Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2011 Sep;116(5):331-43. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-116.5.331.
Despite widespread use of the Mullen Scales of Early Learning (MSEL; E. M. Mullen, 1995 ) as a cognitive test for children with autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities, the instrument has not been independently validated for use in these populations. Convergent validity of the MSEL and the Differential Ability Scales (DAS; C. D. Elliott, 1990 , 2007 ) was examined in 53 children with autism spectrum disorder and 19 children with nonspectrum diagnoses. Results showed good convergent validity with respect to nonverbal IQ (NVIQ), verbal IQ (VIQ), and NVIQ-VIQ profiles. These findings provide preliminary support for the practice of using MSEL age-equivalents to generate NVIQ and VIQ scores. Establishing convergent validity of cognitive tests is needed before IQs derived from different tests can be conceptualized as a uniform construct.
尽管 Mullen 早期学习量表(MSEL;E. M. Mullen,1995)被广泛用于自闭症谱系障碍和其他发育障碍儿童的认知测试,但该工具尚未在这些人群中得到独立验证。在 53 名自闭症谱系障碍儿童和 19 名非谱系诊断儿童中,对 MSEL 和差异能力量表(DAS;C. D. Elliott,1990 年,2007 年)的会聚效度进行了检验。结果表明,在非言语智商(NVIQ)、言语智商(VIQ)和 NVIQ-VIQ 方面具有良好的会聚效度。这些发现为使用 MSEL 年龄当量生成 NVIQ 和 VIQ 分数的做法提供了初步支持。在不同测试得出的智商可以被概念化为一个统一的结构之前,需要建立认知测试的会聚效度。