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Kaestner, Elisabeth; Goldstein, Marvin – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) was used to determine retest reliability (7-day interval) and motivational distortion for a sample of narcotic addicts (N=141) legally committed to treatment and tested by staff for routine diagnostic purposes. (Author)
Descriptors: Drug Addiction, Institutionalized Persons, Narcotics, Personality Assessment
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Hutt, Max L.; Miller, Lawrence J. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1975
Using the Hutt Adaption of the Bender-Gestalt Test (HABGT), this study explored the test-retest reliability of the scale with forty process schizophrenics over a two week interval. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Institutionalized Persons, Motivation Techniques, Personality Measures, Psychological Evaluation
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Nicholls, Tonia L.; Brink, Johann; Desmarais, Sarah L.; Webster, Christopher D.; Martin, Mary-Lou – Assessment, 2006
A new assessment scheme--the Short-Term Assessment of Risk and Treatability (START)-- presents a workable method for assessing risks to self and others encountered in mentally and personality disordered clients. This study aimed to demonstrate (a) prevalence and severity of risk behaviors measured by the START, (b) psychometric properties of…
Descriptors: Risk, Mental Disorders, Aggression, Incidence