Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults: 1965–1970

Guertin, Wilson H.; Ladd, Clayton E.; Frank, George; Rabin, Albert I.; Hiester, Douglas S.

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“…Guertin, et. al., 1962Guertin, et. al., , 1966 thus far has revealed a limited relationship, if any, between I& and anxiety as measured by instruments such as the MAS (Taylor, 1953).…”

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“…At the conclusion of the experimental procedures, subjects in the stress condition were asked how the stressor, ego-threat instructions, affected them. Several reviewers, such as Guertin et al (1966), I'evitt (1967), Sattler & Theye (1967), suggested that the most important result of the study was that those stressed subjects who reported being disturbed by the instructions scored significantly lower on D than did the controls, whereas the nondisturbed stressed subjects performed on a par with controls. Walker and Spence (1964) concluded their report by recommending that investigators interested in the anxiety reactions of their subjects might do well to ask the subjects.…”

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The effect of subjectively reported anxiety on intelligence test performance

Walker¹,

Sannito²,

Firetto³

1970

Psychol. Schs.

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“…Guertin, et. al., 1962Guertin, et. al., , 1966 thus far has revealed a limited relationship, if any, between I& and anxiety as measured by instruments such as the MAS (Taylor, 1953).…”

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The effect of subjectively reported anxiety on intelligence test performance

Walker¹,

Sannito²,

Firetto³

1970

Psychol. Schs.

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“…Guertin, et a1. (l0, 11) stressed the possible contaminating effects of a failure to consider systematically the relevant variables. Thus, according to Guertin, "Research in the area seems t o be where it was a t the time of our first W-B review 20 years ago(l*).…”

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The WISC as a diagnostic tool

Saccuzzo

Lewandowski

1976

J. Clin. Psychol.

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Wechsler's hypotheses for the adolescent sociopath were applied to the WISC under controlled conditions. Groups were separated according to race and sex, while IQ, socioeconomic class, and geographic location were held constant. The criterion for selection of Ss was appearance before a juvenile court. The efficiency of each of Wechsler's signs was determined. Post hoc analysis provided specific signs for each combination of race and sex in the 80-89 IQ range. The need for cross-validation of these signs was stressed. Other methodological issues that may contribute to inconclusive findings with traditional assessment procedures were discussed throughout the study. These included: (1) the need for control of the relevant variables; (2) the problem of poorly defined criteria; (3) the need for analysis of the individual as well as the group data; (4) the importance of a holistic approach; (5) the problem with matching; and (6) the problem of not having an expected distribution with which to compare the frequency of "hits" for Wechsler's indices.

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“…For example, factors such as retardation ( 4 ) and cultural and educational (5) deprivation may provide as tenable an explanation as do personality characteristics for the inferior performance of criminals and delinquents on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) verbal scale subtests. Institutionalization and the chronicity of disorders such as brain injury (2) may have an effect on subtest variations.…”

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Categorization of patients with personality disorders and acute brain trauma through WAIS subtest variations

1971

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PROBLEMResearch designed to test many of Wechsler's (?) hypotheses relating subtest differences t o various psychiatric diagnostic categories has often been equivocal for reasons other than the inadequacies of the hypotheses. For example, factors such as retardation ( 4 ) and cultural and educational (5) deprivation may provide as tenable an explanation as do personality characteristics for the inferior performance of criminals and delinquents on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) verbal scale subtests. Institutionalization and the chronicity of disorders such as brain injury(2) may have an effect on subtest variations.This study brings many of the above-mentioned factors, e.g., education, chronicity and institutionalization, under control while attempting to find criteria by which acutely brain-injured patients and those with personality disorders could be effectively distinguished. Specifically, the hypotheses (2-relating brain injury to lower scores on WAIS performance subtests as compared with WAIS verbal subtests, and personality disorder to lower verbal subtest scores as compared with performance subtest scores were tested. METHODSubjects. Seventy male Kavy enlisted men were selected from a population of over 500 persons who were administered the WAIS as a part of the evaluation procedure a t the Great Lakes Naval Hospital. The sample was equally divided between those 8s (N = 35) who had finished 12 years of formal education (HS) and those Ss (N = 35) who had not (NHS). The two groups differed significantly (M diff. = 3.06; 1 = 6.296, df = 68, p < .001) in education and in WAIS Full Scale I& (M diff. = 10.80; t = 4.154, df = 68, p < .01). Twenty-two of the HS group had been hospitalized for a closed head injury and had been diagnosed as suffering from acute brain trauma (A4 age = 22.95; M educ. = 12.36); 13 had undergone disciplinary action and had received a psychiatric diagnosis as one of the personality disorders (M age = 24.61; M educ. --12.39). Neither the age ( 1 = .613, df = 33) nor the education (t = .030, df = 33) of the two groups diff ered significantly .Twenty of the remaining 35 NHS Ss had been hospitalized for a closed head injury and been diagnosed as suffering from acute brain trauma (M age = 23.25; M educ. = 9.50), and 15 had undergone disciplinary action and been diagnosed as one of the personality disorders (&I age = 21.13; M educ. = 9.07). The two groups did not differ significantly in either age ( t = ,263, df = 33) or education (t = 1.110, df = 33). All Ss were diagnosed through criteria that differed from the dependent variable of this study, i e . , through neurological and psychiatric evaluations.Measures and Procedures. All SS were administered the WAIS under standard(6) conditions within 3 weeks of their hospitalization or institutionalization. WAIS Verbal I& (VIQ), WAIS Performance IQ (PIQ) and scaled subtest scores elicited from the 22 brain-injured members of the HS group were compared with those elicited from the HS personality disorders. Similar comparisons were then m...

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Research with the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Adults: 1965–1970

Cited by 27 publications

References 186 publications

The effect of subjectively reported anxiety on intelligence test performance

The effect of subjectively reported anxiety on intelligence test performance

The WISC as a diagnostic tool

Categorization of patients with personality disorders and acute brain trauma through WAIS subtest variations

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