Delinquency
- 1 March 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Correctional Psychologist
- Vol. 4 (1) , 99-104
- https://doi.org/10.1177/009385487700400108
Abstract
When Performance IQ is higher than Verbal IQ, the pattern is identified as Wechsler's classic "P > V" sign for delinquency. Despite a previous hypothesis that a too-low V might be the active element in the P > V sign, the data suggested that the three components— (a) lower V than average, (b) higher P than average, and (c) the degree of imbalance between V and P-may each uniquely contribute to the P > V sign. The P > V sign may now be seen as only one of two possible types of intellectual imbalance. Imbalance in either direction, that is, either Verbal IQ or Performance IQ higher than the other, may constitute a stress factor similar to that of a lower overall IQ in predisposing boys to delinquency.Keywords
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