Role of assessment tests in the stability of intelligence scoring of pre-school children with uneven/delayed cognitive profile

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 453-461

  Yang, P ^a   Jong, Y J ^a,b   Hsu, H Y ^a   Lung, F W ^c,d,e,f  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Calo Psychiatric Centre   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Autism; Cognitive profile; Intellectual disability; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTISM; BAYLEY SCALE OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT II; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LEITER INTERNATIONAL PERFORMANCE SCALE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TAIWAN; WECHSLER SCALES;

EID: 79952805025     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: 13652788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2011.01396.x     Document Type: Article

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