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Stability of WISC‐R scores in children with learning difficulties
Author(s) -
Bauman Edward
Publication year - 1991
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(199104)28:2<95::aid-pits2310280203>3.0.co;2-9
Subject(s) - wechsler intelligence scale for children , psychology , intelligence quotient , learning disability , developmental psychology , population , wechsler adult intelligence scale , cognition , psychiatry , medicine , environmental health
Abstract Student records of 130 children with learning difficulties who had been tested twice were examined to determine the stability of WISC‐R scores over time. There were significant losses in Verbal IQ and Full Scale IQ. Subjects in the above‐average IQ range had greater losses in Verbal IQ and Full Scale IQ and greater gains in Performance IQ than did those in the below‐average IQ range. Children initially tested before age 8 had a significant IQ loss, but those tested after age 8 maintained a constant IQ. The WISC‐R is most frequently administered to children with learning difficulties. Results presented here suggest that the IQs in this population are not as stable as was previously thought, and this may provide a rationale for the periodic readministration of the WISC‐R.