Relationships among the scores of the Shipley Institute of Living Scale and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-revised.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among the scores of the Shipley Institute of Living Scale (SILS) and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R). Additional issues explored were the relationship between the SILS Vocabulary subscale and the WAIS-R Vocabulary subscale and if there were gender differences between scores on the SILS and WAIS-R. The sample consisted of32 undergraduate college students (16 women and 16 men) ranging in age from 18 to 23. There was a significant correlation between the SILS estimated WAIS-R Full Scale IQ scores and the obtained WAJS-R Full Scale IQ scores (r = .39, p < .05), critical value .3494. The correlations between the SILS estimated WAIS-R Full Scale IQ scores and the WAIS-R Verbal and Performance IQ scores (r = .33 and .30, p < .05) respectively, were not significant. SILS Vocabulary subtest scores had a r= .65 (Q < .05) correlation to WAIS-R Vocabulary subtest scores. No significant differences between men and women group means were found on the SILS and WAIS-R scores. The relationships between the SILS scores and WAIS-R scores were inconclusive. They do suggest caution should be exercised when interpreting SILS scores with individuals in this age group.