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Foulds' “general instability” and “psychopathy” 16PF scales and their relationship to psychiatric mood state
Author(s) -
Bedford A.,
McIver D.
Publication year - 1978
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(197804)34:2<417::aid-jclp2270340233>3.0.co;2-3
Subject(s) - psychology , psychopathy , mood , clinical psychology , psychiatry , antisocial personality disorder , developmental psychology , personality , poison control , social psychology , injury prevention , medicine , medical emergency
Previous research examined “general instability” and “psychopathy” scales, derived from the 16PF, in terms of Foulds' criteria of content, group differentiation, change over time, and score distributions. When the external criterion of a newly validated measure of psychiatric mood state (the DSSI/sAD) was used, it was confirmed in both a patient and a normal group that the “general instability” scale is related significantly to symptomatology, while the “psychopathy” scale is relatively independent of present state.