Application of the four-subtest WAIS-R short form with an older clinical sample
- 1 July 1984
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Clinical Psychology
- Vol. 40 (4) , 1033-1036
- https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-4679(198407)40:4<1033::aid-jclp2270400428>3.0.co;2-c
Abstract
Investigated the validity of the Arithmetic + Vocabulary + Picture Arrangement + Block Design subtest combination as an estimate of the WAIS-R Full Scale IQ in a smaple of 55 elderly patients. The correlation between the short-form IQ and the WAIS-R Full Scale IQ was highly significant, r(53) = 0.95, p < 0.001. A pairwise t-test computed between the mean IQs for the two forms was nonsignificant, t(54) < 1. Approximately one-fourth of the Ss showed changes in intelligence classification levels when the short form was used. The short form does not provide a precise estimate of IQ; however, it appears to have clinical utility as a screening device to identify patients with atypical cognitive functioning. The short form correctly categorized 84% of the current sample with respect to the presence or absence of abnormalities on the full WAIS-R.This publication has 6 references indexed in Scilit:
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