Carol S North, Melissa Black, Sheila Gokul, David E Pollio, Faith M Scofield, Paul J Handal, Barry A Hong
BACKGROUND: There is little systematic information about intelligence and academic achievement among sheltered homeless adults. This study adds descriptive data on intelligence and academic achievement, examines discrepancies across these concepts, and explores the associations among demographic and psychosocial characteristics in the context of intelligence categories and discrepancies. METHODS: We studied intelligence, academic achievement, and discrepancies between IQ and academic achievement among 188 individuals experiencing homelessness who were systematically recruited from a large, urban, 24-hour homeless recovery center...
May 2023: Annals of Clinical Psychiatry: Official Journal of the American Academy of Clinical Psychiatrists