title: Factor structure of emotional and cognitive behaviors for normals and neurologically impaired patients.
abstract: This study examined the factor structure of 68 affective, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms often reported with neurological impairment. The responses of 199 subjects to a behavioral inventory were submitted to an exploratory factor analysis. The results demonstrated that the instrument could be reduced to 16 homogeneous factors, which were able to explain 67% of the instrument's total variability. These factors were entered into a discriminant analysis that examined neurologically impaired patients and normal controls. Eleven of the 16 factors formed a linear composite that discriminated between these two groups with approximately 94% accuracy.
authors: Neuropsychology Laboratory, Ball State University, Muncie, IN 47306.
authors: J S
authors: JS
authors: Kixmiller
authors: J R
authors: JR
authors: Briggs
authors: L C
authors: LC
authors: Hartlage
authors: R S
authors: RS
authors: Dean
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000342:Affective Symptoms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D000368:Aged; D001925:Brain Damage, Chronic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D016002:Discriminant Analysis; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics