Assesses the extent to which the Urist Rorschach Mutuality of Autnonomy Scale (MAS) can differentiate levels of pathology in previously hospitalized adults (N=60). Results suggested that the MAS accurately reflects observed pathology severity at time of hospitalization and over a lifetime, but not at the time of assessment. (LLL)

Real and perceived misuses of educational tests, errors in test scoring and test use, and incidents of cheating on tests have been widely reported in local and national media. As educational tests take on additional importance for students, teachers, and schools, there is appropriate concern about the quality of assessments and the appropriate use…

This study surveys practicing school psychologists (N=86) in both private and public sectors for their estimates of the time required to administer, score, and interpret the tests they regularly administer in their schools. It provides school districts and school psychologists with time estimates, which can be used to quantify the actual time…

The results of this study showed that the relative usefulness of the three forms of the Mini Mult, a 71-item form of the MMPI, were not encouraging. (JC)

Purpose of this note is to point to an obvious but useful relationship by which estimation of individual factor scores can be omitted when obtaining relationships between factors and an external set of variables. (Author)

Described is a policy of interpreting psychological test data to children capable of profiting from the interpretation, and given is a partial transcript of an interpretive session to an 8-year-old male with an IQ of 75. (DB)

The Guilles de la Tourette Syndrome, a relatively rare disorder that usually begins in childhood, is characterized by (1) body tics that progress in severity and involvement of face, neck, shoulder, and trunk musculature; (2) repetitive barking or clucking noises; (3) coprolalia, or tic-like repetitive uttering of obscenities. (Author)