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Comparisons of intellectual performance among children with psychiatric disorders
Author(s) -
Zimet Sara Goodman,
Zimet Gregory D.,
Farley Gordon K.,
Adler Shoshana Shapiro
Publication year - 1994
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(199403)50:2<131::aid-jclp2270500202>3.0.co;2-g
Subject(s) - psychology , intellectual disability , intelligence quotient , anxiety , clinical psychology , psychopathology , conduct disorder , psychiatry , developmental psychology , cognition
The intellectual performances of children with a variety of psychiatric disorders were examined and compared with the findings from a similar study by Hodges and Plow (1990). Mean IQ scores were in the average range for both study samples, and no significant differences were found in WISC‐R summary scores. Nevertheless, the Hodges and Plow findings were only partially corroborated. They observed, for instance, a relative deficit in verbal abilities for conduct‐disordered children and lower IQ scores for children with anxiety disorders vs. children with all other disorders. Our replication study found no significant differences among the disorder groups for any of the scores examined. Possible explanations for the divergence in findings are discussed.