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- Title
The Interchangeability of CVLT-II and WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates Scores: A Slightly Different Story.
- Authors
Thiruselvam, Indrani; Vogt, Elisabeth M.; Hoelzle, James B.
- Abstract
We investigated the similarity of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) Auditory Memory Index (AMI) scores when California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) scores are substituted for WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates (VPA) subtest scores. College students (n = 103) were administered select WMS-IV subtests and the CVLT-II in a randomized order. Immediate and delayed VPA scaled scores were significantly greater than VPA substitute scaled scores derived from CVLT-II performance. At the Index level, AMI scores were significantly lower when CVLT-II scores were used in place of VPA scores. It is important that clinicians recognize the accepted substitution of CVLT-II scores can result in WMS-IV scores that are inconsistent with those derived from standard administration. Psychometric issues that plausibly contribute to these differences and clinical implications are discussed.
- Subjects
WECHSLER Memory Scale; VERBAL learning; PSYCHOMETRICS; VERBAL behavior testing; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL tests; CLINICAL neuropsychology
- Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology, 2015, Vol 30, Issue 3, p248
- ISSN
0887-6177
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/arclin/acv010