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Stability of psychological test results in newly admitted alcoholics
Author(s) -
Sherer Mark,
Haygood J. Martin,
Alfano Anthony M.
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(198405)40:3<855::aid-jclp2270400339>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - psychology , test (biology) , psychological testing , clinical psychology , psychiatry , paleontology , biology
Previous research has demonstrated that psychological test results of newly admitted alcoholics are not stable due to lingering alcohol toxicity. The present study ( N = 40) demonstrated that a 10‐day delay in testing is sufficient to obtain stable results on some psychological tests.