title: Implications of regression analysis and correlational data between subtests of the WISC-R and the PPVT-R for a delinquent population.
abstract: Computed correlations between the subscales of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-Revised (PPVT-R) using as a sample 72 adjudicated male delinquents aged 13-10 to 16-11. Significant relationships at the .0001 level were obtained for 10 subtests with only one, Object Assembly, computed at the .001 level. A forward selection multiple regression analysis resulted in six subtests of the WISC-R correlating to the PPVT-R with a R2 value of .78. The significance and the implications of this relationship for the juvenile delinquent population were discussed.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales