Relationships between 8-Mo. Performance on the Bayley Scales of Infant Development and 48-Mo. Intelligence and Concept Formation Scores

Abstract

6 measures of performance on the Bayley Scales of Mental and Motor Development at H mo. were correlated with 48-mo. Stanford-Binet IQs and the Graham-Ernhart Block Sort Test (N = 384). All but one correlated significantly (p < .05) with IQ (range .13 to .15), while three were predictive of the Block Sort scores (range .12 to .14). Scores derived from item analyses of the Bayley Scales and the 48-mo. tests also yielded significant correlations with later performances (range .17 to .28). Weighting items did not substantially increase relationships. These results are similar to previous data: there are statistically, but not practically, significant correlations between infant and preschool test performances.

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