USE OF THE REYNOLDS, WILLSON, AND CLARK WAIS-R SHORT-FORM IN A BRAIN-INJURED POPULATION - A CAUTIONARY NOTE

Authors
ROBINER WN DOSSA DE ODOWD WT
Citation
Wn. Robiner et al., USE OF THE REYNOLDS, WILLSON, AND CLARK WAIS-R SHORT-FORM IN A BRAIN-INJURED POPULATION - A CAUTIONARY NOTE, Clinical neuropsychologist, 11(1), 1997, pp. 91-95
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical","Clinical Neurology",Psychology
Journal title
Clinical neuropsychologist → ACNP
ISSN journal
13854046
Volume
11
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
91 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
1385-4046(1997)11:1<91:UOTRWA>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
A short form (Information, Arithmetic, Picture Completion, and Block D esign) of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) devel oped by Reynolds, Willson, and Clark (1983) was used to estimate Full Scale IQ in brain-injured persons. Estimated IQ correlated .91 with WA IS-R Full Scale IQ, but overestimated IQ by a mean of 5.94 points. The pattern of overestimating IQ with brain-injured persons (p < .001) su ggests that the Reynolds et al. short-form (RWCSF) procedure is not ap propriate for brain-injured patients and raises questions about its us e with other individuals who have cognitive or neurological impairment s.