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Recategorized WISC‐R scores of learning‐disabled children from Mexican‐American culture
Author(s) -
Mishra Shitala P.
Publication year - 1984
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(198411)40:6<1485::aid-jclp2270400637>3.0.co;2-0
Subject(s) - generalizability theory , psychology , learning disabled , developmental psychology , learning disability , mexican americans , sample (material) , analysis of variance , clinical psychology , statistics , ethnic group , chemistry , mathematics , chromatography , sociology , anthropology
Examined the generalizability of the Bannatyne WISC‐R profile of learning‐disabled children to a sample of children from Mexican‐American culture. A sample of 64 Mexican‐Americans diagnosed as learning disabled were used in the study. Recategorized scores were subjected to 1 × 3 repeated measures ANOVAs and the differences between mean categorized scores were analyzed by Newman‐Keuls tests for simple effects. Analysis of the obtained data suggested that learning‐disabled Mexican‐American children were not characterized by Spatial > Conceptual > Sequential patterns as predicted by Bannatyne. The WISC‐R performance of these children was found to be similar on Sequential and Conceptual categories. In spite of the lack of generalizability of the Bannatyne profile to the Mexican‐American group, some interesting similarities and differences in performance patterns of the two groups of S s were observed.