Resumen

HECK, Vanessa Stumpf et al. Validation of the verbal subtests from WASI adapted version. Aval. psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.8, n.1, pp.33-42. ISSN 1677-0471.

This study aims to verify validity evidences of the verbal subtests from the adapted version of the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence (WASI). A correlation analysis was performed with Verbal Reasoning (VR) and Abstract Reasoning (AR) from BPR-5 and Vocabulary and Similarities subtests of the WASI adapted version. Fourty-six students (mean age = 13.54 years; sd = 1.11) with elementary school education (6th, 7th and 8th grades) from a public school in Porto Alegre participated in this study. Statistically significant correlations were found (p<0.05) between moderate and high (0.51 to 0.77). The correlations between VR, Vocabulary and Similarities were higher than the ones between AR and the WASI´s subtests. This could be explained by the fact that RA comprises geometric figures, whereas the others comprise words. The findings suggest that the WASI adapted version fulfill validity evidences criteria.

Palabras clave : Adaptation of Psychological Tests; Test Validity; Intelligence Measures.

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