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Wilson CJ, Bowden SC, Byrne LK, Vannier LC, Hernandez A, Weiss LG. Cross-National Generalizability of WISC-V and CHC Broad Ability Constructs across France, Spain, and the US. J Intell 2023; 11:159. [PMID: 37623542 PMCID: PMC10455271 DOI: 10.3390/jintelligence11080159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2023] [Revised: 07/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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The Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model is based on psychometric cognitive ability research and is the most empirically supported model of cognitive ability constructs. This study is one in a series of cross-national comparisons investigating the equivalence and generalizability of psychological constructs which align with the CHC model. Previous research exploring the cross-cultural generalizability of cognitive ability measures concluded that the factor analytic models of cognitive abilities generalize across cultures and are compatible with well-established CHC constructs. The equivalence of the psychological constructs, as measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fifth Edition (WISC-V), has been established across English-speaking samples. However, few studies have explored the equivalence of psychological constructs across non-English speaking, nationally representative samples. This study explored the equivalence of the WISC-V five-factor model across standardization samples from France, Spain, and the US. The five-factor scoring model demonstrated excellent fit across the three samples independently. Factorial invariance was investigated and the results demonstrated strict factorial invariance across France, Spain, and the US. The results provide further support for the generalizability of CHC constructs across Western cultural populations that speak different languages and support the continued use and development of the CHC model as a common nomenclature and blueprint for cognitive ability researchers and test developers. Suggestions for future research on the CHC model of intelligence are discussed.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christopher J. Wilson
- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
- Research and Development, Pearson Clinical Assessment, Melbourne 3121, Australia
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- Melbourne School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne 3010, Australia
- Department of Clinical Neuroscience, St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne 3065, Australia
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- Faculty of Psychology, Counselling & Psychotherapy, The Cairnmillar Institute, Melbourne 3123, Australia
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- Research and Development, Pearson Clinical Assessment, 08011 Barcelona, Spain
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Wilson CJ, Bowden SC, Byrne LK, Joshua NR, Marx W, Weiss LG. The cross-cultural generalizability of cognitive ability measures: A systematic literature review. INTELLIGENCE 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.intell.2023.101751] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/30/2023]
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Staios M, Kosmidis MH, Nielsen TR, Papadopoulos A, Kokkinis N, Stogiannidou A, March E, Stolwyk RJ. The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition, Greek Adaptation (WAIS-IV GR): confirmatory factor analysis and specific reference group normative data for Greek Australian older adults. AUSTRALIAN PSYCHOLOGIST 2023. [DOI: 10.1080/00050067.2023.2179387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023]
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- Mathew Staios
- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Neurology, Danish Dementia Research Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Lab of Cognitive Neuroscience, School of Psychology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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- Turner Institute for Brain and Mental Health, School of Psychological Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
- Monash-Epworth Rehabilitation Research Centre, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia
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Tulsky DS, Holdnack JA, Cohen ML, Heaton RK, Carlozzi NE, Wong AWK, Boulton AJ, Heinemann AW. Factor structure of the NIH Toolbox Cognition Battery in individuals with acquired brain injury. Rehabil Psychol 2018; 62:435-442. [PMID: 29265864 DOI: 10.1037/rep0000183] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The National Institutes of Health Toolbox Cognition Battery (NIHTB-CB) measures reading, vocabulary, episodic memory, working memory, executive functioning, and processing speed. While previous research has validated the factor structure in healthy adults, the factor structure has not been examined in adults with neurological impairments. Thus, this study evaluated the NIHTB-CB factor structure in individuals with acquired brain injury. METHOD A sample of 392 individuals (ages 18-84) with acquired brain injury (n = 182 TBI, n = 210 stroke) completed the NIHTB-CB along with neuropsychological tests as part of a larger, multisite research project. RESULTS Confirmatory factor analyses supported a 5-factor solution that included reading, vocabulary, episodic memory, working memory, and processing speed/executive functioning. This structure generally held in TBI and stroke subsamples as well as in subsamples of those with severe TBI and stroke injuries. CONCLUSIONS The factor structure of the NIHTB-CB is similar in adults with acquired brain injury to adults from the general population. We discuss the implications of these findings for clinical practice and clinical research. (PsycINFO Database Record
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- David S Tulsky
- Departments of Physical Therapy and Psychological and Brain Sciences, University of Delaware
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- The Center on Health Assessment Research and Translation, University of Delaware
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- The Center on Health Assessment Research and Translation, University of Delaware
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- Department of Psychiatry, University of California-San Diego School of Medicine
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- Center for Clinical Outcomes Development and Application, University of Michigan Medical Center
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- Department of Occupational Therapy and Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine
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- The Center for Health Assessment Research and Translation, University of Delaware
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- Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University
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Jewsbury PA, Bowden SC, Duff K. The Cattell–Horn–Carroll Model of Cognition for Clinical Assessment. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOEDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT 2016. [DOI: 10.1177/0734282916651360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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The Cattell–Horn–Carroll (CHC) model is a comprehensive model of the major dimensions of individual differences that underlie performance on cognitive tests. Studies evaluating the generality of the CHC model across test batteries, age, gender, and culture were reviewed and found to be overwhelmingly supportive. However, less research is available to evaluate the CHC model for clinical assessment. The CHC model was shown to provide good to excellent fit in nine high-quality data sets involving popular neuropsychological tests, across a range of clinically relevant populations. Executive function tests were found to be well represented by the CHC constructs, and a discrete executive function factor was found not to be necessary. The CHC model could not be simplified without significant loss of fit. The CHC model was supported as a paradigm for cognitive assessment, across both healthy and clinical populations and across both nonclinical and neuropsychological tests. The results have important implications for theoretical modeling of cognitive abilities, providing further evidence for the value of the CHC model as a basis for a common taxonomy across test batteries and across areas of assessment.
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- The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia
- St Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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Foran A, Bowden S, Bardenhagen F, Cook M, Meade C. Specificity of psychopathology in temporal lobe epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav 2013; 27:193-9. [PMID: 23454915 DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.12.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2012] [Revised: 12/12/2012] [Accepted: 12/14/2012] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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An investigation into the specificity of psychopathology in temporal lobe epilepsy was conducted using the Minnesota Multiphase Personality Inventory second edition (MMPI-2) profiles. Consecutive series of patients with left temporal lobe epilepsy (n = 49) and those with right temporal lobe epilepsy (n = 45) were compared with patients with other forms of epilepsy (n = 46) and other heterogeneous neurological conditions (n = 69). The investigation focused on the Clinical, Content, and Subscales scales that resembled descriptions of the Interictal Dysphoric Disorder symptoms and Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Personality Traits. Patients with right temporal lobe epilepsy and those with left temporal lobe epilepsy did not have different patterns of scale elevation, nor did they have clinical elevations compared with patients with other types of epilepsy or neurological controls. The MMPI-2 scales that resemble descriptions of the Interictal Dysphoric Disorder or Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Personality Syndrome were not elevated in either group of patients with temporal lobe epilepsy compared with the group of patients with non-temporal lobe epilepsy or heterogeneous neurological controls. This study adds to the mounting body of empirical research that has used standardized measures and matched groups, but failed to detect a special affinity between psychopathology and temporal lobe epilepsy.
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- Amie Foran
- Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia.
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Kool MB, van de Schoot R, López-Chicheri García I, Mewes R, Da Silva JAP, Vangronsveld K, Wismeijer AAJ, Lumley MA, van Middendorp H, Bijlsma JWJ, Crombez G, Rief W, Geenen R. Measurement invariance of the Illness Invalidation Inventory (3*I) across language, rheumatic disease and gender. Ann Rheum Dis 2013; 73:551-6. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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ObjectivesThe Illness Invalidation Inventory (3*I) assesses patients’ perception of responses of others that are perceived as denying, lecturing, not supporting and not acknowledging the condition of the patient. It includes two factors: ‘discounting’ and ‘lack of understanding’. In order to use the 3*I to compare and pool scores across groups and countries, the questionnaire must have measurement invariance; that is, it should measure identical concepts with the same factor structure across groups. The aim of this study was to examine measurement invariance of the 3*I across rheumatic diseases, gender and languages.MethodsParticipants with rheumatic disease from various countries completed an online study using the 3*I, which was presented in Dutch, English, French, German, Portuguese and Spanish; 6057 people with rheumatic diseases participated. Single and multiple group confirmatory factor analyses were used to test the factorial structure and measurement invariance of the 3*I with Mplus.ResultsThe model with strong measurement invariance, that is, equal factor loadings and thresholds (distribution cut-points) across gender and rheumatic disease (fibromyalgia vs other rheumatic diseases) had the best fit estimates for the Dutch version, and good fit estimates across the six language versions.ConclusionsThe 3*I showed measurement invariance across gender, rheumatic disease and language. Therefore, it is appropriate to compare and pool scores of the 3*I across groups. Future research may use the questionnaire to examine antecedents and consequences of invalidation as well as the effect of treatments targeting invalidation.
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An Investigation of Executive Functioning, Attention and Working Memory in Compulsive Hoarding. Behav Cogn Psychother 2012; 41:610-25. [DOI: 10.1017/s1352465812000835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Background: Compulsive Hoarding involves the acquisition of, and failure to discard, a large number of possessions that appear to be useless or of limited value, cluttered living spaces and significant distress or impairment in functioning (Frost and Hartl, 1996). The problem is multifaceted and appears best explained by a cognitive-behavioural framework. Aims: This study set out to test one aspect of Frost and Hartl's (1996) cognitive-behavioural model of compulsive hoarding by investigating theorized cognitive deficits in executive functioning, such as working memory and attention. Method: 24 participants with compulsive hoarding were tested on the Digit Span, Spatial Span and the Wisconsin Card Sorting Tests (WCST). Results: On the WCST, the hoarding group had a significantly higher number of perseveration errors (t = 1.67, p = .005) and significantly lower numbers of categories completed (t = −2.47, p = .001) than test norms. Only “failure to maintain set” was significantly correlated with hoarding severity (r = .435, p < .05). Conclusions: These findings lend support to the theory that people who compulsively hoard have executive dysfunction, which impacts on their ability to process information. Deficits relate to difficulties in forming effective strategies, inadequate feedback response, problems in concept formation, and impulsivity. Difficulties in sustained attention also appeared to be a factor in hoarding severity. These findings are important in directing more targeted clinical interventions.
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BACKGROUND In many English-speaking countries neuropsychological assessment of non-English speakers is often performed in English or through an interpreter. Relying on interpreters often involves unstandardized and ad hoc translations of tests which may limit valid assessment. METHODS In a sample of 75 Italian-born elderly Australians from the general community (48 women and 27 men, aged 56-90 years) we administered standardized and normed psychological tests in both English (WMS-III, WAIS-III, BNT, Schonell Graded Word Reading Test) and Italian (Milan Overall Dementia Assessment, MODA). We examined the hypothesis that long-term retrieval ability assessed in English is primarily influenced by cognitive abilities assessed in Italian and by English language competence. RESULTS Regression analysis showed that the strongest predictor of long-term retrieval in English was long-term retrieval in Italian (R2 = 0.229, F(72) = 29.12, p<0.01). After inclusion of an estimate of general cognitive ability in Italian, English language competence failed to add significantly to variance explained in memory tested in English (p > 0.05). CONCLUSIONS Results of the present study support the view that long-term retrieval memory is not significantly affected by second language proficiency after control of cognitive ability assessed in Italian. As a consequence, if an Italian-born elder Australian with English as a second language scores poorly on a diagnostic memory test, this result may be due to cognitive impairment rather than language issues. If, instead, we attribute poor performance to language competence, an increased risk of false negative diagnosis may arise.
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Holdnack JA, Xiaobin Zhou, Larrabee GJ, Millis SR, Salthouse TA. Confirmatory factor analysis of the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV. Assessment 2011; 18:178-91. [PMID: 21208975 DOI: 10.1177/1073191110393106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-fourth edition (WAIS-IV) and the Wechsler Memory Scale-fourth edition (WMS-IV) were co-developed to be used individually or as a combined battery of tests. The independent factor structure of each of the tests has been identified; however, the combined factor structure has yet to be determined. Confirmatory factor analysis was applied to the WAIS-IV/WMS-IV Adult battery (i.e., age 16-69 years) co-norming sample (n = 900) to test 13 measurement models. The results indicated that two models fit the data equally well. One model is a seven-factor solution without a hierarchical general ability factor: Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Processing Speed, Auditory Working Memory, Visual Working Memory, Auditory Memory, and Visual Memory. The second model is a five-factor model composed of Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Reasoning, Processing Speed, Working Memory, and Memory with a hierarchical general ability factor. Interpretative implications for each model are discussed.
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Partial measurement equivalence of French and English versions of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging neuropsychological battery. J Int Neuropsychol Soc 2009; 15:416-25. [PMID: 19402928 DOI: 10.1017/s1355617709090602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Neuropsychological batteries are often translated for use across populations differing in preferred language. Yet, equivalence in construct measurement across groups cannot be assumed. To address this issue, we examined data from the Canadian Study of Health and Aging, a large study of older adults. We tested the hypothesis that the latent variables underlying the neuropsychological battery administered in French or English were the same (invariant). The best-fitting baseline model, established in the English-speaking Exploratory sample (n = 716), replicated well in the English-speaking Validation sample (n = 715), and the French-speaking sample (FS, n = 446). Across the English- and FSs, two of the factors, Long-term Retrieval and Visuospatial speed, displayed invariance, that is, reflected the same constructs measured in the same scales. In contrast, the Verbal Ability factor showed only partial invariance, reflecting differences in the relative difficulty of some tests of language functions. This empirical demonstration of partial measurement invariance lends support to the continued use of these translated measures in clinical and research contexts and illustrates a framework for detailed evaluation of the generality of models of cognition and psychopathology, across groups of any sort.
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