Structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Fourth Edition among a national sample of referred students.

Construct validity of the WISC-IV with a referred sample: direct versus indirect hierarchical structures.

The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) is one of the most frequently used intelligence tests in clinical assessments of children with learning difficulties. Construct validity studies of the WISC-IV have generally supported the higher order structure with four correlated first-order factors and one higher-order general intelligence factor, but recent studies have ...

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.

BACKGROUND Irish 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 ...

Factor Structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scales for Childrenfourth Edition among Referred Native American Students

The Native American population is severely underrepresented in empirical test validity research despite being overrepresented in special education programs and at increased risk for psychoeducational evaluation. The structural validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children – Fourth Edition (WISC-IV) was investigated with a sample of 176, six-to-sixteen-year-old Native American childre...

Factor Structure of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children - Fourth Edition among Students with Attention Deficit

Construct Validity of the WISC–IV With a Large Referred Irish Sample

Irish educational psychologists frequently use the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children– Fourth U.K. Edition (WISC–IV) in clinical assessments of children with learning difficulties. Unfortunately, reliability and validity studies of the WISC–IV have not yet been reported. This study examined the construct validity of WISC–IV core subtest scores obtained from evaluations to assess learning ...