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Comparison of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—third edition in economically disadvantaged African American youth
Author(s) -
Grados Judy Johnson,
RussoGarcia Kathleen A.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199909)55:9<1063::aid-jclp4>3.0.co;2-u
Subject(s) - wechsler intelligence scale for children , wechsler adult intelligence scale , disadvantaged , psychology , intelligence quotient , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , test (biology) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , cognition , paleontology , political science , law , biology
The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K‐BIT; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—Third Edition (WISC‐III; Wechsler, 1991) are compared in 35 economically disadvantaged African American youth presenting for treatment in a community mental health setting. Significant correlations were found between K‐BIT Composite and WISC‐III Full Scale IQ scores. Results revealed significant differences between K‐BIT and WISC‐III scores; K‐BIT Composite and Matrices mean scores were found to be 6 and 11 points higher than respective WISC‐III Full Scale IQ and Performance IQ mean scores. No significant differences were obtained between K‐BIT Vocabulary and WISC‐III Verbal IQ scores. Our findings support the authors' recommendations for use of the Matrices subtest alone with African American youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990). © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. J Clin Psychol 55: 1063–1071, 1999.