In this study, the authors examined the stability of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory--2 (J. N. Butcher, W. G. Dahlstrom, J. R. Graham, A. Tellegen, & B. Kaemmer, 1989) code types in a sample of 94 injured workers with a mean test-retest interval of 21.3 months (SD = 14.1). Congruence rates for undefined code types were 34% for…

The Revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale was administered to 534 children (grades 4-6) at the beginning and end of the school year. The total anxiety score correlated .68 across the nine-month period, supporting the temporal stability of the test. (Author/BW)

The cultural test bias hypothesis represents the contention that all ethnic or racial group differences on mental tests are due to inherent, artifactual biases produced within the tests through flawed psychometric methodology. This address focuses on an empirical evaluation of the cultural test bias hypothesis, especially emphasizing the construct…

Thirty-two potentially significant clinical signs that may appear on children's Kinetic Family Drawings are presented in the form of an interpretive guide. Cautions and benefits of using such a guide are discussed briefly. (Author)

The factor structure, and thereby the underlying construct of the What I Think and Feel Test (WITF) was determined. The delineation of subscales of anxiety within this revision of the Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale was significant, since anxiety is a multidimensional characteristic. Responses of 329 children (grades 1-12) to the 28 anxiety…

Six methods of measuring factorial similarity were compared with regard to outcome based on two large data sets, one for an intelligence test and the other for a personality test. All indexes yielded comparable results. Comparing factors determined at random, all indexes yielded comparable results leading to a conclusion of dissimilarity.…

The author empirically evaluates bias in construct validity and criterion-related validity of intelligence tests and bias in personality scales and concludes that little evidence exists to substantiate claims of bias for well-constructed, properly standardized tests. Therefore,, low-scoring minority or disadvantaged children need remedial and…

Contrary to findings with older children, no sex differences occurred in scoring on the anxiety scale. Kindergarten children generally scored higher on the anxiety scale than did older children. Lie scale scores were comparable to those of other primary grade children. (Author)