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Factor structure of the wechsler memory scale in an older adult population
Author(s) -
Dye Carol J.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198201)38:1<163::aid-jclp2270380127>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , population , psychometrics , wechsler memory scale , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , demography , cognition , sociology
Performed a factor analysis on the results of the WMS for 99 male S s to determine whether normally aging older adults performed in the same manner as combined neurological and psychiatric patient or nonpatient younger populations. Average MQ for this group (average age 63 years) was 123. Even though the overall score did not indicate deficits with age, the factor structure in this group was almost identical to those structures determined by previous research in the patient populations and not similar to a nonpatient younger population previously reported. This seems to indicate that the manner of functioning in later life becomes deficient in quality rather than in quantitative performance.