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Haynes, Jack P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Investigated the validity of the Vocabulary-Block Design short form as an estimate of Full Scale IQ in White male delinquents. The difference between the means of the short form and the Full Scale IQ was small and nonsignificant. Concluded the short form was useful as a screening device. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Delinquency, Intelligence Tests, Males
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Hovanitz, Christine A.; Gynther, Malcolm D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Assessed the relative predictive validity of obvious (O), neutral (N), and subtle (S) items of the MMPI MA scale for 86 males. Subtle-obvious ratings were compared to criteria in questionnaire, life-history, and objective tests. Correlations among the criteria were generally insignificant, suggesting that hypomania is not a homogeneous construct.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Conceptual Tempo, Predictive Validity, Predictor Variables
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Flannery, Raymond B., Jr. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Replicated a previous investigation that compared a global measure of life change events (the Schedule of Recent Experience) with a restricted negative measure (the Life Experience Survey) in association with self-reported anxiety and depressive symptomatology. The previous finding of the superiority of the negative events measure was not…
Descriptors: Adults, Change, Measurement Techniques, Predictor Variables
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Wehr, Joann V.; Gilroy, Faith D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1986
Investigated the relationship between sex-role orientation and cognitive preferential response style. Although masculine and androgynous individuals were expected to demonstrate extratensive and intraversive cognitive styles, respectively, no such distinction was apparent. However, feminine individuals did demonstrate an ambitent response style.…
Descriptors: Androgyny, Cognitive Style, Predictor Variables, Projective Measures
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Hovanitz, Christine A.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the relationship between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory paranoia subtle, neutral, and obvious subscales and criteria presumed to reflect various paranoid characteristics in a sample of male college students (N=100). Results showed that both the obvious and subtle Pa Items predicted various criteria. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Paranoid Behavior, Personality Traits
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McGrath, Robert E. V.; Burkhart, Barry R. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Assessed whether accounting for variables in the scoring of the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS) would improve the predictive validity of the inventory. Results from 107 sets of questionnaires showed that income and level of education are significant predictors of the capacity to cope with stress. (JAC)
Descriptors: Adults, Coping, Educational Attainment, Income
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Larsen, Knud S.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined closed patient files for scores from the Psychological Screening Inventory between 1977-1979. Files (N=123) were assessed for suicidal inclination in five categories, ranging from "no suicidal ideation" to "serious attempt." Results yielded a significant value for "discomfort," with lower discomfort scores…
Descriptors: Alienation, Clinical Diagnosis, Depression (Psychology), Factor Analysis
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Blain, Gerald H.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Experimental results indicate test items taken individually discriminate strongly between abused and well-adjusted children, but not between abused and nonabused disturbed children. Items used collectively discriminate between abused children and the other two groups. Based on these results, this test is proposed to identify abused children.…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Children, Identification, Objective Tests
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Hale, W. Daniel; Cochran, C. D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Administered the Brief Symptom Inventory to married residents (N=106) of a retirement community. Three scales (Anxiety, Interpersonal Sensitivity, and Paranoid Ideation) provided maximum separation between males and females. Concludes that with marital status, education, and health controlled, male and female elderly show distinct patterns of…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Clinical Psychology, Depression (Psychology), Marital Status
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Guerney, Bernard G., Jr.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1973
Purpose was to determine whether differences existed on certain variables for young children as seen by their mothers, and to construct an appropriate set of norms for use with children in the frequently diagnosed age range of seven to nine, with mothers as the informants. (Authors/CB)
Descriptors: Check Lists, Elementary School Students, Interpersonal Relationship, Mother Attitudes
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Wikoff, Richard L.; Parolini, Roger J. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Investigated validity of the Short Form Test of Academic Aptitude (SFTAA) as a predictor of Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) Full Scale IQ. Tested junior-high students and found the WISC-R could be estimated satisfactorily from the SFTAA, which was shown to be a valid indicator of intelligence. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Cognitive Measurement, Intelligence Tests, Junior High School Students
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Suinn, Richard M.; Edwards, Ruth – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Describes the Mathematics Anxiety Rating Scale for Adolescents (MARS-A). Discusses psychometric data that relate to reliability and construct validity of the MARS-A scale. Results showed the association between high mathematics anxiety scale scores and low grade average in mathematics courses reported on two samples of students. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Rating Scales, Diagnostic Tests, Grades (Scholastic)
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Greenwald, Deborah F.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Examined the relationship between Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children scatter and school competence measures for 101 boys at risk for psychiatric disorder. Results suggested that the mean scatter variable is significantly higher in the high-risk group than in the intelligence test standardization sample. (Author)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Competence, Elementary Education, Emotional Disturbances