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Evidence of the Cross-Cultural Stability of the Factor Structure of the SKT Short Test for Assessing Deficits of Memory and Attention

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 January 2005

Hartmut Lehfeld
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany
Georg Rudinger
Affiliation:
Psychological Department of the University of Bonn, Germany
Christian Rietz
Affiliation:
Psychological Department of the University of Bonn, Germany
Claus Heinrich
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany
Viktor Wied
Affiliation:
Bektherev Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia
Luis Fornazzari
Affiliation:
University of Chile, Santiago, Chile
Johannes Pittas
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece
Ian Hindmarch
Affiliation:
Human Psychopharmacology Research Unit, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
Hellmut Erzigkeit
Affiliation:
Psychiatric University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

Abstract

Many of the psychometric instruments employed in dementia research are adapted versions of tests developed in countries different from those in which they are applied. The validity of these instruments has been established in their countries of origin; however, there is little information available regarding their validity when transferred to other cultures. The SKT, a short cognitive performance test for the assessment of memory and attention deficits developed and validated in Germany, was administered in research centers in Chile, Greece, Russia, and England. SKT raw scores were factor analyzed with regard to a prespecified target structure, i.e., the factor solution found for a large German reference sample. The cross-cultural stability of the test was assessed using a statistical method that combined the perfect congruent weights approach and the bootstrapping technique. This procedure allowed for testing the similarity between factorial solutions obtained for the different centers. Results clearly indicate the factorial stability of the SKT in the countries participating in the study.

Type
Studies on Measurement
Copyright
© 1997 International Psychogeriatric Association

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