Demonstrated the use of quantitative content validity procedures in the development of a job-related behavioral rating scale criterion for entry-level psychiatric aides. Found that 78 of 83 items were significantly job-relevant using the computation procedures of both Lawshe and Aiken. (JAC)

This study attempted to demonstrate behavioral correlates of two related Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory code types (4-9,9-4) with inpatients from state psychiatric facilities. The findings are discussed in terms of the discriptors available, the role of base rates, and similarity-dissimilarity of 4-9 profiles. A suggestion is offered…

Results indicated that students in counselor education were very similar to other Master's degree students on all but two scales of the Edwards. Counselors were found to be significantly more nurturant and less dominant than were administrators and supervisors. (Author)

The Affective Sensitivity Scale was administered in 16 master's level counseling students. A year later, each subject brought in a recorded audiotape with a client from his secondary school field setting. These tapes were rated on empathy, nonpossessive warmth, and genuineness on the Truax scales of Facilitative Interpersonal Functioning. A high…

Construction, validation, and use of the Scale for Rating Behavioral Characteristics of Superior Students, are discussed. The instrument, designed to guide subjective teacher observation, focuses on behavioral characteristics in the areas of learning, motivation, creativity, and leadership. Scale reproduced in separate article (EC 040 231). (KW)

Thirty behavior problems were ranked according to severity by 165 eighth-grade boys and girls, 82 teachers, and 45 psychologists. A significant positive correlation was found between teachers' and psychologists' rankings. (Author/WY)

In the study based on scores from 221 mentally retarded residents, the individual items in the first 13 Part Two domains of the American Association on Mental Deficiency Adaptive Behavior Scale were weighted for the perceived severity of the behavior they represent. (Author/SW)

The stability of children's behavior disorders was studied, using Adelaide versions of the Conners teacher and parent rating scales, with 256 five to twelve year olds. Of the 20 scales, 14 had high or moderate test-retest stability over the one-year interval. Most scales also showed discrimination validity over this time. (Author/CL)

Reports structural properties of the Thauberger Avoidance of the Ontological Confrontation of Death Scale with respect to social desirability as well as results of an analysis focusing on the hypothesized relationship of this construct to neuroticism. (Author)

Subjects responded to questionnaires and rated events in the Social Readjustment Rating Scale. Some were given psychophysical training before rating events. Training did not have significant effect on ratings. Stressfulness ratings were consistently higher than those of social readjustment. Data suggest this effect interacted with the events…

Use of Carkhuff level 3 response, a Carkhuff level 5 response, and probing with regard to perceived helpfulness were investigated by having inmates view videotapes of eight role-played counselor-inmate interactions. The level 5 response was perceived as the most helpful, followed by probing and the level 3 response. (Author)

The strengths of the scales were concentrated in the areas of domain and construct validity, weaknesses in the areas of discriminant validity, interobserver reliability, and decision-making reliability. (DB)