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Mood as a predictor of discharge from Air Force basic training
Author(s) -
Lubin Bernard,
Fiedler Edna R.,
Van Whitlock Rodney
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-4679(199603)52:2<145::aid-jclp4>3.0.co;2-t
Subject(s) - psychology , mood , adjective check list , scale (ratio) , clinical psychology , personality , social psychology , cartography , geography
Abstract In order to determine the predictive validity of the Total Mood score, the Negative Mood Scale, and the Positive Mood Scale of the ST‐Depression Adjective Check Lists (ST‐DACL), the state version of lists C and D of the ST‐DACL was administered on the second day of the Air Force basic training program to 229 newly enlisted Air Force recruits (men = 113; women = 116). Findings were that DACL total score yielded the best overall classification rate, the Positive Mood Scale was most related to predicting eventual discharge, and the Negative Mood Scale was best at predicting graduation. © 1996 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.