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Construct validity of neuropsychological tests of conceptual and attentional abilities
Author(s) -
O'donnell James P.,
Macgregor Leslie A.,
Dabrowski John J.,
Oestreicher John M.,
Romero Josué J.
Publication year - 1994
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(199407)50:4<596::aid-jclp2270500416>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - wisconsin card sorting test , psychology , construct validity , neuropsychology , construct (python library) , cognitive psychology , neuropsychological test , test (biology) , test validity , developmental psychology , cognition , neuropsychological assessment , psychometrics , audiology , neuroscience , medicine , paleontology , computer science , biology , programming language
Abstract In a mixed sample of community‐living adults, this study examined the construct validity of five neuropsychological tests: Category Test (CAT), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Paced Auditory Serial Addition Task (PASAT), Visual Search and Attention Test (VSAT) and Trail Making Test: Part B (TMT‐B). Principal components analyses showed that PASAT, VSAT, and TMT‐B defined an attention factor and that CAT and WCST defined a conceptual factor. The results were discussed in terms of common interpretations of these procedures as well as in terms of Mirsky's (1989) components of attention.