(Ridgeview Institute and the International Society for the Study of Dissociation, 1997-03) Schwartz, David R.; Rossini, Edward D.; Braun, Bennett G.; Stein, Gerald M.
The factor structure of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) was examined among 133 participants diagnosed with a dissociative disorder. The results of two and three factor orthogonal solutions with varimax rotation were obtained. The two and three factor solutions were consistent with traditional factor analytic studies with Verbal Comprehension and Perceptual Organization in the two factor solution, and Verbal Comprehension, Perceptual Organization, and Freedom from Distractibility in the three factor solution. This is the only factor analytic investigation using the WAIS-R to study a dissociative population.
