Examined the convergent and discriminant validity of the SCL-90 in a group of 113 psychiatric inpatients and determined the degree of reactivity to several common response sets. The nine SCL-90 dimensions were found to correlate with analogous measures from other tests, and thus showed convergent validity, but were also found to correlate with nonanalogous measures, an indication of low discriminant validity. In addition, the dimensions correlated with the three MMPI validity scales, suggesting their reactivity to response bias. These findings were interpreted as indicating that the SCL-90 has limited use with psychiatric inpatients at present, although it may be useful as a brief screening device for disposition and referral.

The Children of Alcoholics Screening Test (CAST), the Family Environment Scale (relationship scales only), and the Social Maladjustment Scale were administered to 494 male and female adolescents with a mean age of 16.6 years. High CAST scores were found to be related significantly to low family cohesion, high family conflict, and low overall family support. CAST scores were not related significantly to family expressiveness or to social maladjustment. Internal consistency reliability estimates for the CAST for both males and females were in the mid .90s. Finally, CAST scores of male and female adolescents were found to differ significantly, which indicates the need for separate validation studies to determine screening cut-points for the two groups.

Classified male psychiatric inpatients (N = 200) with high (T > 90) scores on the MMPI F scale as either consistent or inconsistent responders using the Test‐Retest (TR) Index. As predicted, consistent MMPI responders appeared to exaggerate pathology, while inconsistent responders' profiles were indicative of random responding on the MMPI. Results supported use of the TR Index in enhancing interpretation of MMPI profiles with very high F scale scores.

The present study evaluated the validity of the Satz-Mogel short form for the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale^Revised (WAIS-R) with psychiatric inpatients. Original WAIS-R protocol records of 64 psychotic, nonpsychotic, and organic inpatients were rescored to obtain short-form scale scores and IQs. Pearson productmoment correlations were found to be uniformly high (p < .001). The results suggest that the Satz-Mogel method has clinical utility and statistical validity with the WAIS-R, especially for determining global estimates of intellectual functioning.

A 12-item instrument was designed to quantify the views of 62 nurses on how the wearing of nurses' uniforms vs street attire might affect their performance of routine nursing duties, effectiveness of their therapeutic efforts, their role concepts, and interpersonal involvement with patients. Factor analysis indicated that the instrument had high internal reliability and unifactor content. Suggestions were offered for the instrument's utility as a research tool and as an aid in selection of nursing personnel in applied settings where attire worn is considered an important environmental factor or where the attitudes of nursing staff may have bearing on treatment and response to treatment of selected populations.