Relationship between the WAIS and Indices of Sociopathy in an Incarcerated. Female Population

In some previous studies certain combinations and patterns of the subtest scores of males on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale were found to be indicative of a sociopathic personality reaction. In this study, employing adult female prisoners, the sociopathic "signs" from the WAIS were correlated with three criteria of sociopathy-the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory sociopathic indicators, a certainty-judgment rating scale on sociopathic traits, and documented data for deviant behavior from the inmates' files. Analysis of the data revealed that the verbal IQ minus performance IQ "sign" was the only WAIS sociopathic indicator to show any consistent relationship with the three sociopathic criteria. This relationship was not found to be of suffccient significance, however, to warrant its use in diagnosis.