Concurrent Validity and Classification Accuracy of the Leiter and Leiter-R in Low Functioning Children with Autism

The concurrent validity of the original and revised versions of the Leiter International Performance Scale was examined with 26 children (ages 4-16) with autism. Although the correlation between the two tests was high (.87), there were significant intra-individual discrepancies present in 10 cases,...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of autism and developmental disorders 2003-02, Vol.33 (1), p.23-30
Hauptverfasser:	Tsatsanis, Katherine D, Dartnall, Nancy, Cicchetti, Domenic, Sparrow, Sara S, Klin, Ami, Volkmar, Fred R
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Ability Identification Adolescent Adolescents Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Autism Autism Spectrum Disorders Autistic children Autistic Disorder - diagnosis Biological and medical sciences Child Child clinical studies Child, Preschool Children Clinical Diagnosis Cognition Disorders - diagnosis Cognitive Ability Comparative Analysis Concurrent Validity Departments Developmental disorders Diagnostic Tests Elementary Secondary Education Female Hawaiians Humans Independent Study Individual Testing Infantile autism Intelligence Intelligence tests Leiter International Performance Scale Male Measures (Individuals) Medical sciences Nonverbal Ability Nonverbal Communication Psychiatry Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychometrics Psychopathology. Psychiatry Rating Scales Reproducibility of Results Surveys and Questionnaires Test Validity Validity Visualization
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Zusammenfassung:	The concurrent validity of the original and revised versions of the Leiter International Performance Scale was examined with 26 children (ages 4-16) with autism. Although the correlation between the two tests was high (.87), there were significant intra-individual discrepancies present in 10 cases, two of which were both large and clinically meaningful. Implications for assessment are drawn. (Contains references.) (DB)
ISSN:	0162-3257 1573-3432
DOI:	10.1023/A:1022274219808