title: Validity of WAIS-III performance scale subtests completed with the non-dominant hand.
abstract: Many patients with hemiplegia use only the non-dominant hand to complete the WAIS-III. It is not known to what degree this administrative change alters scores on specific subtests. To answer this question, we compared scores on Digit Symbol-Coding, Block Design, Picture Arrangement, Object Assembly, and Symbol Search via standard administration (SA) with scores from non-dominant hand administration (NDA). Fifty-eight college students were assigned to either SA or NDA groups. There were 29 SAs and 29 NDAs with means for age of 19.48 years (SD=1.15) and 25.68 years (SD=7.46). Relative to the SA group, the average Digit Symbol-Coding and Symbol Search scores were reduced by 4.04 and 1.62 points by NDA. Scores on the other subtests were not adversely affected by NDA.
authors: University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, Missouri 64039, USA. ryan@cmcuw.cmsu.edu
authors: Joseph J
authors: JJ
authors: Ryan
authors: Heather A
authors: HA
authors: Tree
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D044382:Population Groups; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*