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Consistency among commonly used procedures for assessment of abnormal children
Author(s) -
Deckner C. William,
Soraci Salvatore A.,
Deckner Patricia O.,
Blanton Richard L.
Publication year - 1981
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(198110)37:4<856::aid-jclp2270370432>3.0.co;2-5
Subject(s) - psychology , optimal distinctiveness theory , developmental psychology , autism , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , rating scale , stanford–binet intelligence scales , consistency (knowledge bases) , construct (python library) , vineland adaptive behavior scale , wechsler adult intelligence scale , psychiatry , social psychology , cognition , artificial intelligence , physics , quantum mechanics , computer science , programming language
Administered the Stanford‐Binet and/or its downward extension the Cattell Infant Intelligence Scale to 22 children in a school for severely behaviorally disordered boys and girls. Assessments also were made with the Vineland Social Maturity Scale and with a scale of language development. A subgroup of 17 children were assessed with Rimland's E‐2 Scale, which is designed to assess the presence and degree of the condition of autism. Correlations among these commonly used assessment procedures are reported. Findings are discussed with respect to the construct validity of the tests and with respect to practical problems of implementation. Issues that concern the distinctiveness of specific classification dimensions and the heterogeneity of the syndrome of autism also are discussed.