The aim of the study was to examine the internal structure of the Child Brief Neuropsychological Assessment Battery - NEUPSILIN-Inf with Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA). The study included 840 children (421 in the city of São Paulo, 419 in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul), aged between six and 12 years (M=8.98, SD=1.98), between first and sixth grade in public and private schools. Theoretical and hypothetical models were tested considering the organization's original instrument and neuropsychological literature. There was empirical adequacy of five of the seven models initially hypothesized: constructive praxis, verbal memory, episodic and semantic memory, visual processing, and academic performance. Contrary to the hypothesis, language was fitted into a one-factor model, while working memory, attention and executive functions were best explained by a model of two correlated factors. We concluded that the NEUPSILIN-Inf presents evidence of validity as the internal structure and can be used in the neuropsychological evaluation of children to examine these groups of neurocognitive components.
Neuropsychological tests; Neuropsychology; Cognition; Factor analysis; Validity of tests
