COMPARISONS OF INTELLECTUAL-PERFORMANCE AMONG CHILDREN WITH PSYCHIATRIC-DISORDERS

The intellectual performances of children with a variety of psychiatri c disorders were examined and compared with the findings from a simila r study by Hodges and Plow (1990). Mean IQ scores were in the average range for both study samples, and no significant differences were foun d in WISC-R summary scores. Nevertheless, the Hodges and Plow findings were only partially corroborated. They observed, for instance, a rela tive deficit in verbal abilities for conduct-disordered children and l ower IQ scores for children with anxiety disorders vs. children with a ll other disorders. Our replication study found no significant differe nces among the disorder groups for any of the scores examined. Possibl e explanations for the divergence in findings are discussed.