The Scottish First Episode Schizophrenia Study: III. Cognitive Performance

1987 ◽  
Vol 150 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-340 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Block Design ◽  
First Episode ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
First Episode Schizophrenia ◽  
State Examination

Cognitive performance in 46 first episode schizophrenics was assessed within 1 week of admission to hospital by Progressive Matrices, Mill Hill Vocabulary Scale, Block Design and Similarities subtests of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, and Digit Copying Test. Patients' intellectual performance was at a dull normal level, just within one standard deviation from the mean. There was an association between the presence of anxiety and depression and lower scores on psychological tests. Patients assessed by the Present State Examination as belonging to the ‘uncertain psychosis' category performed more poorly.

Can maintaining cognitive function at 65 years old predict successful ageing 6 years later? The PROOF study

2011 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karine Castro-Lionard ◽  
Catherine Thomas-Antérion ◽  
Emilie Crawford-Achour ◽  
Isabelle Rouch ◽  
Béatrice Trombert-Paviot ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Abilities ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Successful Ageing ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Benton Visual Retention Test ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Abstract Background: preservation of cognitive abilities is required to have a good quality of life. The predictive value of cognitive functioning at 65 years old on successful ageing 6 years later is not established. Methods: nine hundred and seventy-six questionnaires were sent by mail to a sample of healthy and voluntary French pensioners. Successful ageing was defined through health status and well-being. Cognitive abilities had been assessed 6 years earlier according to an objective method (Free and Cued Selective Recall Reminding Test (FCSRT), the Benton visual retention test and the similarities subtest of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised) and a subjective one (Goldberg's anxiety scale, Mac Nair's scale and a Visual Analogue Scale to evaluate memory abilities change in the last 5 years). Results: six hundred and eighty-six questionnaires could be analysed. The mean age was 72.9 ± 1.2 years old with 59% of women and 99% lived at home. Well-being was negatively correlated with the FCSRT (r = −0.08, P = 0.0318) but positively related with the Benton (r = 0.09, P = 0.0125) and the similarities tests (r = 0.09, P = 0.0118). There is a negative correlation between anxious and cognitive complaints measured at baseline, and successful ageing indicators 6 years later. Conclusion: preservation of cognitive abilities at the age of retirement can predict a successful ageing 6 years later. ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00759304.

Common Short Forms of the Spanish Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale

1997 ◽  
Vol 85 (3) ◽  
pp. 1121-1122
Author(s):  
Yvonne I. Demsky ◽  
Carlton S. Gass ◽  
Charles J. Golden
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Picture Arrangement ◽  
Test Version ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Although the Escala de Inteligencia Wechsler (EIWA) has remained the only standard Spanish version of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and is consequently the most often-used intelligence test with Spanish-speaking clients, little information exists on the psychometric properties of the test beyond the information in the test manual (Wechsler, 1968). There is no information on the validity or reliability of commonly used short forms of the test, the two-test version using Block Design and Vocabulary, and the four-test version using Block Design, Vocabulary, Arithmetic, and Picture Arrangement. Using the statistical data in the test manual, the two-test version yielded reliabilities of .94 to .95 across the three standardization age groups and validity ratings of .92 to .93. Values for the four-test version were slightly higher, and all were comparable to those for the WAIS and WAIS–R. The results suggest that the short forms can be used with the same confidence with the Spanish WAIS as on the WAIS.

Relationship between Initial Competence and Ability to Profit from Cues in Brain-Damaged Individuals

1976 ◽  
Vol 43 (4) ◽  
pp. 145-154
Author(s):  
Yehuda Ben-Yishay ◽  
Leonard Diller ◽  
Louis Gerstman ◽  
Wayne Gordon
Keyword(s):  
Linear Function ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Current Test ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

To study the relationships between competence and ability to profit from cues, the effects of premorbid education on current test performances, and whether the ability to profit from cues is uniform across tasks in brain-damaged persons, 62 left hemiplegics were tested consecutively on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Block Design (BD) and Similarities (SIM) tests, under standard and specially designed cuing conditions. Results indicated that the ability to profit from cues is a linear function of competence levels in both tasks. In BD, premorbid education was unrelated to either competence or cues gain. In SIM, education correlated with current competence but not with cues. No relationship was found between ability to gain from cues across tasks. Some significant clinical and theoretical implications from the data are discussed.

Assortative mating for IQ: a multivariate approach

1984 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 109-117 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor ◽  
J. L. Boldsen
Keyword(s):  
Block Design ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Multivariate Approach ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
General Ability ◽  
Iq Test ◽  
Ability Factor ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

SummaryThis paper examines the similarity between husbands and wives at the IQ subtest level, using seven tests from the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. There was some evidence for sex differences; husbands scored higher than their wives on three of the subtests. After logarithmic transformation of some subtests the data were shown to be consistent with multivariate normality. A simplified covariance matrix was produced. Principal component analysis revealed an underlying general ability factor but there was no simple division into verbal and into performance components as would be expected from the IQ test structure. Canonical correlation analysis indicated that there were highly variable contributions to spousal associations. The major contributors were, in decreasing order of importance, due to similarities, vocabulary, digit symbol and block design tests. One subtest, comprehension, made no overt contribution.

Validity of the 16PF Reasoning Ability Scale

1998 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. 904-906 ◽  
Author(s):  
Millicent H. Abel ◽  
L. Katherine Brown
Keyword(s):  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Reasoning Ability ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Performance Scale

The construct validity of the 16PF Reasoning Ability Scale was tested against the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Revised (WAIS–R) with 60 undergraduate students. Moderate correlations were obtained between scores on the reasoning scale and the WAIS–R Full Scale, Verbal Scale, and Performance Scale (.57, .44, .51, respectively). The strongest correlations between scores on the reasoning scale and WAIS–R subtests were obtained for Information and Block Design. These data indicate modest support for the validity of the 16PF Reasoning Ability Scale as a measure of intelligence.

Quick Test and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised in a Prison's Clinical Setting

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 939-942 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clifford M. De Cato ◽  
Stephen D. Husband
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Setting ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Quick Test ◽  
Verbal Scale ◽  
Male Patients ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Positive Correlations ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

The Quick Test and the WAIS-R were administered to 20 male patients (12 black, 8 white) in an urban prison's psychiatric hospital. The mean chronological age of the sample was 29 yr. Strong positive correlations ranged from .64 to .90 between the Quick Test IQs and the WAIS-R Verbal Scale IQs and Full Scale IQs, with a modest relationship to Performance IQs. These findings suggest that the Quick Test provides a reasonable estimate of conventional verbal intelligence for a population in an urban prison's clinical setting.

scholarly journals The effect of duration of dependence and daily dose of tramadol in tramadol dependent patients on cognitive performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hossam Eddin Khalifa Ahmad ◽  
Alaa Eldin Mohamed Darweesh ◽  
Shehab Hassan Mahmoud Hassaan ◽  
Mostafa Nooman ◽  
Islam Shaaban ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Performance ◽  
Negative Correlation ◽  
Mental State ◽  
Mini Mental State Examination ◽  
Significant Negative Correlation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Daily Dose ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
State Examination

Abstract Background Tramadol dependence represents a major medical and legal hazardous phenomenon in the last decade. It is a synthetic opiate analgesic which exerts its therapeutic effect by its action on μ opioid receptors. It has a weak dependence ability. The present study investigated the effect of duration of dependence and daily dose of tramadol on cognitive performance. Cognitive functions were assessed using the following: the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) test, Brief Visuospatial Memory Test–Revised (BVMT-R), Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Third Edition (WAIS-III), the P300 (ERP), and conventional electroencephalogram. Results There was a non-significant negative correlation between the daily dose of tramadol and cognitive performance as regards IQ, Mini-Mental State Examination, MoCA score, P300 reaction time (μs), and deterioration index (r = − 0.08, P = 0.689; r = − 0.02, P = 0.896; r = − 0.11, P = 0.554; r = − 0.11, P = 0.581, r = − 0.17; P = 0.368, respectively). Additionally, the results showed non-significant negative correlation between the duration of dependence and the cognitive performance (r = − 0.19, P = 0.325; r = − 0.15, P = 0.424; r = − 0.30, P = 0.108; r = − 0.02, P = 0.909; r = − 0.02, P = 0.937, respectively). Conclusion Daily dose and duration of tramadol dependence have a negative but non-significant effect on cognitive performance.

Retest Reliability of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised for 18- to 19-Year-Olds

1996 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 211-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Howard Carvajal ◽  
Matthew S. Schrader ◽  
Cooper B. Holmes
Keyword(s):  
Age Groups ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Retest Reliability ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Two Age Groups

Retest reliability of the WAIS-R for 18- to 19-yr.-olds was estimated for 44 undergraduates who took the test twice with 2 to 8 weeks between testings. The mean scores on subtests and IQs and the correlations of subtest scores and IQs were similar to the values obtained by Wechsler in 1981 with only two age groups, 25- to 34- and 45- to 54-yr.-old examinees.

Selecting Tetradic Short Forms of the Taiwan Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV

Assessment ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (7) ◽  
pp. 1633-1644 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hsinyi Chen ◽  
Mau-Sun Hua
Keyword(s):  
Digit Span ◽  
Block Design ◽  
Digit Symbol ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Short Forms ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Estimation Quality

Factor-based Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) tetrads were investigated using the Taiwan WAIS-IV standardization sample of 1,105 normal adults aged between 16 and 90 years. Various psychometric characteristics, time constraints, and qualities of estimation were compared among 90 tetrads using linear equation procedures. Among the tetrads, the Information–Visual Puzzle–Digit Span–Digit Symbol combination had higher performance than the other combinations with respect to overall estimation quality and time saved. Moreover, the Similarities–Visual Puzzle–Digit Span–Digit Symbol, Information–Matrix Reasoning–Digit Span–Digit Symbol, and Information–Visual Puzzle–Letter Number Sequencing–Digit Symbol combinations obtained the most efficient estimates. For clinicians who value the utility of Block Design, the Information–Block Design–Digit Span–Digit Symbol combination was found to provide high estimation quality. The findings also revealed that the previously recommended Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Third Edition tetrads are no longer the best solutions for the WAIS-IV. Furthermore, even the selected WAIS-IV tetrads had substantial misclassification rates; the four-factor short forms tend to underestimate the full-scaled IQ for highly intelligent adults. Therefore, these short forms should be used cautiously and for screening purposes only.

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