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Delayed recall on the Wechsler memory scale‐revised: The factor structure revisited
Author(s) -
Elwood Richard W.
Publication year - 1993
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(199311)49:6<854::aid-jclp2270490613>3.0.co;2-f
Subject(s) - recall , psychology , wechsler adult intelligence scale , wechsler memory scale , developmental psychology , exploratory factor analysis , variance (accounting) , factor (programming language) , psychometrics , clinical psychology , cognitive psychology , cognition , psychiatry , accounting , computer science , business , programming language
Abstract Although delayed recall tasks are prominent features of the popular Wechsler Memory Scale‐Revised (WMS‐R), exploratory factor analyses consistently have failed to identify an associated delayed recall factor. The present study tested the hypothesis (Elwood, 1991b) that a delayed recall factor could be found by substituting percent retained (saving) scores for the existing WMS‐R delayed recall subtest scores. Principal component analyses of age‐corrected WMS‐R immediate and save scores in a mixed clinical sample failed to find the hypothesized save factor. Both the scree and MAP tests retained one general memory factor, which accounted for 42.2% of the total variance. Independent statistical programs produced essentially equivalent results. Clinical implications of these findings are discussed.