Integrating Methods to Optimize Circumplex Description and Comparison of Groups |
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| Authors: | Aidan G. C. Wright Aaron L. Pincus David E. Conroy Mark J. Hilsenroth |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Psychology , The Pennsylvania State University ,;2. Departments of Kinesiology and Human Development and Family Studies , The Pennsylvania State University ,;3. Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies , Adelphi University , |
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| Abstract: | The ‘self-steering behaviour’ syndrome, as measured by the barrier index of the body image boundary, was investigated as a predictor of level of adjustment to stress induced by physical-disability. Rorschach blots were administered to three groups of 24, randomly selected subjects differing in degree of disability, and Barrier scores were derived according to the Fisher and Cleveland technique. It was hypothesized that Barrier score would significantly discriminate between levels of adjustment and degrees of disability, but the results did not support these hypotheses. Results indicated that ‘self-steering behaviour’ as indexed by Barrier score is not a valid technique for predicting typical behavioural patterns of reaction to disability-stress. |
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