Comparison of the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—third edition in economically disadvantaged African American youth

✍ Scribed by Judy Johnson Grados; Kathleen A. Russo-Garcia

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 54 KB
• Volume: 55
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0021-9762
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199909)55:9<1063::aid-jclp4>3.0.co;2-u

✦ Synopsis

The Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT; Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990) and the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Third Edition (WISC-III; Wechsler, 1991) are compared in 35 economically disadvantaged African American youth presenting for treatment in a community mental health setting. Significant correlations were found between K-BIT Composite and WISC-III Full Scale IQ scores. Results revealed significant differences between K-BIT and WISC-III scores; K-BIT Composite and Matrices mean scores were found to be 6 and 11 points higher than respective WISC-III Full Scale IQ and Performance IQ mean scores. No significant differences were obtained between K-BIT Vocabulary and WISC-III Verbal IQ scores. Our findings support the authors' recommendations for use of the Matrices subtest alone with African American youth from economically disadvantaged backgrounds (Kaufman & Kaufman, 1990).