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Dream reports and the test of emotional styles: A convergent ‐ discriminant validity study
Author(s) -
Woods Donald J.,
Cole Sandra,
Ferrandez George
Publication year - 1977
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 - 10.1002/1097-4679(197710)33:4<1021::aid-jclp2270330420>3.0.co;2-a
Subject(s) - psychology , dream , discriminant validity , test (biology) , construct validity , test validity , recall , developmental psychology , social psychology , psychometrics , cognitive psychology , psychotherapist , paleontology , internal consistency , biology
Thirty‐eight undergraduates completed the forced‐choice form of the Test of Emotional Styles and participated in a 4‐day dream recall study. Correlational analysis was performed with the three dimensions of emotional style and two dream report aspects as variables. The dimensions failed to correlate significantly with any of the dream report variables, although the dimensions intercorrelated significantly among themselves. Doubt is expressed as to the construct validity of the subscales of the Test of Emotional Styles.