Abstract

A Short Form of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale was developed by selecting subtests that were consistently related to work performance across three groups (89 disabled, 140 retarded, and 111 disturbed) work-shop clients. Four scales were so selected: Similarity, Comprehension, Digit Symbol, and Block Design. The sum of the scores on these four subtests was significantly related to Full Scale IQ's (construct validity) and to work-shop performance (concurrent validity). Scores on this “Adaptability” Scale was also significantly related to employability measures in two other cross-validation groups. In fact, in all five groups Adaptability scores yielded higher correlations with employability measures than Full Scale IQ's.

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