Cognitive abilities and achievement status of children with myelomeningocele: a contemporary sample

Designed study as a conceptual replication of Shaffer, Friedrich, Shurtleff, and Wolf (1985). Intelligence, school achievement, and perceptual motor skill data from 73 children with uncomplicated myelomeningocele were examined to determine their deviation from test norms. The respective impact of sh...

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Published inJournal of pediatric psychology Vol. 16; no. 4; p. 423
Main Authors Friedrich, W N, Lovejoy, M C, Shaffer, J, Shurtleff, D B, Beilke, R L
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.08.1991
Subjects
Adolescent
Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts - standards
Child
Educational Status
Female
Humans
Intelligence
Intelligence Tests
Male
Meningomyelocele - physiopathology
Meningomyelocele - psychology
Psychomotor Performance
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Summary:Designed study as a conceptual replication of Shaffer, Friedrich, Shurtleff, and Wolf (1985). Intelligence, school achievement, and perceptual motor skill data from 73 children with uncomplicated myelomeningocele were examined to determine their deviation from test norms. The respective impact of shunting and functional motor level was also assessed. The sample as a whole functioned below WISC-R and VMI norms. On the WRAT, deviation from the norms was evident only for the Arithmetic subtest. Partial replication of the Shunt X Motor level interaction reported by Shaffer et al. (1985) was obtained. Limitations of small-sample studies are discussed.
ISSN:0146-8693
DOI:10.1093/jpepsy/16.4.423