THE EFFECT OF NON-SCORED ITEMS AND RETESTING ON THE TAYLOR MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE.

Abstract

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI Form) and the 50 items of the Taylor scale without filler items (Short Form) were administered to six classes (total N = 353) of naval aviation cadets during their first week of training at Pensacola. The present results indicate that non-scored items do not significantly effect the A scale scores, and, therefore, the three forms of this scale should yield comparable results. Further, the results show that while the correlation between the first and second administrations of this scale is high, caution should be exercised in studies which require the repetition of the anxiety scale since repetition alone produces, not a random, but a consistent effect on the mean. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1955
Accession Number
AD0467964

Entities

People

  • Robert B. Voas

Organizations

  • Naval Aerospace Medical Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aeronautics
  • Behavior And Behavior Mechanisms
  • Continents
  • Education
  • Geographic Regions
  • Human Behavior
  • Inventory
  • Minnesota
  • Naval Aviation
  • Personality
  • Training

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

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