We measured the internal consistency and four-week temporal consistency and temporal stability of the Wender Utah Rating Scale and its 25-item short form. The Wender scale is a rationally constructed retrospective self-report rating scale for symptoms of Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. Both scales manifested excellent internal consistency. Over one month, both versions manifested significant temporal consistency and good temporal stability in the nonclinical sample of 83 successful young adults most likely to be referred for an evaluation of suspected Attention-deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. The collegiate group had a considerably higher Wender score than the original normative group, calling into question the adequacy of the limited normative data. However, both forms of the scale are reliable and comprehensive validation research is advocated.

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The major structural aspect of the Trail Making Test, length of drawn lines needed to complete the tests, was measured and compared for the adult and school-aged child versions. Trail Making B is a markedly longer test than Trail Making A, 32% for adults and 27% for school-aged children. The interpretive assumptions that Trail Making B differs from Trail Making A only in terms of the cognitive skills needed to complete the test and the implicit interpretive bias toward minimizing the motor component of the tests were challenged in this technical note.

Surveys of academic psychologists have suggested that the Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) is a diminished aspect of graduate training despite its popularity in practice. The authors surveyed training directors of clinical psychology doctoral programs accredited by the American Psychological Association to determine how the TAT was taught. Results indicated that TAT interpretation is a modest aspect of most respondents' programs. The only widely used resource was L. Bellak's psychoanalytic textbook (1986, 1993). Numerous chapters available and the entire journal canon appeared to be unaccessed. The authors pose a partial solution to the apparent disparity: Profession-wide recommendations are provided followed by a syllabus of recommended books, chapters, and articles.The Thematic Apperception Test (TAT; Murray, 1943) has long been a standard component of the comprehensive personality assessment battery for school-age children, adolescents, adults, and even senior (geriatric) adults. Since the publication of the revised TAT cards, TAT use has never waned substantially in clinical practice (Lubin, Larsen, & Matarazzo, 1984). The numerous well-known surveys of psychological instrument usage indicate that the TAT remains either the most preferred or second most commonly used projective technique, along with the Rorschach Inkblot Test, regardless of the client's age, diagnostic referral issue, location, or purpose of the personality evaluation (Watkins, Campbell, Nieberding, & Hallmark, 1995). Despite such widespread use, the TAT remains the most contro-EDWARD D. ROSSINI read for his PhD in clinical psychology at Loyola University of Chicago in 1986. He is an associate professor in the School of Psychology at Roosevelt University. His integrated teaching and research and his interests focus on clinical assessment and life span neuropsychological assessment. He maintains an independent practice in Evanston, Illinois, in comprehensive psychological assessment and individual supportive psychotherapy. ROBERT J. MORETTI received his PhD in clinical psychology from Loyola University of Chicago in 1982. He is in independent practice in Chicago, Illinois, where he focuses on psychological assessment and psychotherapy of patients with medical disorders. He is associate clinical professor in the Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Northwestern University Medical School. Currently, he is finishing his thesis for the diploma in analytical psychology, C. G. Jung Center of Chicago. WE GRATEFULLY ACKNOWLEDGE the thoughtful commentary and editorial suggestions provided by Janice M. Kowalski, Jeffrey M. Kunka, and Dan P. McAdams on earlier drafts of this article. We note that Phoebe Cramer's interesting book on the TAT was not available when we conducted the survey and that there sadly continues to be no English translation of Francoise Brelet-Foulard's book on the TAT.

The intellectual functioning of 105 inpatients with multiple personality disorder and dissociative disorder not otherwise specified was assessed using the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised as part of a comprehensive research protocol. There were no significant intellectual differences between the groups on any major intelligence quotient summary score or any of the age-adjusted empirical factor scores. The anecdotal but widely accepted hypotheses that dissociative patients either have above average premorbid intelligence or that their current intellectual functioning is deleteriously affected by their fluctuant psychiatric disorder were not supported in this sample. A significant subsample of the multiple personality disorder group manifested abnormal interest scatter on the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised verbal subtests, and this variability was attributed to subtle neuropsychological deficits on the Memory/Distractibility factor. We speculate that dissociative patients might need to be evaluated for attention deficit disorder in addition to the range of dissociative symptoms in a comprehensive evaluation.