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Parallel Short Forms for the Boston Naming Test: Psychometric Properties and Norms for Older Adults
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Parallel Short Forms for the Boston Naming Test: Psychometric Properties and Norms for Older Adults

Philip S Fastenau, Natalie L Denburg and Beth A Mauer
Journal of clinical and experimental neuropsychology, Vol.20(6), pp.828-834
12/01/1998
DOI: 10.1076/jcen.20.6.828.1105
PMID: 10484693

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Abstract

Four 15-item and two 30-item short forms for the Boston Naming Test were validated using 108 non-neurological community-dwelling adults, ages 57-85. All forms were administered to all participants (counterbalanced), with no effect of administration sequence on any score. An age effect emerged (Multiple R = .28, p = .01). No effects for education or gender were found, nor were there any interactions (p = .10). Descriptive data are stratified by age group. Reliability and validity for each form were demonstrated in several ways. These short forms should be very useful as screening instruments and/or as alternate forms for the BNT in test-retest clinical protocols, pre-post experimental designs, and longitudinal research.

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