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Validation of the 16 PF in a psychiatric setting
Author(s) -
Howe M. G.,
Helmes E.
Publication year - 1980
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(198010)36:4<927::aid-jclp2270360416>3.0.co;2-#
Subject(s) - linear discriminant analysis , psychiatric diagnosis , psychology , multivariate analysis , discriminant function analysis , psychiatry , medical diagnosis , multivariate statistics , clinical psychology , medicine , artificial intelligence , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , statistics , pathology , mathematics , computer science
Used the 16 PF in a group screening battery for psychiatric diagnoses as the citerion. Four hundred and sixty‐three patients were grouped into eight traditional diagnostic groups. Discriminant analysis was used to predict group membership and multivariate profile analysis was to compare group means. No differences in profile elevation or shape were found, and four discriminant functions could classify correctly only 22% of the patients. Results indicated that the 16 PF is unsuitable for discriminating among psychiatric diagnostic groups.