Giofrè David, Toffalini Enrico, Esposito Lorenzo, Cornoldi Cesare
DISFOR, University of Genoa, 16128 Genova, Italy.
Department of General Psychology, University of Padua, 35131 Padova, Italy.
J Intell. 2023 Sep 5;11(9):178. doi: 10.3390/jintelligence11090178.
Despite being repeatedly investigated in children with typical development, research on gender differences in intellectual abilities in specific groups of children, including children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), has been scarce. In this paper, we evaluated the performance of a large group of Italian children with ADHD using the WISC-IV. We aimed at investigating the presence of gender differences using a multi-group confirmatory factor analysis approach. Results showed that the WISC is largely gender-invariant. However, some tasks present non-invariant patterns (block design and coding). Differences at the latent level also showed some differences (favoring boys) in the verbal comprehension index. Conversely, differences at the latent level were not found in the full-scale IQ or in the other main indices. These results have theoretical and practical implications.
尽管针对发育正常儿童的相关研究不断，但针对包括注意力缺陷多动障碍（ADHD）儿童在内的特定儿童群体智力能力性别差异的研究却很稀少。在本文中，我们使用韦氏儿童智力量表第四版（WISC-IV）评估了一大组意大利ADHD儿童的表现。我们旨在采用多组验证性因素分析方法研究性别差异的存在情况。结果显示，韦氏儿童智力量表在很大程度上不存在性别差异。然而，一些任务呈现出非不变模式（积木图案和译码）。潜在层面的差异在言语理解指数上也显示出一些差异（男孩占优势）。相反，在全量表智商或其他主要指数中未发现潜在层面的差异。这些结果具有理论和实践意义。
