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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...
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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 |
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author | Giofrè, David Toffalini, Enrico Esposito, Lorenzo Cornoldi, Cesare |
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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. |
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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 |
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