Verbal performance discrepancies on the WISC-III and their relationship to the object relations of intellectually gifted children of color.
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Title
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Verbal performance discrepancies on the WISC-III and their relationship to the object relations of intellectually gifted children of color.
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Identifier
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AAI9807986
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identifier
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9807986
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Creator
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Prieto, Carlos Ivan.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Steven Tuber
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Date
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1997
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Psychology, Clinical | Psychology, Psychometrics | Sociology, Ethnic and Racial Studies | Psychology, Developmental
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Abstract
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This study examines the object relations representations of 56 intellectually gifted children of color in which half of these children displayed relative difficulty with tests of visual-perceptual/motor problems as compared to tests of verbal reasoning and additionally demonstrated relative problems in relatedness within a special school situation. These children were divided into two groups based on differences between their Verbal and Performance Scale scores on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (WISC-III). In order to meet inclusionary criteria for the high disparity group, a 28 or more point difference between the Verbal Scale score to Performance Scale score was present. Inclusion in the low disparity group required a difference of no more than 21 points between the same scales. In all cases the difference was accounted for by a greater Verbal Scale score. At the time of the study, all of the children were in the fifth or sixth grade, ranged in age from 10-12, and were living in an urban setting. Each child was administered the Rorschach Inkblot Test, which was subsequently scored on two object relations measures. Blatt's Developmental Analysis of the Concept Scale (DACOS) did not differentiate between the groups. As predicted, however, the high-disparity group subject's Rorschachs, assessed with Urist's Mutuality of Autonomy Scale (MOAS), had a significantly greater number of less adaptive responses when compared to the low-disparity group. This significant finding specifically suggested that the children in the high disparity group had a greater propensity to experience others through the lens of enmeshment. In fact, they produced almost twice as many symbiotic level responses than did the low disparity group when measured on the MOAS. Along with producing a significantly greater number of symbiotic level responses, the high disparity group also demonstrated a tendency to produce fever malevolent scale point responses when compared to the low disparity group. This finding, which just missed significance at the.05 level, is interpreted as an indication that the high disparity group does not have as much access to full, complex experiences of others as compared to the low disparity group.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
