Pattern analysis of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for children-revised profiles of delinquent boys.
To help meet the prescriptive needs of juvenile delinquents more effectively, an analysis of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), utilizing Lutey's model of Factor Analytic measures, was performed on 82 profiles obtained from male subjects (aged 13-16) in a Wisconsin correctional facility. Results support the trends of previous studies of juvenile delinquency; a significant 70% of the subjects (chi 2 6.4, p less than .05) had a higher Performance than Verbal score (M = 13.2). The Performance-Verbal results were also significant (t = 4.824, p less than .001). Object Assembly, Picture Completion, and Picture Arrangement were the three highest subtests and Information, Vocabulary, and Coding/Comprehension the lowest. Clusters that measure perceptual and psychomotor abilities yielded high scores, while most verbal ability clusters, Memory, Verbal Comprehension, Freedom from Distractability, and General Factor scores were the lowest. Results indicate that prescriptive models should consider these findings in planning successful educational programs for this population. The need for further studies that involve extensive assessments which include neurological testing for various age groups and gender populations is stressed.
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, Madison, WI 53701.
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D000293:Adolescent; D003415:Crime; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011330:Prisons; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales