Objective: To determine whether pro-social treatment change in sexual offenders would predict reductions in recidivism beyond static and dynamic risk factors measured at pretreatment and whether different methods for assessing change based on self-reports and structured clinical rating systems would show convergent validity. Method: We compared 3…

Compared scores of university students on a new videotaped measure of interpersonal distance (IPD) with their scores on four other IPD measures on which psychometric data have been published. The videotaped measure was superior to other techniques as it overcame methodological problems while remaining reliable, valid, and practical. (Author)