Report on Shanghai norms for the Chinese translation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised

Psychol Rep. 1990 Oct;67(2):531-41. doi: 10.2466/pr0.1990.67.2.531.

Abstract

The Chinese translation of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised (WISC-RC) was administered to 660 children (ages 6 through 16 yr.) in the city of Shanghai. The obtained norms represent children's intelligence levels in big cities where the economic and cultural development is advanced. The norms are reported as "Scaled Score Equivalents of Raw Scores" for each age group and as "IQ Equivalents of Sums of Scaled Scores." The reliability and validity of the norms indicate that the WISC-R is suitable for use with school-age children in China. The difference between the results for our Shanghai sample (WISC-RCs) and a USA sample (WISC-R) is also discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Child
  • China
  • Cross-Cultural Comparison*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Intelligence*
  • Language*
  • Male
  • Reference Values
  • Urban Population*
  • Wechsler Scales*