Obtained Wherry hierarchical factor solution on Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised subtests intercorrelations for 108 alcoholic adults. Found ability arrangement consistent with Vernon's structure-of-intellect model. Ability hierarchy consisted of strong general intelligence factor defined by all 11 subtests, which accounted for 49% of…

Examined relation between Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) and Wilson predictor of premorbid intelligence scores of 27 depressed and 34 nondepressed psychiatric patients. Found no significant difference between WAIS and Wilson predictor of premorbid intelligence scores nor between Verbal and Performance intelligence quotients. (Author/NB)

Compared personal characteristics of 80 counseling clients with elevated 2-4 (Depression-Psychiatric Deviate) scales on their Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory and 109 clients without elevations. Results indicated that clients with 2-4 elevations were significantly more depressed, had lower self-esteem, and were more likely to come from…

Evaluated the personal adjustment of counseling center clients (N=60) whose highest Sc scale score on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was over 70. Results supported a continued need to delineate more precisely the significance of elevated MMPI scores for nonpsychiatric populations. (LLL)

Compared pre- and posttreatment Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles of female inpatients (N=12) with anorexia nervosa. Results showed change after treatment, and found that pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in…

Investigated patterns of stresses in psychotherapeutic work among licensed psychologists. Results revealed that the stressful aspects of therapeutic work include maintaining the therapeutic relationship, scheduling difficulties, professional doubt, work overinvolvement, and feeling personally depleted. Stressful patient behaviors clustered into…

Examined relationships between therapists' preferences and expectations with regard to their own and their clients' role behaviors. Results revealed that therapists' preferences differed from their expectations, especially with regard to clients' behaviors. Although preferences and expectations changed over time in therapy, the…

Administered revised Beck Depression Inventory, Hopelessness Scale, Anxiety Inventory, and Scale for Suicide Ideation to 1,172 psychiatric outpatients. Classified subjects into 127 suicide ideators and 1,045 nonideators. Identified three types of nonideators (anxious depressed, hopeless depressed, and below-average overall symptomatology) and four…

A factor analysis of Hispanic, Black, and Caucasian patient request data generated three conceptual factors, which account for 13 reasons for coming to a psychiatric outpatient clinic. The relationship of these factors with selected demographic and therapy outcome variables was tested statistically, and implications for therapy with low income and…

Female college students (N=75) completed measures of social intimacy, sex role type, locus of control, therapy expectancy, and authoritarianism; then rated videotaped intimate and nonintimate sessions with a female psychotherapist. Socially intimate subjects preferred an intimate therapist, assigning her significantly higher levels of intimacy,…

Patients in an outpatient narcotic antagonist treatment program were followed through their course of treatment. Those who remained longer were found to enter treatment with more stable employment records and less recent opiate use. They also appeared more successful at termination, with better vocational stability, less extraneous drug use, and…

Investigated responses of counselor trainees (N=31) to easy versus difficult clients in terms of clinical judgments. Results indicated that clients with a difficult interpersonal style were not regarded as more psychologically disturbed, but were rated as having less potential for change and less ego strength. (LLL)