Reliability and Validity of Chinese Version of Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Edition among Chi-nese Population
LIU Jing-jing
YUN Xiao-ping
Abstract:Objective To analyze the reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Rivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Edition (RBMT-III). Methods The items of RBMT-III were translated in Chinese and adjusted. A total of 131 healthy subjects were tested with Chinese version of RBMT-III, 30 of them were tested again with other materials two weeks later. Results The Cronbach'sαcoefficient was 0.799. The correlation coefficient of parallel-forms in subtest scale and meory index were all more than 0.65. There were six main fac-tors extracted, which explained 64.47%of the accumulated variance, those were novel task learning, spatial memory, verbal memory, visual memory, prospective memory and orientation/date. Conclusion RBMT-III is a reliable and validated instrument for assessment of memory.
Keywords:memory impairmentmemory evaluatingacquired brain injuryRivermead Behavioural Memory Test-Third Editionreli-abilityvalidity
Publication Date:2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date:2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages:3( 511-513 )

PKUISTIC
ISSN:1006-9771
Year, Vol.(Issue):2016,22(5)