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Predicting children with pervasive developmental disorders using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children–Third Edition

Year: 2008

Type: article

Abstract: An original combination score (i.e. the sum of Vocabulary and Comprehension subtracted from the sum of Block Design and Digit Span) was created from the four Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III) subtests identified by discriminant analysis on WISC-III data from 139/129 children with/without pervasive developmental disorders (PDD; mean, 8.3/8.1 years) and its utility examined for predicting PDD. Its best cut-off was 2/3, with sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive values of 0.68, 0.61, 0.65 and 0.64, respectively. The score seems useful, so long as clinicians are aware of its limitations and use it only as a supplemental measure in PDD diagnosis.

Source: Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2008.01826.x

Authors: Tomonori Koyama, Naoko Inada, Hiromi Tsujii, Hiroshi Kurita

Institutions: National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, National Institute of Mental Health

Language: English

Topic: Autism Spectrum Disorder Research

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W2000056484

FWCI: 0.28

Cites: 9

Cited by: 4

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