Research protocols involving children often include psychological testing as part of an assessment battery. Inclusion of such testing raises the question of whether parents (or others) should be offered the individualized results of their children's psychological testing conducted for research purposes. The purpose of this article is to provide a…

Evaluates these hypotheses: 1) psychological test indices of organic impairment are more frequent in Tourette patients than in a normal population, and 2) signs of organic impairment are more frequent in Tourette patients on psychiatric, neurological, and electroencephalographic examination than in the general population. (Author/RC)

A COMPUTER COUNT OF THE RELATIVE INCIDENCE OF LETTERS IN 431 PLEASANT (P) WORDS AND 702 UNPLEASANT (U) WORDS REVEALED THAT SOME LETTERS TEND TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE INITIAL POSITION OF P WORDS AND OTHER LETTERS MORE FREQUENTLY IN THE INITIAL POSITION OF U WORDS. A TASK REQUIRING 40 ADULTS TO GUESS FOR EACH LETTER WHETHER IT OCCURRED IN A P…

Intercorrelations among Uzgiris and Hunt's scales for 2 samples of infants were subjected to cluster analysis and factor analysis. The results of these procedures were similar for both samples. Three clusters from the first analysis resembling 3 factors from the second. The findings were also consistent with Uzgiris and Hunt's observations on the…

Attempted to replicate previous research which demonstrated that psychological test results of newly admitted alcoholics are not stable due to lingering alcohol toxicity. The present study (N=40) demonstrated that a 10-day delay in testing is sufficient to obtain stable results on some psychological tests. (Author/JAC)

The results of this study are consistent with previous research that has indicated that a large proportion of MMPI protocols obtained in a psychiatric setting can be classified into a relatively small number of two point code types. (Author)

Close examination of the influence of sex in the areas of schizophrenia, psychological testing, and sexual attitude and behaviors suggested that sex of E and S can influence results of research. This variable should be explicitly considered when designing experiments. Appropriate controls include using male and female Ss and Es. (Author)