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September 14, 2026Journal of Autism and Developmental DisordersOpen Access

In Search of Subtypes of Children With Developmental Disabilities Using the WISC-V: A Latent Profile Analysis

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JEJordyn L. EspritEYEric A. YoungstromSKSoo Youn Kim

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Latent profile analysis reveals a continuum of general intelligence rather than distinct cognitive subtypes in youth with developmental disabilities, suggesting standard IQ profiles lack subtyping...

Key Points

  • Determine whether latent profile analysis of the WISC-V can identify discrete cognitive subgroups among youth with autism spectrum disorder and other neurodevelopmental disabilities.
  • Evaluated a clinical sample of N=727 youth (ages 6–16 years) referred for neurodevelopmental assessments using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-5th Edition (WISC-V).
  • Conducted latent profile analysis to detect cognitive subscale patterns and performed multigroup bifactor confirmatory factor analysis comparing the clinical cohort to the WISC-V standardization sample.
  • Latent profile analysis failed to identify discrete cognitive subtypes, revealing a continuous gradient of general intelligence (g factor) rather than distinct patterns of subscale strengths and weaknesses.
  • Multigroup bifactor confirmatory factor analysis demonstrated partial strong invariance against the standardization sample, full strong invariance within neurodevelopmental groups, and significant unique variance accounted for by the processing speed index beyond full-scale IQ.

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Esprit et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b3bf0926e14a848b2dffhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-026-07506-x
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