Análisis del patrón de rendimiento de una muestra de niños con TDAH en el WISC-IV
Year: 2015
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Performance pattern analysis of a sample of children with ADHD using WISC-IV. The aim of this study is to define the pattern of performance of a sample of children with Attention/Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) on the WISC-IV. A sample of 74 ADHD children from 6 to 12 years (76% male) was assessed with the WISC-IV. There were no significant differences between the ADHD subtypes on the WISC-IV measures. Scores of\nour clinical sample were compared with the ADHD and control samples used in the WISC-IV standardization process. Even though few differences were detected between the two ADHD clinical samples, our ADHD sample differed from the control sample in the Working Memory (WM) and Processing Speed (PS) indexes, but not in Verbal Comprehension (VC) and Perceptual Reasoning (PR). Furthermore, the ADHD sample recruited in the current study showed a lower performance profile on the CPI index (WM and PS) compared to the GAI index (VC and PR), with a large effect size. Likewise, the short-term memory cluster showed a lower score than the other five clusters from the Cattell-Horn-Carroll theory, with large effect sizes. Finally the scores observed in the FFD and SCAD profiles were significantly lower than expected. Therefore, despite the limitations of the study, the present data suggest that the different indexes and profiles derived from the WISC-IV might be useful tools for aiding clinicians in the diagnosis of ADHD.
Authors: M. Bustillo, Mateu Servera
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W1002757706