Journal of Consulting Psychology

Walters, Richard H.; Loan, Malle Van; Crofts, Irene

doi: 10.1037/h0042532pmid: 13782966

"Retarded readers performed more poorly on two perceptual tasks involving recognition of form . . . slower in opening a compartment to look for a male nude doll . . . chose their father less often on a simple parent preference test." Psychoanalytic and parental theories are discussed.

Johnson, Orval G.; Wawrzaszek, Frank

doi: 10.1037/h0049312pmid: 13790319

House-Tree-Person ratings of 9 psychologists were more closely related to Goodenough score than to the proposed identification of the handicapped child. Significant postdiction of matched pairs required pooling of all judgments.

Hiller, E. Wesley; Nesvig, David

doi: 10.1037/h0039863pmid: 13714229

Wechsler and Bender-Gestalt were given 3 times over a 1-2 year period. Significant improvements appeared, particularly on verbal subtests and Bender-Gestalt. IQ scores did not rise; but, ratings of clinical improvement were related to Verbal IQ, Full-Scale IQ, Digit Span, and Gray Oral Reading Test. Most hospitalized children have problems which cause them to be retarded in verbal skills.

Randolph, Mary H.; Richardson, Harold; Johnson, Ronald C.

doi: 10.1037/h0041800pmid: 13739467

"Solitary delinquents" show higher intellectual ability (WAIS), higher socioeconomic status, and, except for Ma, have more elevated MMPI profiles than those committing crimes with others.

Howe, Edmund S.; Pope, Benjamin

doi: 10.1037/h0048302pmid: 13716255

35 psychiatrists rated 10 therapists' responses on a 40-scale semantic differential. Factor analysis shows 3 factors. Ratings on an evaluation dimension and on a dimension of precision and potency (ambiguity) are independent.

Tyler, Forrest B.; Tyler, Bonnie B.; Rafferty, Janet E.

doi: 10.1037/h0045076pmid: 13778874

A complex process of scoring by example is developed to rate need value and expectancy for 45 children and 90 parents. Iintercorrelations indicate that need value and expectancy are specific to the need category under study and to age and sex of Ss.

Weiner, Irving B.

doi: 10.1037/h0049304pmid: 13783898

Martin's signs for suicidal tendency are significantly related to suicide attempts (concurrent validity) and to severity of psychiatric illness.

Zuckerman, Marvin; Levitt, Eugene E.; Lubin, Bernard

doi: 10.1037/h0040887pmid: 13788884

In sophomore student nurses, peer ratings of dependency are related more highly to more direct measures such as self-ratings, a combination of Gough Dominance and Navran Dependency Questionnaires and Edwards' Personal Preference Schedule. They are not related to Rohde's Sentence Completion test, Group TAT, and Rorschach. Factor analysis of individual scores yields 4 factors, of combination scores yields 1 general dependency factor.

Azrin, N. H.; Holz, W.; Goldiamond, I.

doi: 10.1037/h0044192pmid: 13685459

Students responded to a questionnaire used previously with combat flyers in terms of what is expected by a commanding officer. Rank order for students and flyers is essentially the same, suggesting that results of previous study may be due to response bias.

Finney, Joseph C.

doi: 10.1037/h0042777pmid: 13699669

56 Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales and 2 individual items are factor analyzed by centroid and rotation to oblique simple structure. Scale loadings and theoretical implication of the resultant factors are discussed. Response set factors prominent in centroid analysis disappear on rotation. K corrected scales show increased purity after rotation, suggesting greater validity of oblique simple rotation factors.