title: Is the WAIS-R an acceptable test for the elderly? Opinions of examinees 75 years and older.
abstract: Two hundred twenty-four healthy volunteers, 75 years of age and older (M = 80.67 years; SD = 4.99), completed the WAIS-R and a post WAIS-R questionnaire. The questionnaire gathered information about the subjects' perceptions of the Wechsler Scale across five categories. The vast majority of subjects (over 92%) experienced the WAIS-R as interesting, challenging, motivating, and within their endurance. Only two subtests were rated negatively; Picture Arrangement and Block Design were experienced as tricky by 17% and 22% of the subjects, respectively. There were no significant differences on IQ and subtest scores between subjects who perceived the WAIS-R in a negative manner and those who viewed it positively.
authors.affiliation: Dwight D. Eisenhower Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kansas 66048.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Paolo
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Ryan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged / Q000523:psychology*; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011594:Psychometrics; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000592:standards*