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Rucklidge, Julia J.; McLean, Anthony P.; Bateup, Paula – Crime & Delinquency, 2013
Sixty youth (16-19 years) from two youth prison sites participate in a prospective study examining criminal offending and learning disabilities (LD), completing measures of estimated IQ, attention, reading, and mathematical and oral language abilities. Prevalence rates of LDs exceed those of international studies, with 91.67% of the offenders…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions, Delinquency
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Wildman, Robert W.; Wildman, Robert W., II – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
The validity of the Verbal IQ as a short form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) was investigated using the criteria proposed by Resnick and Entin. The WAIS was administered to 100 psychiatric patients. There was no significant difference between the means of the Verbal and Full Scale IQs. (Author)
Descriptors: Correlation, Institutionalized Persons, Intelligence Tests, Measurement Instruments