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Pattern analysis of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children‐Revised profiles of delinquent boys
Author(s) -
Culberton Frances M.,
Feral Crystal H.,
Gabby Samuel
Publication year - 1989
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(198907)45:4<651::aid-jclp2270450423>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , wechsler intelligence scale for children , wechsler adult intelligence scale , juvenile delinquency , developmental psychology , intelligence quotient , comprehension , psychomotor learning , verbal reasoning , population , vocabulary , clinical psychology , cognition , psychiatry , demography , linguistics , philosophy , sociology
To help meet the prescriptive needs of juvenile delinquents more effectively, an analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children‐Revised (WISC‐R), utilizing Lutey's model of Factor Analytic measures, was performed on 82 profiles obtained from male subjects (aged 13‐16) in a Wisconsin correctional facility. Results support the trends of previous studies of juvenile delinquency; a significant 70% of the subjects (χ 2 6.4, p <.05) had a higher Performance than Verbal score ( M = 13.2). The Performance‐Verbal results were also significant ( t = 4.824, p <.001). Object Assembly, Picture Completion, and Picture Arrangement were the three highest subtests and Information, Vocabulary, and Coding/Comprehension the lowest. Clusters that measure perceptual and psychomotor abilities yielded high scores, while most verbal ability clusters, Memory, Verbal Comprehension, Freedom from Distractability, and General Factor scores were the lowest. Results indicate that prescriptive models should consider these findings in planning successful educational programs for this population. The need for further studies that involve extensive assessments which include neurological testing for various age groups and gender populations is stressed.