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Cognitive Ability and Everyday Functioning in Women with Turner Syndrome

Jennifer Downey, MD, is assistant clinical professor in the Department of Psychiatry and consultant to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and New York State (NYS) Psychiatric Institute.

Evan J. Elkin, MA

Evan J. Elkin, MA, is a staff research associate in the Program of Psychoendocrinology Research Unit of NYS Psychiatric Institute and a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at New York University.

Anke A. Ehrhardt

Anke A. Ehrhardt, PhD, is professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. She is also a research scientist and codirector of the Program of Psychoendocrinology at the NYS Psychiatric Institute.

Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg

Heino F.L. Meyer-Bahlburg, Dr. rer. nat., is associate professor of clinical psychology in the Department of Psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also a research scientist and codirector of the Program of Psychoendocrinology at the NYS Psychiatric Institute.

Jennifer J. Bell, MD

Jennifer J. Bell, MD, is associate professor of clinical pediatrics in the Department of Pediatrics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Akira Morishima

Akira Morishima, MD, is associate professor of pediatrics at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons. Address: Jennifer Downey, MD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Box 84, 722 W. 168 St., New York, NY 10032.

This paper presents results from an assessment of cognitive ability and everyday functioning in a group of adult women with Turner syndrome (TUS). Twenty-three TUS women were compared with 23 matched controls with constitutional short stature (CSS). A subgroup of 10 TUS women were compared with their nondisabled female siblings. On the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Test-Revised (Wechsler, 1981), no significant group differences were found in Verbal IQ. There were significant group differences for Performance IQ and Full Scale IQ, largely due to specific deficits in the area of spatial and mathematical ability. These difficulties were also evident on the Benton Visual Retention Test-Revised (Benton, 1974). TUS individuals had significantly lower educational attainment than CSS controls but did not differ from their siblings. TUS individuals had significantly lower occupational attainment than the women in both comparison groups.

Journal of Learning Disabilities, Vol. 24, No. 1, 32-39 (1991)
DOI: 10.1177/002221949102400107


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