title: The Behavioural Assessment Scale: norms for factor-based subscales.
abstract: The Behavioural Assessment Scale (BAS) was developed to assess adaptive functioning in older persons with severe cognitive impairment. Previous research has demonstrated that BAS items can be rescored as 3 factor-based subscales entitled Daily Living Skills, Communication and Social Skills, and Problem Behavior, or as a global functioning aggregate. Normative information on these subscales is most helpful when based on a severely impaired sample because very little variation is present in an unimpaired population. In accordance with this goal, regression-predicted age- and mental-status-corrected percentile ranks are presented for these 4 subscales, and for the total score of the BAS.
authors: Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
authors: T S
authors: TS
authors: Woodward
authors: G L
authors: GL
authors: Iverson
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001519:Behavior; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000592:standards*; D011340:Problem Solving; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012919:Social Behavior