1. Utility of a clinically derived abbreviated form of the WAIS-III
- Author
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Mark T. Wagner, Joy H. Wymer, and Katrina Rayls
- Subjects
Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Pediatrics ,Aging ,Time Factors ,Psychometrics ,Population ,Sensitivity and Specificity ,medicine ,Humans ,Psychiatry ,education ,Aged ,Aged, 80 and over ,Intelligence Tests ,education.field_of_study ,Intelligence quotient ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ,Reproducibility of Results ,General Medicine ,Neuropsychological test ,Middle Aged ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Patient room ,Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology ,Female ,Psychology - Abstract
The Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Third Edition (WAIS-III) often poses problems for many populations due to the length of administration. Twenty geriatric subjects were administered the full WAIS-III. Three abbreviated forms of the WAIS-III (Satz–Mogel abbreviation ( Satz & Mogel, 1962 ); seven-subtest short form ( Ward, 1990 ); and a clinically derived abbreviation) were evaluated by rescoring original full WAIS-III protocols. Results showed that the abbreviated WAIS-III protocols were highly correlated with complete protocols, and classification rules were the highest for the clinically derived abbreviation. The clinically derived abbreviation was reevaluated in a college LD/ADHD population yielding similarly high correlations. Results support the use of abbreviated forms of the WAIS-III in the evaluation of elderly patients and young adults, and point to the clinically derived abbreviation as providing the smallest discrepancies from FSIQ.
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- 2003