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The selection of paraprofessional telephone counselors using the California psychological inventory
Author(s) -
King Glen D.,
McGowen Ramsey,
Doonan Robert,
Schweibert David
Publication year - 1980
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1007/bf00912859
Subject(s) - library science , psychological research , health psychology , psychology , management , medicine , social psychology , computer science , public health , economics , nursing
Comparing groups of 36 veteran telephone counselors with 36 matched age and sex control subjects on the CPI revealed substantial differences on a number of scales. Subsequent development of weighted formulae via regression analysis led to very accurate predictions as to which individuals were telephone counselors or controls. Various cutoff scores and their uses are discussed.