Factor Structure, Convergent Validity, and Discriminant Validity of the NIH Toolbox Cognitive Health Battery (NIHTB-CHB) in Adults
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The objective of this study is to evaluate the construct validity of the NIH Neurobehavioral Toolbox Cognitive Health Battery (NIHTB-CHB) in adults. Confirmatory factor analysis was used to evaluate the dimensional structure underlying the NIHTB-CHB and Gold Standard tests chosen to serve as concurrent validity criteria for the NIHTB-CHB. These results were used to evaluate the convergent and discriminant validity of the NIHTB-CHB in adults ranging from 20 to 85 years of age. Five dimensions were found to explain the correlations among NIHTB-CHB and Gold Standard tests: Vocabulary, Reading, Episodic Memory, Working Memory and Executive Function/Processing Speed. NIHTB-CHB measures and their Gold Standard analogues defined factors in a pattern that broadly supported the convergent and discriminant validity of the NIHTB-CHB tests. This 5-factor structure was found to be invariant across 20–60 year old ( N =159) and 65–85 year old ( N =109) age groups that were included in the current validity study. Second order Crystallized Abilities (Vocabulary and Reading) and Fluid Abilities (Episodic Memory, Working Memory, Executive/Speed) factors parsimoniously explained correlations among the five first order factors. These results suggest that the NIHTB-CHB will provide both fine-grained and broad characterization of cognition across the adult age span. ( JINS , 2014, 20 , 1–9)
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Initial validation work supported a multidimensional structure of cognition with episodic memory, vocabulary, reading, working memory, and a processing speed/executive functioning abilities.
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Initial validation work provided initial evidence of convergent and discriminant validity among NIHTB-CB subtests.
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- Authors
- Mungas, D., Heaton, R., Tulsky, D., Zelazo, P. D., Slotkin, J., Blitz, D., Lai, J.-S., & Gershon, R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- University of California San Diego (US)
- Rusk Rehabilitation (US)
- University of Minnesota (US)
- Northwestern University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Mungas, Dan
- ORCID
- Venue
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (CUP)
- Published
- 2014-06-24
- Volume
- 20
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 579-587
- ISSN
- 1355-6177 (ISSN-L)
- 1469-7661
- PMC
- PMC4103956
- OpenAlex
- W1981688932
- Cited by
- 95
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 5.10
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- Journal of the International Neuropsychological Society (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- U.S. Public Health Service (HHS-N-260-2006-00007-C)
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG010129, R01AG010220)
- National Institute of Mental Health (P30MH062512)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Historical and Modern Theater Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Applied Psychology › Psychological Testing and Assessment
- Keywords
- construct validity, factor structure, convergent validity, discriminant validity, cognitive assessment, adults, vocabulary, reading, episodic memory, working memory, executive function, processing speed, age differences, neurobehavioral assessment
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Age Factors, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Cognition, Factor Analysis, Statistical, Female, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, National Institutes of Health (U.S.), Neuropsychological Tests, United States, Reproducibility of Results, Discriminant Analysis, Validation Studies as Topic, Young Adult
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