Personality description from the WAIS: a comparison of systems.

The present study compares an atheoretical, actuarial method for obtaining personality and behavioral descriptions from WAIS profile patterns to the Personality Assessment System--the theoretical system developed by J. Gittinger for the same purpose. Interest was focused on both the determination of group membership by the two systems, and on the resultant personality descriptions.

A note on the actuarial interpretation of WAIS profile patterns.

The present study offers additional information on the actuarial interpretation of WAIS profile patterns. Specifically, a sample of 242 WAIS protocols was investigated for cases which met all the previously established classification criteria for a profile pattern called Cluster IV. Two cases were identified, and their unique relationships to previously delineated personality and behavioral descriptors were described.

Behavioral correlates of WAIS profile patterns: an exploratory study.

To assess the feasibility of both an empirical derivation of WAIS subtest patterns and an actuarial assignment of behavioral descriptions to these patterns, 11 potential patterns were delineated. Three of these were studied in depth, and one of these was the focus of this report. The derivation and cross validation groups of this one pattern displayed highly similar WAIS scores on all 11 subtests, but differences between the groups in age, marital status, and some output descriptors were noted.