ESTUDIO DE ALGUNAS PROPIEDADES PSICOMÉTRICAS DEL WAIS-III EN ESTUDIANTES

STUDY OF SOME PSYCHOMETRIC PROPERTIES OF THE WAIS-III IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS

Abstract

RESUMEN

En este artículo nos centramos en el WAIS-III. Básicamente su formato no ha cambiado con respecto al del WAIS-R, se ha modificado el procedimiento y aplicación de algunas pruebas. Es en este marco donde nos planteamos estudiar, el grado de intercorrelación de diversos subtests con las escalas y factores del WAIS-III, el estudio de diversas formas abreviadas y el análisis de la estructura factorial. En esta investigación han participado 115 estudiantes universitarios. Los resultados nos permiten ir acumulando evidencias teóricas y empíricas que nos permitan profundizar en la validez de criterio externo de esta batería que sin ser un instrumento de evaluación neuropsicológico es utilizada en este campo. Palabras Clave: WAIS-III, factores del WAIS-III, formas abreviadas, inteligencia fluida, inteligencia cristalizada y validez de criterio.

ABSTRACT

In this paper we focus in the WAIS-III. Basically, its format hasn’t changed,  if you compare this with it ancestor, you can observe several differences about the procedure of applications some subtests. In this context we are going to analyse the inter-correlation between some subtests, the relation any subtests with fluid and crystallised intelligence, some shorts forms of WAIS-III and the factor structure of this instrument. In this research have participated 115 university students. The outcomes show theoretical and empirical evidences which allow to follow research about criterion validity of this instrument, which isn’t a neuropsychological assessment instrument, but it is used in the neuropsychology assessment. Key Words: WAIS-III, factors of WAIS-III, short forms, fluid intelligence, crystallised intelligence and criterion validity. 

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