Construct validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth UK Edition with a referred Irish sample
Wechsler and Cattell-Horn-Carroll model comparisons with 15 subtests
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5263522 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Gary L Canivez (0000-0002-5347-6534, Eastern Illinois University Charleston Illinois USA, corresponding author), Marley W Watkins (0000-0001-6352-7174, Baylor University Waco Texas USA), Rebecca Good (Éirim: The National Assessment Agency, Ltd. Dublin Ireland), Kate James (Éirim: The National Assessment Agency, Ltd. Dublin Ireland), Thomas James (0000-0002-0207-0999, Éirim: The National Assessment Agency, Ltd. Dublin Ireland) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 383-407 |
| Publication date | 2017-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | British Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/bjep.12155 |
| PMID | 28374453 |
| OpenAlex | W2604217958 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 95 |
BackgroundIrish educational psychologists frequently use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth UK Edition (WISC-IVUK; Wechsler, 2004, Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth UK Edition, London, UK, Harcourt Assessment) in clinical assessments of children with learning difficulties. Unfortunately, reliability and validity studies of the WISC-IVUK standardization sample have not yet been reported. Watkins et al. (2013, International Journal of School and Educational Psychology, 1, 102) found support for a bifactor structure with a large sample (N = 794) of Irish children who were administered the 10 WISC-IVUK core subtests in clinical assessments of learning difficulties and dominance of general intelligence. Because only 10 subtests were available, Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC; McGrew, 1997, 2005, Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues, New York, NY: Guilford; Schneider & McGrew, 2012, Contemporary intellectual assessment: Theories, tests, and issues, New York, NY, Guilford Press) models could not be tested and compared.Aim, Sample and MethodThe present study utilized confirmatory factor analyses to test the latent factor structure of the WISC-IVUK with a sample of 245 Irish children administered all 15 WISC-IVUK subtests in evaluations assessing learning difficulties in order to examine CHC- and Wechsler-based models. One through five, oblique first-order factor models and higher order versus bifactor models were examined and compared using CFA.ResultsMeaningful differences in fit statistics were not observed between the Wechsler and CHC representations of higher-order or bifactor models. In all four structures, general intelligence accounted for the largest portions of explained common variance, whereas group factors accounted for small to miniscule portions of explained common variance. Omega-hierarchical subscale coefficients indicated that unit-weighted composites that would be generated by WISC-IVUK group factors (Wechsler or CHC) would contain little unique variance and thus be of little value.ConclusionThese results were similar to those from other investigations, further demonstrating the replication of the WISC-IV factor structure across cultures and the importance of focusing primary interpretation on the FSIQ
Cognition · Confirmatory factor analysis · Construct validity · Developmental psychology · Intelligence quotient · Psychiatry · Psychometrics · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale · Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children · Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence · Clinical Psychology · Cognitive Abilities and Testing · Educational and Psychological Assessments · Psychology · Psychometric Methodologies and Testing
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