Assessing the Intellectual Ability of Asylum Seekers

Autor/in	Whitaker, Simon
Titel	Assessing the Intellectual Ability of Asylum Seekers
Quelle	In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 64 (2018) 4-5, S.309-317 (9 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2047-3869
DOI	10.1080/20473869.2017.1322343
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Cognitive Measurement; Cognitive Ability; Intellectual Disability; Refugees; Migrants; Intelligence Tests; Scores; Clinical Diagnosis; Disability Identification; Developing Nations; Developed Nations; Etiology; Test Bias; Test Reliability; Genetics; Environmental Influences; European Union + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Denkfähigkeit; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Flüchtling; Migrantin; Intelligence test; Intelligenztest; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Ätiologie; Testkritik; Testreliabilität; Humangenetik; Environmental influence; Umwelteinfluss
Abstract	The European Union has seen an increased number of asylum seekers and economic migrants over the past few years. There will be request to assess some of these individuals to see if they have an intellectual disability (ID). If this is to be done using the current internationally recognized definitions of ID, we will need to be confident that the IQ tests we have available are able to accurately measure the IQs of people from developing countries. The literature showing substantial differences in the mean measured IQs of different countries is considered. It is found that, although there are numerous problems with these studies, the overall conclusion that there are substantial differences in mean measured IQ is sound. However, what is not clear is whether there are large differences in true intellectual ability between different countries, how predictive IQ scores are of an individual from a developing country ability to cope, and whether or not an individual's IQ would increase if they go from a developing country to a developed one. Because of these uncertainties, it is suggested that a diagnosis of ID should not be dependent on an IQ cut-off point when assessing people from developing countries. (As Provided).
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