The Reliability of the Psychoneurotic Inventory with Delinquent Boys

Authors

Harold M. Williams, University of IowaFollow
Newell C. Kephart, University of IowaFollow
H. Max Houtchens, University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Research

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the reliability of the psychoneurotic inventory when given under varying conditions. The conditions chosen were the group situation and the individual interview after a definite attempt had been made to establish rapport with the subject. The subjects were forty-eight delinquent boys from two state institutions. The Woodworth-Cady Personal Data Sheet and the Bell Adjustment Inventory were used. In the oral interview six questions from the Cady and fifty-three questions from the Bell inventory were used. Results indicate a 20 to 40 per cent reversal in identical items between the two methods of administration. The correlation for gross scores was.36.

Publication Date

1935

Journal Title

Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science

Volume

42

Issue

1

First Page

176

Last Page

176

Copyright

©1935 Iowa Academy of Science, Inc.

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Williams, Harold M.; Kephart, Newell C.; and Houtchens, H. Max (1935) "The Reliability of the Psychoneurotic Inventory with Delinquent Boys," Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science, 42(1), 176-176.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/pias/vol42/iss1/89