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ERIC ED401514: The Usefulness of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale fo... |
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Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the |
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most prevalent of the childhood behavioral disorders, yet |
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is widely misunderstood and often difficult to correctly |
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diagnose. Using a neuropsychological framework, this |
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study explored the usefulness of the Wechsler |
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Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) |
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and Wisconsin Card Sorting Test in the diagnosis of ADHD. |
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A sample of 90 children ages 6-12 were divided into four |
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diagnostic groups: (1) pure ADHD; (2) ADHD with a |
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learning disability (ADHD/LD); (3) a clinical group with |
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a diagnosis other than ADHD and/or learning disability; |
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and (4) a control group of normals. Significant group |
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main effects were revealed for the WISC-III Intelligence |
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Quotient (IQ) scores (Full Scale IQ, Verbal IQ, and |
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Performance IQ) and factor based scores (Verbal |
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Comprehension Index, Perceptual Organization Index, |
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Freedom of Distractibility Index, and Processing Speed |
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Index (PSI)) with no age main effects or Age X Group |
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interactions revealed. The ADHD group performed |
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significantly poorer than the control group on all WISC- |
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III IQ scores and on all the factor based scores except |
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PSI. Other results are presented and discussed, and |
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recommendations are made for future research. Contains 82 |
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references, 17 figures and tables. (Author/RB) |
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Date Published: 2015-12-18 23:28:34 |
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Identifier: ERIC_ED401514 |
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Item Size: 81779196 |
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Language: english |
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Media Type: texts |
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