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Concurrent validity of the early screening profiles and the differential ability scales with an at‐risk preschool sample
Author(s) -
McIntosh David E.,
Gibney Laura,
Quinn Kevin,
Kundert Deborah
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1520-6807(200005)37:3<201::aid-pits1>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , cognition , predictive validity , demography , psychiatry , sociology
The relationship between the Early Screening Profiles (ESP; Harrison, 1990) and the Differential Ability Scales (DAS; Elliott, 1990a) was studied. The participants were 94 (57 males, 37 females) at‐risk preschoolers ranging in age from 3 years 6 months to 5 years 11 months ( M = 4 years 7 months; SD = 6.3 months). The sample included 72 Caucasians, 21 African Americans, and one Hispanic. This study found that the DAS GCA (General Conceptual Ability) mean score was significantly lower than the ESP Total Screening mean score. However, a strong relationship ( r = .78) was found between the ESP Total Screening and DAS GCA scores, indicating that the ESP is a good predictor of cognitive ability among at‐risk preschoolers. © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.