Comparison of WPPSI-IV and WISC-V Cognitive Profiles in 6–7-year-old Finland-Swedish Children
Salonen, Jannika (2021)
Salonen, Jannika
2021
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021052832158
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2021052832158
Tiivistelmä
The Wechsler scales are among the most widely used tests in cognitive and neuropsychological assessments. When assessing children aged 6:0–7:7 the clinician can choose between Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence – Fourth Edition (WPPSI-IV) and Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fifth Edition (WISC-V), due to the overlap of their age ranges. Information about how the tests function and differ in this overlapping age range is limited. Using a between-subjects design, the present study compared the cognitive profiles of typically developing Swedish-speaking children in Finland in this overlapping age range, assessed with the Swedish versions of either WPPSI-IV (n = 44) or WISC-V (n = 23). Profile analyses were performed to investigate differences in the comparable subtests and indexes. Due to a statistically significant age difference between the groups, follow-up analyses with age-matched samples were performed as well. On the subtest level, children assessed with WISC-V had significantly lower scores on the subtests Vocabulary and Matrix Reasoning compared to children assessed with WPPSI-IV. On the index level, scores for Fluid Reasoning Index, and in the follow-up analyses also Verbal Comprehension Index and Full Scale IQ, were significantly lower for children assessed with WISC-V. Taken together, the findings indicate that WPPSI-IV and WISC-V produce partly different cognitive profiles. These differences are important to recognize when choosing which test to use and when interpreting the results of clinical assessments of children belonging to this age group.
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- 515 Psykologia [240]