Reports on development and psychometric properties of Feminist Family Therapy Scale (FFTS), a 17-item instrument intended to reflect degree to which family therapists conceptualize process of family therapy from feminist-informed perspective. Found that the instrument discriminated between self-identified feminists and nonfeminists, women and men,…

An investigation of the cross-cultural validity of the femininity (Fe) scale in samples of 300 male and 300 female Japanese university students found that 30 of the 38 items differentiated in the same direction as in the original U.S. studies and also that the total score on the scale gave good separation between the Japanese males and females.…

Determines whether kind of test used in personality assessment is an important factor in influencing the extent to which subjects accept the interpretation made by a psychologist and clarifies the importance of the status of the test-interpreter by eliminating a status-experimenter confound contained within the Snyder and Larsen (1972) study.…

It is highly probable that some applicants for apprenticeships are unfairly excluded from consideration because of the less than accurate information provided by some psychological tests. (Author)

A current review of research on the reliability and validity of the Personal Orientation Inventory is provided. (DEP)

Data are presented evaluating the validity and reliability of the Personality Assessment Questionnaire (PAQ), a self-report questionnaire designed to elicit respondents' perceptions of themselves with respect to seven personality and behavioral dispositions: hostility and aggression, dependence, self-esteem, self-adequacy, emotional…

The School Environment Preference Schedule (SEPS) measures, at the junior- and senior-high school level, "bureaucratic orientation," which is measured, at the adult level, by the Work Environment Preference Schedule (WEPS) of the same author. High scores typify the student who accepts and defers to authority, who prefers specific rules…

The objectives of the "Mental Measurements Yearbooks" (MMY), published in seven volumes since 1938, have been to provide information about tests published as separates throughout the English speaking world and to present frankly critical test reviews. This monograph, reflecting the changing state of the art over 50 years of English testing,…

Approximately 300 ninth grade Navajo boys and girls attending Intermountain School for the first time or returning after a lengthy absence participated in two projects of psychological evaluations and vision, speech, and hearing evaluations. Analysis of the psychological testing (involving achievement, aptitude, and self concept measurements)…

The mathematical and philosophical origins of "analogy" are described and their influence on the thinking of intelligence theorists is traced. Theories of intelligence and cognition bearing on analogical reasoning are examined, specifically those of Spearman, Thorndike, Guilford and Piaget. The analogy test item is shown to be a paradigm…

Assessed validity of the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) using the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R) and the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT) as criterion instruments. The cognitive triad of the PIC was minimally correlated with all intelligence quotient measures and significantly correlated only for reading and…

Examined the validity of the Irrational Beliefs Inventory by administering various psychological instruments to 129 undergraduate students. Regarding construct validity, the Irrational Beliefs Inventory measured several variables measured by the Irrational Beliefs Test. With regard to concurrent validity, test anxiety was most strongly associated…

Explored the psychometric properties of the Mississippi Scale for Combat-Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder to assess its internal consistency and factor structure. Administered the test to Vietnam veterans seeking help at Veteran Centers. Demonstrated high test-retest reliability, sensitivity of .93, specificity .89, and overall hit rate .90…

Determined that special Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales (the Dissimulation and the Obvious and Subtle subscales) were slightly more effective in discriminating between malingering and genuinely disturbed male prison inmates than were standard MMPI scales. Found students', clinicians', and experts' interpretations…