Brief Report: The Level and Nature of Autistic Intelligence Revisited

被引:61
作者
Boelte, Sven [1 ]
Dziobek, Isabel [2 ]
Poustka, Fritz [1 ]
机构
[1] Goethe Univ Frankfurt, Dept Child & Adolescent Psychiat & Psychotherapy, D-60528 Frankfurt, Germany
[2] Max Planck Inst Human Dev, Berlin, Germany
关键词
Pervasive developmental disorders; Child psychiatry; Cognition; Testing; Psychometrics; GERMAN FORM; INDIVIDUALS; RELIABILITY; INSTRUMENT; MIND;
D O I
10.1007/s10803-008-0667-2
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
Owing to higher performance on the Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM) than on the Wechsler Intelligence Scales (WIS), it has recently been argued that intelligence is underestimated in autism. This study examined RPM and WIS IQs in 48 individuals with autism, a mixed clinical (n = 28) and a neurotypical (n = 25) control group. Average RPM IQ was higher than WIS IQ only in the autism group, albeit to a much lesser degree than previously reported and only for individuals with WIS IQs < 85. Consequently, and given the importance of reliable multidimensional IQ estimates in autism, the WIS are recommended as first choice IQ measure in high functioning individuals. Additional testing with the RPM might be required in the lower end of the spectrum.
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