title: Parallel psychometric and cognitive modeling analyses of the Penn Face Memory Test in the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The psychometric properties of the Penn Face Memory Test (PFMT) were investigated in a large sample (4,236 participants) of U.S. Army Soldiers undergoing computerized neurocognitive testing. Data were drawn from the initial phase of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS), a large-scale study directed towards identifying risk and resilience factors for suicidal behavior and other stress-related disorders in Army Soldiers. In this paper, we report parallel psychometric and cognitive modeling analyses of the PFMT to determine whether ability estimates derived from the measure are precise and valid indicators of memory in the Army STARRS sample.
  
  
  METHODS
  Single-sample cross-validation methodology combined with exploratory factor and multidimensional item response theory techniques were used to explore the latent structure of the PFMT. To help resolve rotational indeterminacy of the exploratory solution, latent constructs were aligned with parameter estimates derived from an unequal-variance signal detection model.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analyses suggest that the PFMT measures two distinct latent constructs, one associated with memory strength and one associated with response bias, and that test scores are generally precise indicators of ability for the majority of Army STARRS participants.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  These findings support the use of the PFMT as a measure of major constructs related to recognition memory and have implications for further cognitive-psychometric model development.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors: Michael L
authors: ML
authors: Thomas
authors: Gregory G
authors: GG
authors: Brown
authors: Ruben C
authors: RC
authors: Gur
authors: John A
authors: JA
authors: Hansen
authors: Matthew K
authors: MK
authors: Nock
authors: Steven
authors: S
authors: Heeringa
authors: Robert J
authors: RJ
authors: Ursano
authors: Murray B
authors: MB
authors: Stein
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005145:Face; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008568:Memory; D008889:Military Personnel / Q000523:psychology*; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011594:Psychometrics; D055500:Resilience, Psychological; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment
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