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Structural validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) in a French-speaking Swiss sample
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Reverte, Isabelle
Golay, Philippe
Favez, Nicolas
Rossier, Jérôme
Lecerf, Thierry
Published in Learning and Individual Differences. 2014, vol. 29, p. 114–119
Abstract The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children—fourth edition (i.e. WISC-IV) recognizes a four-factor scoring structure in addition to the Full Scale IQ (FSIQ) score: Verbal Comprehension (VCI), Perceptual Reasoning (PRI), Working Memory (WMI), and Processing Speed (PSI) indices. However, several authors suggested that models based on the Cattell–Horn–Carroll (CHC) theory with 5 or 6 factors provided a better fit to the data than does the current four-factor solution. By comparing the current four-factor structure to CHC-based models, this research aimed to investigate the factorial structure and the constructs underlying the WISC-IV subtest scores with French-speaking Swiss children (N = 249). To deal with this goal, confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) were conducted. Results showed that a CHC-based model with five factors better fitted the French-Swiss data than did the current WISC-IV scoring structure. All together, these results support the hypothesis of the appropriateness of the CHC model with French-speaking children.
Keywords Confirmatory factor analysis — WISC-IV — CHC theory
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Faculté de psychologie et des sciences de l'éducation / Section de psychologie
Research groups Evaluation psychométrique et différences individuelles (EPEDI)
Unité de psychologie clinique des relations interpersonnelles (UPCRI)
Project FNS: 118248
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(ISO format) 		REVERTE, Isabelle et al. Structural validity of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-IV) in a French-speaking Swiss sample. In: Learning and Individual Differences, 2014, vol. 29, p. 114–119. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:30868

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