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Wechsler memory scale is a poor screening test for brain dysfunction
Author(s) -
Prigatano George P.
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(197707)33:3<772::aid-jclp2270330337>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - wechsler adult intelligence scale , wechsler memory scale , dysfunctional family , psychology , logical address , clinical psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , psychometrics , memory impairment , test (biology) , psychiatry , wechsler intelligence scale for children , cognition , paleontology , physical address , computer science , programming language , biology , overlay
The effectiveness of the Wechsler Memory Scale as a screening test for brain dysfuntion when used with “new” scoring procedures was assessed in this cross‐validation study. The scoring procedures studied were those reported by Bachrach and Mintz (1974) and Kljajic (1975). In general, these procedures were found to be unreliable methods to separate brain dysfunctional patients from psychiatric patients. While the Wechsler Memory Scale may be a good test of short‐term verbal memory, it samples too narrow a band of behaviors to be a reliable screening instrument of brain dysfunction in a large range of patients.