Journal of Consulting Psychology

Feldman, Dorothy A.; Pascal, G. R.; Swenson, C. H.

doi: 10.1037/h0056287pmid: 13174672

A group of patients was studied with respect to the relationship of their post-discharge status ("improved" or "unimproved") to 21 variables extracted from their case histories. 9 of these variables were significantly related to post-discharge status. Among these, "direction of aggression" proved to be a reliable prognostic variable. "The patients who tended to direct blame or hostility exclusively onto the environment appeared to have a poorer prognosis for status one year after discharge from a mental hospital."

Cole, Mary E.; Swenson, C. H.; Pascal, G. R.

doi: 10.1037/h0060963pmid: 13174673

486 case records of mental patients were examined to determine variables which were of prognostic significance. 11 were determined at the .01 level of significance. One of these was precipitating stress, which was then studied when all the other significant variables were controlled. "The result was that no statistically significant differences were found between the improved and unimproved groups with respect to the amounts of precipitating stress involved in their illness."

McCue, Miriam Crowley

doi: 10.1037/h0059818pmid: 13174674

"The purpose of this study was to investigate the hypothesis that patients will cancel the appointment which follows an appointment suddenly canceled by their therapists." This hypothesis was not verified.

Baehr, George O.

doi: 10.1037/h0054022pmid: 13174675

Hypothesis tested was: " . . . treating voluntary patients by a combination of group and individual psychotherapy is more effective than treating them by one method alone." Results indicated that "while all three methods produce beneficial results, the combined method is superior to one method." In order of effectiveness, from most to least, the methods follow this order: group-plus-individual psychotherapy, individual therapy, group therapy.

Jourard, Sidney M.; Secord, Paul F.

doi: 10.1037/h0063192pmid: 13174676

Findings of this investigation reveal that except for body weight the cathexis for masculine body characteristics is related to the size of relevant parts of the body. "Large size is apparently a desired quality among males, and its presence or absence leads to contrasting feelings toward related aspects of the male body."

Gibby, Robert G.; Stotsky, Bernard A.; Hiler, E. Wesley; Miller, Daniel R.

doi: 10.1037/h0056457pmid: 13174677

A formula derived on the basis of a discriminant analysis of Rorschach scores was used to predict whether patients will continue in psychotherapy. On a validation sample of 185 subjects, 67% were correctly classified. Individual items within the formula also had some predictive value (such as R, the total number of Rorschach responses.) Implications of these findings were discussed, including the relative importance of type of therapy, warmth, and competence of therapist as factors in predicting continuation of treatment.

Navran, Leslie

doi: 10.1037/h0056592pmid: 13174678

Source contains an abstract only.

Williams, Harold L.; Lawrence, James F.

doi: 10.1037/h0060105pmid: 13174679

Data derived from the records of 100 psychiatric patients were studied with respect to these test results: MMPI, Rorschach, Wechsler-Bellevue. Intercorrelation matrix was factor analyzed; 4 factors were obtained and described.

Peterson, Donald R.

doi: 10.1037/h0061349pmid: 13174680

The study was concerned with the behavior of a group of veterans who, though not having been diagnosed as such, later turned out to be "subclinical" (i.e. "latent" or "incipient") schizophrenics. A method of "configural analysis" is described which applies a group of psychotic signs. This method resulted in these veterans being detected as subclinical schizophrenics. The author points out that if the original diagnosis had been made on the basis of these signs, a definite increase in the preciseness of the patient's diagnostic classification would have been obtained.