Factor Structure of the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children with Egyptian Schoolchildren

Abstract

The present study investigated the consistency on which the Kaufman Assessment Battery for Children (K-ABC) is based. To examine the construct validity of this battery, six subtests of the K-ABC and one test from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised were administered to 172 children (82 boys and 90 girls) in Grades 1, 3, and 5. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, the factor structure for the Egyptian sample was obtained for Mental Processing and Achievement subtests and then compared to the factor structure obtained for children from the standardization sample. Analysis showed that the factor structure obtained from the Egyptian sample was similar to the specified structure of the K-ABC. The results were discussed in terms of biological and cultural influences on the stability of the two modes of processing.