Journal of Consulting Psychology

Davids, A.

doi: 10.1037/h0045272pmid: 13587732

"A significant positive correlation was found between the IQs of [hospitalized] nonschizophrenic children and the IQs of their mothers, but no association was found between the IQs of the [hospitalized] schizophrenic children and their mothers. Both groups of children received IQs significantly lower than did the groups of mothers. Although the mothers of the nonschizophrenic children received a mean IQ that was higher than the mean for the general population, the mean IQ of 122 for mothers of schizophrenic children was significantly higher . . . . [The] schizophrenics received significantly lower IQs, and . . . the mean IQ for this total sample of disturbed children fell at the bottom of the normal range of intelligence."

Frey, A. H.; Becker, W. C.

doi: 10.1037/h0042135pmid: 13587733

"Twelve Ss notified the experimenter that they would be unable to keep the appointment (Group N); fourteen Ss failed to appear without notifying the experimenter (Group F). [The Ss had previously been given 5 of the Guilford personality scales.] The N group was characterized by low scores on scales S, R, G, and A; the F group by high scores. The chi-square test indicated that these differences are significant at the .01 level, except R, which is significant at the .001 level. There was no significant difference between groups on the C scale, nor was there a significant difference within or between groups with regard to sex."

Zuckerman, M.; Ribback, Beatrice B.; Monashkin, I.; Norton, James A.

doi: 10.1037/h0042376pmid: 13587734

"Normative data on the Parental Attitude Research Instrument were gathered from 222 mothers. Stanine scores for the 23 scales were derived from the data . . . . The education of the mother was most significantly related to scores on the scales. Age showed a smaller number of relationships, and number of children no significant relationships with the scales. The scales were factor analyzed using a heterogeneous sample composed of the 222 mothers in the normative sample, plus 131 mothers of psychiatric patients and disturbed children and 60 mothers who were psychiatric patients." Three factors extracted were: Authoritarian-Control; Hostility-Rejection; Democratic Attitudes.

deCharms, Richard

doi: 10.1037/h0047859pmid: 13587735

Ss rank-ordered several sample plots for their similarity to stories they themselves gave to stimulus pictures. Though such a self-scoring procedure is not as sensitive or reliable as content analysis, it greatly reduces the work of scoring and permits quick identification of Ss with high or low motive scores.

Mark, H. J.; Pasamanick, B.

doi: 10.1037/h0048020pmid: 13587736

"Differences in asynchronism, apparent movement, and peripheral two-point thresholds found between brain-injured (pyramidal tract damaged) and control children support the two major hypotheses of impairment in visual efficiency, and increased intra-individual variability in the brain-injured. The possible significance of the apparent movement threshold findings is discussed."

Nunnally, J.

doi: 10.1037/h0042042pmid: 13587737

"The article concerns a questionnaire study of the opinions of psychologists and psychiatrists about mental health problems. The two professions were in agreement about most of the issues. A factor analysis was made of the combined responses for the two professions. Two of the obtained factors demonstrates schools of thought about mental health problems. A third factor contains a number of items which serve to differentiate the opinions of psychologists and psychiatrists."

Roach, J. L.; Gurrslin, O.; Hunt, R. G.

doi: 10.1037/h0045833pmid: 13587738

"A general conclusion which emerges from the findings reported here is that the clinic from which the data was drawn is not serving equally all segments of the population . . . . [The] clientele served represents, primarily, a white, Protestant group of middle to high socioeconomic status. Such also is the conclusion drawn by other similar studies."

Reznikoff, M.; Toomey, Laura C.

doi: 10.1037/h0046039pmid: 13587739

"A method was described for modifying the Q sort so that it could be utilized to estimate over-all degree of emotional disturbance and also to determine extent of personality change . . . . [The] procedure involved weighting each of 44 Q-array clinical formulations according to how indicative the specific item was of serious pathology. The statements can then be sorted, in the usual manner, into categories arranged on continuum: personality descriptions judged most characteristic of the patient to be placed at one end of the continuum, while those rated as least characteristic at the other extreme. From the relative applicability of the various clinical formulations to the particular patient and the assigned weights of the items, an individual "adjustment index' is determined. Reliability and validity data . . . are presented and the advantages of using the weighted Q sort's adjustment indices in group comparisons are discussed."

Chance, June E.

doi: 10.1037/h0046256pmid: 13587740

"Fifty-two college students were asked to respond to a 40-item, forced choice questionnaire, and then to predict their respective instructor's responses to the same questionnaire. On a previous occasion, three paper-pencil measures of adjustment had been obtained for these Ss––the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank, and the Welsh A and R scales (MMPI). Scores for over-all accuracy of prediction, various components of accuracy, and tendencies to assume similarities or differences between self and others in making predictions were correlated with the measures of adjustment. Results obtained indicate a trend for adjustment as measured by the ISB to be negatively related to adequacy of prediction. Scores on the A scale were negatively related to tendency to assume similarity in making predictions."

Murstein, B. I.

doi: 10.1037/h0039920pmid: 13587741

"The purpose of this study was to examine some of the nonprojective determinants of perception on the TAT . . . . A rho coefficient of .56 between ambiguity-nonambiguity and emotional tone, and .59 between pleasantness-unpleasantness and emotional tone" was found.