Citation

Roszkowski MJ. Pers. Individ. Dif. 1984; 5(1): 117-118.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1984, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/0191-8869(84)90146-6

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

It has been proposed that a low WAIS Similarities subtest scaled score, relative to the other subtests, is associated with violent behavior. The validity of this ratio was investigated in a sample of 106 mentally-retarded Ss. The ratio of Similarities to the sum of all the subtest scores was correlated with the Violent and Destructive Behavior domain from the Adaptive Behavior Scale. A very small (r = -0.11) and statistically-nonsignificant coefficient was derived, making this the third failure to replicate or generalize the validity of this index.