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) was examined in a clinical sample of 223 persons with traumatic brain injury that had been screened to remove individuals with complicating premorbid (e.g., psychiatric) or comorbid (e.g., financial compensation seeking) histories. Analyses incorporated the…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Verbal Learning, Verbal Tests, Neurological Impairments
The Construct Validity of the Tower of London (DX) as a Measure of the Executive Functioning of ADHD Children.
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Culbertson, William C.; Zillmer, Eric A. – Assessment, 1998
The construct-related validity of the Tower of London-Drexel (TOL-DX), a measure of executive functioning (W. Culbertson and A. Zillmer, 1995) was studied with 129 children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Results show that the TOL-DX loads prominently on an Executive Planning/Inhibition factor while separating for factors…
Descriptors: Attention Deficit Disorders, Children, Construct Validity, Factor Structure
Re-Examining the Factor Structure of the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning: Implications for Clinical Interpretation.
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Gioia, Gerard A. – Assessment, 1998
The intercorrection matrices of the standardization sample (n=1,460) of the Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning (D. Sheslow and W. Adams, 1990), a measure of memory function in children, were submitted to hierarchical exploratory principal factor analysis. Results suggest that subtests be interpreted as unique entities first, and then as…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Diagnostic Tests, Factor Structure