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The relationship between adaptive behavior and intelligence for special needs students
Author(s) -
Terrasi Salvatore,
Airasian Peter W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
psychology in the schools
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.738
H-Index - 75
eISSN - 1520-6807
pISSN - 0033-3085
DOI - 10.1002/1520-6807(198904)26:2<202::aid-pits2310260212>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - psychology , adaptive behavior , wechsler intelligence scale for children , wechsler adult intelligence scale , developmental psychology , wechsler preschool and primary scale of intelligence , test validity , discriminant validity , scale (ratio) , intelligence quotient , psychometrics , clinical psychology , cognition , physics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , internal consistency
This study employed the technique of factor analysis to study the relationship between social system adaptive behavior, as measured by the Adaptive Behavior Inventory for Children, and intelligence, as measured by the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children‐Revised, in a sample of 100 special needs students, ages 6–11. The results clearly supported the existence of two distinct factors among the WISC‐R and ABIC subscales, with each factor composed primarily of either intelligence or adaptive behavior subscales. Thus, the data supported the discriminant validity of the two measures. Implications for the evaluation of special needs students are discussed.