title: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 4th edition-Chinese version index scores in Taiwanese children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children 4th edition-Chinese version (WISC-IV-Chinese) has been in clinical use in Taiwan since 2007. Research is needed to determine how the WISC-IV, modified from its earlier version, will affect its interpretation in clinical practice in a Mandarin-speaking context.
  
  
  METHODS
  We attempted to use WISC-IV-Chinese scores to identify the cognitive strengths and weaknesses in 334 Taiwanese children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Comparison of cognitive profiles of WISC-IV-Chinese scores between subtypes of ADHD was also performed.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results indicated that the four-factor model of the WISC-IV-Chinese fitted well for Taiwanese children with ADHD. The profiles showed that performance in the index score of the Processing Speed Index was the weakness domain for the Taiwanese children with ADHD, as confirmed by two different kinds of analytic methods. Cognitive profile analysis of ADHD subtypes revealed children with inattentive subtypes to have a greater weakness in processing speed performance.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The implications of the profiles of the index scores on the WISC-IV-Chinese version for Taiwanese children with ADHD were explored.
authors: Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University & Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors: Pinchen
authors: P
authors: Yang
authors: Chung-Ping
authors: CP
authors: Cheng
authors: Chen-Lin
authors: CL
authors: Chang
authors: Tai-Ling
authors: TL
authors: Liu
authors: Hsiu-Yi
authors: HY
authors: Hsu
authors: Cheng-Fang
authors: CF
authors: Yen
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D002648:Child; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007360:Intelligence; D008297:Male; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D013624:Taiwan; D014888:Wechsler Scales