WISC-IV Profiles in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: Similarities to and Differences from the WISC-III

Autor/inn/en	Allen, Daniel N.; Thaler, Nicholas S.; Donohue, Brad; Mayfield, Joan
Titel	WISC-IV Profiles in Children with Traumatic Brain Injury: Similarities to and Differences from the WISC-III
Quelle	In: Psychological Assessment, 22 (2010) 1, S.57-64 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1040-3590
DOI	10.1037/a0016056
Schlagwörter	Intelligence; Head Injuries; Measures (Individuals); Brain; Profiles; Psychometrics; Neurological Impairments; Intelligence Tests; Comparative Analysis; Scores; Coding; Cognitive Processes; Prediction; Children; Memory; Regression (Statistics); Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intelligenz; Klugheit; Kopfverletzung; Messdaten; Gehirn; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Psychometry; Psychometrie; Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Codierung; Programmierung; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Vorhersage; Child; Kind; Kinder; Gedächtnis; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition (WISC-IV; D. Wechsler, 2003a) is often utilized to assess children with traumatic brain injury (TBI), although little information is available regarding its psychometric properties in these children. The current study examined WISC-IV performance in a sample of 61 children with TBI. As compared to the standardization sample, results indicated that the TBI group exhibited relative deficits on all subtest and index scores, with the greatest deficits on the Processing Speed Index (PSI) and Coding subtest scores. However, the Perceptual Reasoning Index score was not uniquely sensitive to brain injury, and the Cognitive Processing Index score was less sensitive to TBI than the PSI score. Also, the PSI did not uniquely predict learning and memory abilities, as had been reported in previous studies of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Third Edition (WISC-III; D. Wechsler, 1991). The present findings indicate substantive differences between the WISC-III and WISC-IV profiles of children with TBI. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10