Age and Gender Invariance in the Taiwan Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition: Higher Order Five-Factor Model. (10th July 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Chen, Hsinyi; Zhu, Jianjun; Liao, Yung-Kun; Keith, Timothy Z.
• Is Part Of: Journal of psychoeducational assessment. Volume 38:Number 8(2020)
• Page Start: 1033
• Page End: 1045
• Publication Date: 2020-07-10
• Subjects: age -- factorial invariance -- gender -- Taiwan -- Wechsler Intelligence Scales; Ability -- Testing -- Periodicals; Educational tests and measurements -- Periodicals; 371.713
• DOI: 10.1177/0734282920930542
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0734-2829

Abstract

This study investigated the factorial invariance of the Taiwan Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fifth Edition (WISC-V) across age and gender. A higher order five-factor model was tested on a nationally representative sample of 1, 034 children aged 6–16 years. The results demonstrated full factorial invariance for Taiwan children of different ages and gender. The WISC-V subtests demonstrated the same underlying theoretical latent constructs, strength of relations among factors and subtests, validity of each first-order factor, and communalities, regardless of age and gender, which supported the same interpretive approach of the WISC-V. These results accord with findings in the United States, indicating a full factorial invariance of the WISC-V five-factor structure across ages and gender.