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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
Understanding Criminals' Thinking: Further Examination of the Measure of Offender Thinking Styles-Revised
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Mandracchia, Jon T.; Morgan, Robert D. – Assessment, 2011
The Measure of Offender Thinking Styles (MOTS) was originally developed to examine the structure of dysfunctional thinking exhibited by criminal offenders. In the initial investigation, a three-factor model of criminal thinking was obtained using the MOTS. These factors included dysfunctional thinking characterized as Control, Cognitive…
Descriptors: Criminals, Test Validity, Factor Structure, Factor Analysis
The Factor Structure of the Beck Depression Inventory-II: An Evaluation
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Vanheule, Stijn; Desmet, Mattias; Groenvynck, Hans; Rosseel, Yves; Fontaine, Johnny – Assessment, 2008
The Beck Depression Inventory-II (BDI-II) is a frequently used scale for measuring depressive severity. BDI-II data (404 clinical; 695 nonclinical adults) were analyzed by means of confirmatory factor analysis to test whether the factor structure model with a somatic-affective and cognitive component of depression, formulated by Beck and…
Descriptors: Adults, Foreign Countries, Models, Factor Structure