Cargando…

Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Despite being repeatedly investigated in children with typical development, research on gender differences in intellectual abilities in specific groups of children, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been scarce. In this paper, we evaluated the performance o...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Giofrè, David, Toffalini, Enrico, Esposito, Lorenzo, Cornoldi, Cesare
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10532789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11090178
_version_ 1785112043872845824
author Giofrè, David
Toffalini, Enrico
Esposito, Lorenzo
Cornoldi, Cesare
author_facet Giofrè, David
Toffalini, Enrico
Esposito, Lorenzo
Cornoldi, Cesare
author_sort Giofrè, David
collection PubMed
description Despite being repeatedly investigated in children with typical development, research on gender differences in intellectual abilities in specific groups of children, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been scarce. In this paper, we evaluated the performance of a large group of Italian children with ADHD using the WISC-IV. We aimed at investigating the presence of gender differences using a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Results showed that the WISC is largely gender-invariant. However, some tasks present non-invariant patterns (block design and coding). Differences at the latent level also showed some differences (favoring boys) in the verbal comprehension index. Conversely, differences at the latent level were not found in the full-scale IQ or in the other main indices. These results have theoretical and practical implications.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-10532789
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2023
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-105327892023-09-28 Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Giofrè, David Toffalini, Enrico Esposito, Lorenzo Cornoldi, Cesare J Intell Article Despite being repeatedly investigated in children with typical development, research on gender differences in intellectual abilities in specific groups of children, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been scarce. In this paper, we evaluated the performance of a large group of Italian children with ADHD using the WISC-IV. We aimed at investigating the presence of gender differences using a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Results showed that the WISC is largely gender-invariant. However, some tasks present non-invariant patterns (block design and coding). Differences at the latent level also showed some differences (favoring boys) in the verbal comprehension index. Conversely, differences at the latent level were not found in the full-scale IQ or in the other main indices. These results have theoretical and practical implications. MDPI 2023-09-05 /pmc/articles/PMC10532789/ /pubmed/37754907 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11090178 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Giofrè, David
Toffalini, Enrico
Esposito, Lorenzo
Cornoldi, Cesare
Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_full Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_fullStr Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_full_unstemmed Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_short Gender Differences in the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children in a Large Group of Italian Children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
title_sort gender differences in the wechsler intelligence scale for children in a large group of italian children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10532789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37754907
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jintelligence11090178
work_keys_str_mv AT giofredavid genderdifferencesinthewechslerintelligencescaleforchildreninalargegroupofitalianchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder
AT toffalinienrico genderdifferencesinthewechslerintelligencescaleforchildreninalargegroupofitalianchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder
AT espositolorenzo genderdifferencesinthewechslerintelligencescaleforchildreninalargegroupofitalianchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder
AT cornoldicesare genderdifferencesinthewechslerintelligencescaleforchildreninalargegroupofitalianchildrenwithattentiondeficithyperactivitydisorder