title: Factor analysis of the Neuropsychological Screening Battery for Hispanics (NeSBHIS).
abstract: The Neuropsychological Screening Battery for Hispanics (NeSBHIS; Pontón et al., 1996) was developed to provide clinicians and researchers with appropriate tests and norms to assess the Latino population. However, the construct validity of the NeSBHIS is unclear, and its clinical utility is untested. This study provides data on the construct validity of this battery via factor analytic methodology. Five factors were identified: (a) a language factor, which included the Controlled Oral Word Association Test, the Pontón-Satz Boston Naming Test, and the Escala de Inteligencia Wechsler para Adultos (EIWA; Wechsler, Green, & Martinez, 1968) Digit Span; (b) a verbal learning factor, which included all the World Health Organization--University of California, Los Angeles Auditory Verbal Learning Test scores (Trials V, VII, and VIII); (c) an attentional-mental control factor, which included the EIWA Digit Symbol, Color Trails 1 and 2, and the EIWA Block Design; (d) a visuospatial factor, made up of the Rey-Osterrieth Complex Figure Test Copy and Memory and the Raven's Standard Progressive Matrices total score; and (e) a psychomotor factor, the Pin Test. This was a stable factor structure, suggesting that the NeSBHIS has a robust construct validity.
authors.affiliation: Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, University of California, Torrance 90509, USA. moponton@ucla.edu
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Pontón
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Gonzalez
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Herrera
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Higareda
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results