Estimating premorbid general cognitive functioning for Children and adolescents using the American Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition: Demographic and current performance approaches

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 379-388

  Schoenberg, Mike R ^a   Lange, Rael T ^b   Brickell, Tracey A ^c   Saklofske, Donald H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^b Riverview Hospital   (Canada)

^c Back in Motion Rehabilitation   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intelligence quotient; IQ; WISC IV

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHILD; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 34250355138     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807301925     Document Type: Article

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