Cattell's "Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire" was adapted for use in a rehabilitation setting with a visually limited population of 56 individuals. Testing of the adapted instrument indicated that modifications could be made without apparent detrimental effect on the applicability of available norms. (Author/SW)

Responds to an article questioning the construct validity of the Beck Hopelessness Scale. Suggests that social desirability should not be invoked as a potential confound unless the obtained covariation is theoretically inconsistent or is so overlapping as to make the respective scales redundant with respect to factorial content. (Author/RC)

Examples are provided of a computerized special education management system used to manage assessment data for exceptional students. The system is designed to provide a simple yet efficient method of tracking data from educational and psychological evaluations (specifically the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children--Revised scores). (CL)

Ascertained whether diagnostic feedback had a positive influence on treatment outcome. Snake-fearful females took psychological tests and were randomly assigned to treatment conditions. The greatest therapeutic improvement resulted for the enhanced-personality-feedback-with-treatment group as compared to the treatment-only group. The…

The 344 items of the Imaginal Processes Inventory plus age were intercorrelated for 1300 subjects. This intercorrelation matrix was subjected to a principal components analysis; 53 principal components then were rotated to a Varimax solution. Results of the factor analysis are given in terms of the meaningful interpreted components. (Author)

Determined additional data on the reliability and validity of brief versions of the Depression Adjective Checklist by reanalyzing the data for Forms E, F, and G. Suggests the brevity and relatively high intercorrelation among the lists are assets when repeated measures are needed or many variables are measured. (Author/JAC)

Innovations in testing emerging from the competency assessment movement offer counselors new capabilities in helping clients to understand aspects of themselves and their problems, as well as to establish directions for development and improvement efforts. (Author)

Findings support Koppitz's assertion that the total error score for the Bender Gestalt Test is stable and reliable. Working time is a relatively stable dimension of Bender performance, which may be of value in assessment activities. Perseveration and integration should not be used in differential diagnosis. (Author)

A systematic approach to individualized clinical assessment--one whose practices are referred to as collaborative, contextual, and interventional--is reviewed. The approach uses phenomenological psychology in its development. (Author/JKS)

The aim of this article is to present relevant data on the psychometric characteristics of scales designed to measure one or more aspects of human sexual activity and marital interactions. (Author)

Presents the Sex Knowledge and Attitude Test (SKAT), designed to measure knowledge, attitudes and degree of experience in a variety of sexual behaviors, and to be used as a teaching and research instrument. (Author)

Children are considered "disturbed" when they behave in ways that are unacceptable to signficant adults in their environment. Diagnosis of such children, however, is more often for administrative purposes than for the purpose of preventing further and more serious disturbance. (Author/GC)

The intervention of the Federal Government, through the issuance of guidelines, into psychological testing for employment is one of the most controversial activities in our profession. Considers what the government has to offer and the effect of such guidelines on the field of psychological testing. (Author/RK)