title: Young and elderly adults' perceptions of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised.
abstract: Because little information exists on examinees' perceptions of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R), this study was designed to assess such perceptions in two groups: young adults (n = 50, age 18-25 years) and elderly adults (n = 46, age 65-96 years). Each participant completed the WAIS-R followed by an opinion questionnaire. Both groups gave positive ratings overall. However, elderly participants rated the WAIS-R more positively than young participants both globally and on six of the eleven subtests. These findings suggest that the WAIS-R is viewed favorably by most examinees, particularly elderly adults. Implications for practitioners are presented.
authors.affiliation: University of Idaho, USA. leighb@wsunix.wsu.edu
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Beglinger
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Gregory
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014888:Wechsler Scales