Factor Analysis of K-WAIS in a Sample of Patients with Organic Mental Disorder due to Head Trauma.
- Author:
Sang Woo OH
1
;
Hong Gone KIM
;
Jong Ku KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry School of Medicine, Wonkwang University, Iksan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
K-WAIS;
Factor analysis;
Organic mental disorder
- MeSH:
Craniocerebral Trauma*;
Neurocognitive Disorders*;
Factor Analysis, Statistical*;
Head*;
Humans;
Principal Component Analysis
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
1997;36(5):896-901
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVES: The purpose of this study was to investigate the factor structure of the K-WAIS. METHODS: The sample was consisted of 138 patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma. A principal component analysis was used worth varimax rotation. RESULTS: Two factors in a sample patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma were abstracted from the K-WAIS by factor analysis. Variance of the two factors was 73.3%. And variance of factor 1 (verbal comprehension) factor 2 (perceptual organization) were 62.0% and 11.7%, respectively. CONCLUSION: Two factors in a sample patients with organic mental disorder due to head trauma were abstracted from the K-WAIS using the principal component analysis by varimax rotation.
