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Psychological tests specific to individual carbon disulfide exposure
Author(s) -
TOLONEN MATTI,
HÄNNINEN HELENA
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9450.1978.tb00326.x
Subject(s) - psychology , carbon disulfide , rorschach test , emotionality , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , chemistry , organic chemistry
Psychological tests including 26 variables were administered to 206 male viscose rayon workers with long‐term exposure to carbon disulfide and 152 nonexposed men. The purpose of the analysis was to examine the reciprocal validity of the various variables as indicators of carbon disulfide effect on mental functions. All the subjects were classified either as normal or deviant in regard to the results. Twenty‐five % of all results was classified as abnormal for every variable. Five variables, i.e., Bourdon‐Wiersma speed, Santa Ana right, form level of the straight lines in the Mira test, and the Rorschach test variables for detecting emotionality and originality were significantly ( p <0.05) more frequent among the exposed subjects. A combination of an abnormal finding for all five variables, or all variables except Santa Ana right occurred for 6% of the exposed group but not at all among the nonexposed. These combinations are suggested as specific for the psychological effects of carbon disulfide.