Document Type
Article
Language
eng
Publication Date
5-2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Source Publication
Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology
Source ISSN
1873-5843
Original Item ID
DOI: 10.1093/arclin/acv010
Abstract
We investigated the similarity of the Wechsler Memory Scale-Fourth Edition (WMS-IV) Auditory Memory Index (AMI) scores when California Verbal Learning Test-Second Edition (CVLT-II) scores are substituted for WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates (VPA) subtest scores. College students (n = 103) were administered select WMS-IV subtests and the CVLT-II in a randomized order. Immediate and delayed VPA scaled scores were significantly greater than VPA substitute scaled scores derived from CVLT-II performance. At the Index level, AMI scores were significantly lower when CVLT-II scores were used in place of VPA scores. It is important that clinicians recognize the accepted substitution of CVLT-II scores can result in WMS-IV scores that are inconsistent with those derived from standard administration. Psychometric issues that plausibly contribute to these differences and clinical implications are discussed.
Recommended Citation
Thiruselvam, Indrani K.; Vogt, Elisabeth M.; and Hoelzle, James B., "The Interchangeability of CVLT-II and WMS-IV Verbal Paired Associates Scores: A Slightly Different Story" (2015). Psychology Faculty Research and Publications. 199.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/psych_fac/199
Comments
Accepted version. Archives of Clinical Psychology, Vol. 30, No. 3 (May 2015): 248-255. DOI. © 2015 The Author. Published by Oxford University Press. Used with permission.