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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013
Pages: 15
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The Effect of Age-Correction on IQ Scores among School-Aged Children Born Preterm
Roberts, Rachel M.; George, Wing Man; Cole, Carolyn; Marshall, Peter; Ellison, Vanessa; Fabel, Helen
Australian Journal of Educational & Developmental Psychology, v13 p1-15 2013
This study examined the effect of age-correction on IQ scores among preterm school-aged children. Data from the Flinders Medical Centre Neonatal Unit Follow-up Program for 81 children aged five years and assessed with the WPPSI-III, and 177 children aged eight years and assessed with the WISC-IV, were analysed. Corrected IQ scores were significantly higher than not-corrected IQ scores (Full Scale IQ and all indices) for both the WPPSI-III and WISC-IV. The use of age-corrected IQ scores has the potential to exclude some children from support services. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.)
Descriptors: Premature Infants, Intelligence Quotient, Age, Scores, Foreign Countries, Psychological Testing, Mental Retardation, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis, Correlation, Birth, Body Weight, Classification
University of Newcastle. School of Education, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia. e-mail: ajedp@newcastle.edu.au; Web site: http://www.newcastle.edu.au/group/ajedp
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children; Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scale of Intelligence
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