The reading grade level of common measures in child and adolescent clinical psychology
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A review is presented with an aim to provide easily accessible readability information for 49 parent and 35 child and adolescent-report measures commonly used by clinicians and researchers. It is reported that the reading levels needed for accurately reading and comprehending several common child, adolescent and parent-report measures are often higher than the reading ability of the rater.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 2006
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Replication of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children-third edition four-factor model in the Canadian normative sample
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The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC) is widely used in psychological assessment. Confirmatory factor analysis of the Third Edition (WISC-III) subtests were undertaken based on the Canadian normative sample, to verify a 4-factor model for WISC-III in the US normative sample. The study concentrated on replication of the factor model throughout national samples.
Publication Name: Psychological Assessment
Subject: Psychology and mental health
ISSN: 1040-3590
Year: 1997
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