Identification of children with high intellectual potential: implications of criterion’s choice

Losa, I. (Isabel)¹, Quartier, V. (Vincent)¹, Brodard, F. (Fabrice)¹, Roman, P. (Pascal)¹, Hanifi, M. (Mina)^1
1Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Quartier UNIL-Mouline, 1015, Lausanne

 

Submission type

Poster only

Scheduled

Hallway, 10-07-2019, 15:30 - 17:00

Keywords

Children, Criterion's choice, High intellectual potential, IQ threshold.

Summary

The criterion’s choice to identify children with high intellectual potential (HIP) has been subject to many debates. However, the most widespread criterion is the IQ with its conventional threshold of 130. Despite that, in the literature, the choice of its cutoff point is arbitrary since it can change depending on the authors perspective (IQ varying between 120 and 135). Therefore, is the IQ the best criterion to HIP identification and what is its best threshold? Also, what is the importance of clinical data? The present comprehensive and interpretative study explores the implication of the arbitrary choice of the IQ threshold in the WISC-IV, the relevance of the IQ degree of homogeneity as well as that of clinical data. From 2006 to 2015, the Consultation Service for children and adolescents of the University of Lausanne collected 67 demands regarding HIP. In this study, only children who were administrated the WISC-IV (N=50) are examined. Results show that the population of children with HIP varies between 18% and 46% according to the IQ threshold chosen. In addition, 52% of the IQ profiles are considered homogeneous. Finally, 32% of the children were identified as HIP using the criterion of IQ and clinical data.

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