title: Comparison of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition in economically disadvantaged African American youth.
abstract: The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 1991) are compared in 35 economically disadvantaged African American youth presenting for treatment in a community mental health setting. Significant correlations were found between K-BIT Composite and WISC-III Full Scale IQ scores. Results revealed significant differences between K-BIT and WISC-III scores; K-BIT Composite and Matrices mean scores were found to be 6 and 11 points higher than respective WISC-III Full Scale IQ and Performance IQ mean scores. No significant differences were obtained between K-BIT Vocabulary and WISC-III Verbal IQ scores. Our findings support the authors' recommendations for use of the Matrices subtest alone with African American youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990).
authors.affiliation: Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Grados
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Russo-Garcia
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D011203:Poverty / Q000523:psychology*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011610:Psychosocial Deprivation; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*