Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale: Review of short forms

Abstract

The aim of this study is to present a theoretical review of the main short forms that have been developed by several authors based on different versions of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale. The development of short forms has been growing parallel to the appearance of new versions of the full scale. A short form allows estimating the intellectual capacity of someone with less time of administration, which could be very useful if the assessment objective is to obtain an overall measure of intellectual capacity.

Keywords

• WAIS
• WAIS-R
• WAIS-III
• WAIS-IV
• IQ estimation