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The effect of sex differences and nondefensiveness on the predictive validity of barron's es scale
Author(s) -
Patrick Jayne
Publication year - 1984
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(198401)40:1<202::aid-jclp2270400139>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , predictive validity , clinical psychology , scale (ratio) , population , test validity , criterion validity , index (typography) , psychometrics , construct validity , demography , physics , quantum mechanics , sociology , world wide web , computer science
Extended research reported by Clayton and Graham (1979) on the relationship between Es scores and nondefensiveness with respect to prognosis for positive change in treatment ( N = 103). Sex differences and the effect of restricting the F‐K index as a measure of defensiveness to the normal range (+1 to +9) were investigated. Results indicated that for females only low Es scores and nondefensiveness (as measured by patients' willingness to admit to having problems and by an F‐K index in the normal range) were to a limited degree significantly related to positive outcome. Implications of these findings in terms of the validity of Barron's Es scale for an inpatient psychiatric population were discussed.