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Jacqueline M. Caemmerer; Stephanie Ruth Young; Danika Maddocks; Natalie R. Charamut; Eunice Blemahdoo – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
In order to make appropriate educational recommendations, psychologists must understand how cognitive test scores influence specific academic outcomes for students of different ability levels. We used data from the WISC-V and WIAT-III (N = 181) to examine which WISC-V Index scores predicted children's specific and broad academic skills and if…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement, Intelligence Tests, Children
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Muris, Peter; Huijding, Jorg; Mayer, Birgit; Langkamp, Marit; Reyhan, Ela; Olatunji, Bunmi – Behavior Therapy, 2012
The present study examined the psychometric properties of the Disgust Emotion Scale for Children (DES-C). Principal components analysis of the DES-C data revealed five factors reflecting disgust toward (a) rotting foods, (b) injection and blood, (c) odors, (d) mutilation and death, and (e) animals, which were largely in keeping with the intended…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Measures (Individuals), Anxiety, Etiology
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Kaufmann, Liane; Zieren, Nikola; Zotter, Sibylle; Karall, Daniela; Scholl-Burgi, Sabine; Haberlandt, Edda; Fimm, Bruno – Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 2010
Aim: The objective of this study was to investigate which attentional components are of predictive utility in differentiating children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder, combined type (ADHD-C) from their peers without ADHD. Methods: Thirty-four children participated in the study: 17 males with ADHD-C (mean age 10y 4mo, SD 1y 9mo) and…
Descriptors: Reaction Time, Predictive Validity, Componential Analysis, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Sigel, Irving E., Ed.; Hooper, Frank H., Ed. – 1968
Theoretical and empirical research derived from Piagetian theory is collected on the intellectual development of the elementary school child and his acquisition and utilization of conservation concepts. The articles present diversity of method and motive in the results of replication (validation studies of the description of cognitive growth) and…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Children, Cognitive Development, Cognitive Processes