The interpersonal-psychological theory of suicidal behavior (T. E. Joiner, 2005) proposes that an individual will not die by suicide unless he or she has both the desire to die by suicide and the ability to do so. Three studies test the theory's hypotheses. In Study 1, the interaction of thwarted belongingness and perceived burdensomeness…

This study investigated a new 2-factor construct, termed "cultural congruence", which is related to cultural competence in the delivery of mental health services to ethnic minority clients. Cultural congruence was defined as the distance between the cultural competence characteristics of the health care organization and the clients' perception of…

Categorized 56 patients with chronic schizophrenia into 2 groups based on traditional diagnostic subtypology. Compared groups on indices of cortical and subcortical cerebrospinal fluid (SCF) volume to explore whether more virulent nonparanoid disorder was linked to cortical/subcortical morphological brain abnormalities. Two groups differed…

The general findings support the utility of direct compared to indirect approaches to personality measurement. (Author)

Developed method for aggregating psychodynamic formulations of independent clinicians. Panels of clinicians observed videotaped interviews of patients and wrote individual formulations which were combined into consensual formulation. Other clinical raters read each consensual formulation and judged whether each problem was apt to be distressing…

Examined diagnostic accuracy of Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) scales for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Estimated 3 logistic regression models in 121 children with and without ADHD, then tested models in cross-validation sample (n=122) and among 219 siblings of samples. In all four groups, CBCL Attention Problems scale had…

Compared several clinical-behavioral and self-report measures of psychopathy in a sample of 274 male prison inmates. Found much stronger agreement among the clinical-behavioral measures (ratings, checklist, and DSM-III) than among the self-report measures. Agreement between these two measurement domains was, with few exceptions, rather poor. (BH)

Examined problems in the form "I can't ... (do something)" mentioned by patients beginning psychotherapy. These problems were identified and subjected to a multidimensional scaling and hierarchical clustering scheme. Dimensions yielded were: (1) degree of psychological involvement; (2) nature of involvement; and (3) subject's intention to…

In support of the construct validity of the revised scale, a high correlation was observed between the revised Children's Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS) and the trait anxiety inventory, whereas there was no significant correlation with the state anxiety inventory. (Author)

Research is contradictory concerning ability of the Wechsler Object Assembly (OA) subtest to predict bodily preoccupations. This study presents data from an objective personality test that do not support the hypothesis that bodily concerns are indicated by impaired performance on the WAIS OA subtest. (Author)

In this study, BIP records previously reported by Kenny (1971) were reused to determine the accuracy of identification of children with cerebral dysfunction and to update the results of using the revised BIP scoring system. (Author)

Results indicated that children who did not exhibit allergic reactions were otherwise healthier and were rated as superior on a number of academic, social, and emotional adjustment dimensions. (Author)

A multidimensional scaling technique, INDSCAL, was used to investigate the underlying structure 18 behavioral and 18 nonbehavioral clinical psychologists gave to 73 symptomatic behaviors descriptive of a wide range of psychopathology. Only limited differences between behavioral and nonbehavioral ratings in the structure that provided the…