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Concurrent validity of the Luria‐Nebraska memory scale
Author(s) -
Ryan Joseph J.,
Prifitera Aurelio
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(198204)38:2<378::aid-jclp2270380228>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler memory scale , scale (ratio) , wechsler adult intelligence scale , metamemory , concurrent validity , test validity , clinical psychology , psychometrics , cognition , psychiatry , metacognition , internal consistency , physics , quantum mechanics
Investigated the concurrent validity of the Luria‐Nebraska Neuropsychological Battery (LNNB) Memory Scale using the Wechsler Memory Scale (WMS) as the criterion. For 32 psychiatric patients, the LNNB Memory Scale yielded a significant correlation with the WMS MQ, r (30) = −.65, p <.001. Moreover, there was a 72% agreement between the two scales with respect to the identification of memory impairment. Memory‐impaired S s earned a significantly higher ( p <.01) mean T‐score on the LNNB Memory Scale than did S s without memory problems. It was concluded that the LNNB Memory Scale is an adequate measure of short‐term memory.