Methods for Measuring Adjustment and Social Behavior in the Community: I. Rationale, Description, Discriminative Validity and Scale Development

作者: Martin M. Katz , Samuel B. Lyerly

DOI: 10.2466/PR0.1963.13.2.503

关键词: Stability (learning theory)Scale developmentTest validityReliability (statistics)Patient behaviorCognitive psychologyDiscriminative modelDevelopmental psychologyPsychologyPsychometricsSet (psychology)

摘要: The development of a set inventories for objectively assessing the adjustment and social behavior pre-psychotic ex-hospital patients in community is described. underlying rationale operational criteria scales are presented, along with results several studies having to do their discriminative validity follow-up study, separate measures behavior, internal consistencies, stability across populations. major characteristics reliance on both patient relative measuring use as direct reporter, establishment his reliability describing behavior. have been designed application problems classifying accordance prior entrance hospital evaluation comparison psychiatric treatments.

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