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Application of the Seven-Subtest Short Form of the WAIS-R in African Americans with Brain Damage

Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas

Mark E. Weilage

Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas

Shane J. Lopez

Dwight D. Eisenhower Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas

Anthony M. Paolo

University of Kansas Medical Center

David M. Miller

Midwest Behavioral Health Service of Kansas City

Jeri Morris

Northwestern University

This study examined the accuracy of Ward's (1990) seven-subtest short form for predicting WAIS-R IQs of 54 African Americans with brain damage. Means for age, education, and FSIQ were 47.1 years (SO= 16.6), 10.8 years (SD= 2.4), and 79.3 (SD = 11.6). Short-form VIQs, PIQs, and FSIQs were within ±1 standard error of measurement of the actual WAIS-R scores 81.5%, 83.3%, and 83.3% of the time. This abbreviation may be applied to African Americans with brain damage when general estimates of intellectual functioning are required. However, the shortened scale detected reliable VIQ.PIQ discrepancies on the WAIS-R only 53% of the time. Therefore, interpretation of significant short-form-based VIQ-PIQ discrepancies should be avoided.

Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, Vol. 15, No. 4, 314-321 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/073428299701500403


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