The relationship between WAIS-derived indices of maladjustment and MMPI in deviant groups.

L’Abate, Luciano

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“…Page and Steffy (1984) proposed a similar argument to explain gender IQ differences among psychiatric patients. Certainly all clinic samples cited previously (Boor, 1975;Dash et al, 1983;L'Abate, 1962;Page & Steffy, 1984), as well as the present samples, included many more males than females, suggesting a selective bias of some kind.…”

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“…However, the literature addressing gender IQ differences among clinic samples consistently indicates that there are IQ differences between males and females favouring the former. L'Abate (1962) found that males of a psychiatric inpatient and outpatient clinic sample scored approximately 7 IQ points higher than did the females across WAIS V, P, and FS measures. Working with a similar sample, Boor (1975) found that males obtained significantly higher scores than females by approximately 6, 3 and 5 points on V, P, and FS IQs, respectively.…”

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Gender IQ differences among psychiatric patients.

Atkinson¹,

Cyr²

1985

Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des

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A discrepancy has emerged in the literature suggesting statistically significant and clinically meaningful gender differences in IQ test performance for clinical samples, but not for normal samples. Wechsler (1958) reported no significant Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS;Wechsler, 1955) IQ differences between males and females of the normative sample. Turner and Willerman (1977), testing a sample of adoptive parents on the WAIS, obtained a significant but meaningless Rill Scale (FS) IQ difference of 2.6 points in favour of males. No significant Verbal (V) or Performance (P) IQ differences emerged.However, the literature addressing gender IQ differences among clinic samples consistently indicates that there are IQ differences between males and females favouring the former. L' Abate (1962) found that males of a psychiatric inpatient and outpatient clinic sample scored approximately 7 IQ points higher than did the females across WAIS V, P, and FS measures. Working with a similar sample, Boor (1975) found that males obtained significantly higher scores than females by approximately 6, 3 and 5 points on V, P, and FS IQs, respectively. In a combined sample representing two psychiatric facilities, Page and Steffy (1984) discovered 6-point WAIS V and P IQ differences favouring males. FS IQs were not reported.A similar situation exists in the area of children's intelligence testing. Analyses of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC; Wechsler, 1949) and the revised WISC (WISC-R; Wechsler, 1974) normative data have revealed significant differences on V and FS IQs, with males in both samples outperforming females (Kaufman & Doppelt, 1976;Seashore, Wesman & Doppelt, 1950). Despite their statistical significance, however, the discrepancies were small (varying between 1.7 and 2.5 IQ points) and substantively meaningless. Further study of normal samples with the WISC-R has failed to reveal statistically significant differences by gender (Hanley, 1978;Munford & Munoz, 1980;Wersh & Briere, 1981). Likewise, a study of children undergoing outpatient treatment revealed no significant IQ differences (Page & Steffy, 1984).Nevertheless, in another investigation of youngsters referred to child and family clinics (Dash, Dennis, Mueller, Mancini, Snart& Short, 1983), significant differences of 13, 7 and 11 IQ points emerged across V, P, and FS measures, respectively. All discrepancies favoured males.This bias indicates that clinic populations may be misrepresented by the Send reprint requests to L.

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Gender IQ differences among psychiatric patients.

Atkinson¹,

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1985

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Relationships among education, the MMPI, and WAIS measures of psychopathology

Lacks

Keefe

1970

J. Clin. Psychol.

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CONCLUSIONSThe correlations obtained and shown in Tables 1 and 2 are all highly significant and support the validity of Yudin's(i) procedure as applied to children in an outpatient psychiatric facility who manifest large discrepancies between verbal and performance abilities in terms of intellectual functioning. Although the correlations between the two forms were impressive when analyzed by subtests and age levels, the correlations did drop considerably when computed on the verbal-performance discrepancies according to sex and direction of discrepancy. Yudin's contention that his abbreviated procedure will allow for the usual types of scatter analysis that are possible with the full WISC needs to be examined further in view of the decrease in correlation found when the stability of the verbal-performance discrepancy was examined. 2. FINLEY, C. J. and THOMPSON, J. An abbreviated WISC for use with educable mentally retarded. Amer. J . menla1 Dej., 1938,6S, 473-480. 3. SATZ, P. and MOGEL, S. An abbreviation of the WAIS for clinical use. J . elm. Psgehol., 1962, 4. SATZ, P., VAN DE RIET, H . and MOGEL, S. An abbreviation of the WISC for clinical use. J . 8. SIMPSON, W. H. and BRIDGES, C. C. A short form of the WISC. J . clin. Ps chol., 1939,16,424. 6. WECHSLER, D. Wechsler Inlelligmce Scale for Children (Manzcal). New Qork: Psychological 7. E D I N , W. An abbreviated form of the WISC for use with emotionally disturbed children. 18, 77-79. consult. Psychol., 1967 31, 108. Co ration, 1949. J . u m s~l l .

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