title: Distribution of relative attention deficits on the WISC-R by age, sex, social class, and region.
abstract: We examined the demographic distribution of 102 subjects with attention deficits in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) (Wechsler, 1974) standardization sample. Neither age nor occupational status was significant; males were overrepresented (3:1); and the West was overrepresented by 50%, largely due to the relatively high proportion of females in the West who appeared within the attention deficit sample (41% in West vs. 19% in the rest of the nation). Replication is encouraged.
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Clampit
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Silver
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D001288:Attention; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012067:Religion; D012737:Sex Factors; D012923:Social Class; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States; D014888:Wechsler Scales