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Psychometric Scatter in Retarded, Autistic Preschoolers as Measured by the Cattell
Author(s) -
McDonald Mary Alice,
Mundy Peter,
Kasari Connie,
Sigman Marian
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
journal of child psychology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.652
H-Index - 211
eISSN - 1469-7610
pISSN - 0021-9630
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-7610.1989.tb00271.x
Subject(s) - psychology , autism , developmental psychology , psychometrics , developmental disorder , weakness , audiology , clinical psychology , medicine , anatomy
To determine whether psychometric scatter is characteristic of the developmental profile of young autistic children, the performance of 38 autistic children, as measured by the Cattell, was compared with the performance of MA matched samples of normal, Down's Syndrome and non‐Down's Syndrome children with mental retardation. Results indicated significantly more psychometric scatter in die autistic group than in the other groups. Similarly, 66% of the autistic‐children vs 13, 26 and 32% of the normal, Down's and non‐Down's samples, respectively, had significant scalier, Further analyses revealed that autistic children showed consistent relative strength in non‐language and weakness in language.