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| Evidence of the cross-cultural stability of the factor structure of the SKT short test for assessing deficits of memory and attention | | Author(s) | Hartmut Lehfeld, George Rudinger, Christian Rietz |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 9, no 2, June 1997 |
| Pages | pp 139-153 |
| Keywords | Cognitive processes ; Memory and Reminiscence ; Evaluation ; Cross cultural surveys ; Germany ; Greece ; Union of Soviet Socialist Republics ; Chile ; England. |
| Annotation | Many of the psychometric instruments used in dementia research are adapted versions of tests developed in countries different from those in which they are applied. The validity of these instruments has been established in their countries of origin; however, there is little information available regarding their validity when transferred to other cultures. The SKT, a short cognitive performance test for the assessment of memory and attention deficits developed and validated in Germany, was administered in research centres in Chile, Greece, Russia, and England. SKT raw scores were factor analysed with regard to a pre-specified target structure, i.e., the factor solution found for a large German reference sample. The cross-cultural stability of the test was assessed using a statistical method that combined the perfect congruent weights approach and the bootstrapping technique. Results clearly indicate the factorial stability of the SKT in the countries participating in the study. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980930403 A |
| Classmark | DA: DB: 4C: 3KA: 767: 76X: 7AA: 7WA: 82 |
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