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Wais characteristics of non‐pathological obsessive and hysteric styles
Author(s) -
McMullen Linda M.,
Rogers Dan L.
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(198403)40:2<577::aid-jclp2270400232>3.0.co;2-l
Subject(s) - wechsler adult intelligence scale , pathological , psychology , comprehension , population , vocabulary , cognition , cognitive style , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , medicine , psychiatry , linguistics , pathology , philosophy , environmental health
Tested traditional clinical hypotheses about the cognitive functioning of individuals ( N = 16) with an obsessive or an hysteric style in a nonpathological population using selected subtests of the WAIS. Individuals identified as having an obsessive style displayed the predicted patterns (Information and Vocabulary > Comprehension), while their hysteric counterparts displayed only a trend toward certain predicted patterns (Comprehension > Information and Vocabulary). Predicted between‐group differences were significant. Higher base rates of obsessive features in a college population may account for the weaker trends within the hysteric group. Generally, the results appear to support the likelihood that nonpathological forms of the two styles display patterns of cognitive functioning similar to those of their more pathological counterparts.