Correlational Analysis of Microcog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning with the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—III for a Clinical Sample of Veterans

2003 ◽  
Vol 93 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1261-1266 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Amanda Johnson ◽  
Ames O. Rust
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Medical Center ◽  
Psychological Testing ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intake Process ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Intelligence Scores

With rapid advances in technology and an emphasis in efficiency in psychological testing, there is a need to investigate the relation between a computerized cognitive examination and a traditional individually administered intelligence test. The current study provided correlations of intelligence scores from MicroCog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning and intelligence scores from WAIS–III. MicroCog is a single computerized test measuring intelligence and the WAIS–III is a single traditionally administered test measuring intelligence. The study included 30 participants referred for psychological testing at a Veterans Medical Center in Tennessee as part of the standard intake process. Half of the participants were administered MicroCog first and half the WAIS–III first. Analysis indicated scores on the two tests were positively correlated. Index scores measuring similar constructs also were positively correlated. However, MicroCog was significantly more difficult than the WAIS–III in that scores were, on average, lower on MicroCog.

Relationship between Wais—R Intelligence and the Five-Factor Model of Personality in a Normal Elderly Sample

2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1151-1161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aristide Saggino ◽  
Michela Balsamo
Keyword(s):  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Neo Personality Inventory ◽  
Nonclinical Sample ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence ◽  
Intelligence Scores

The present study examined associations between Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale–Revised (WAIS–R) scores and the five-factor model of personality, as measured by the Revised NEO Personality Inventory. Both tests were administered to a nonclinical sample of 100 Italian subjects 75 years and older. Analysis showed that the NEO-PI–R Openness to Experience domain was a weak but the best predictor of the three WAIS–R intelligence scores (Total, Verbal, and Performance). Were such a relationship confirmed by further investigations, Openness could be interpreted as a factor which might mitigate intellectual impoverishment which accompanies the normal aging process.

On Rearranging Picture Arrangement: Data from a Clinical Sample

1987 ◽  
Vol 64 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1199-1202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steven N. Broder ◽  
Robert J. Oresick
Keyword(s):  
Psychological Assessment ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
P Values ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
Picture Arrangement ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Comparisons of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale—Revised (WAIS—R) indicate that the two tests are highly similar but not identical. The present study examined the p-values of the WAIS—R Picture Arrangement items for a sample of 123 adults referred for psychological assessment. The current order of the Picture Arrangement items (especially the FLIRT item) does not conform to the expectation of increasing difficulty of subtest items. Implications for diagnosis are discussed.

Auditory and Visual Recall of Forward and Backward Digit Spans

1996 ◽  
Vol 82 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1099-1103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Douglas H. Powell ◽  
Mark D. Hiatt
Keyword(s):  
Cognitive Functioning ◽  
Digit Span ◽  
Visual Presentation ◽  
Auditory Presentation ◽  
Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Intelligence Scale ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale ◽  
Adult Intelligence ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Wechsler Adult Intelligence

Increasingly, clinicians obtain data from tests across modalities. Little actual information, however, exists as to normal patterns. An example is auditory and visual recall of digit span. The effects of modality on recall of digit span, sequence, and order were examined with 80 subjects ( M age 24.3 yr.). Subjects were given the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised, and a research version of MicroCog: Assessment of Cognitive Functioning. Both contain forward and backward digit spans. Recall for visual presentation was significantly stronger than for auditory presentation of backward digit span. Recall for visual backward digit span was also superior to auditory backward digit span when the sequence of presentation was controlled. The mean number of digits recalled was higher when visual digit span was preceded by auditory digit span.

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