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Construct Validity of the Social Physique Anxiety Scale in a French Adolescent Sample |
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| Authors: | Christophe Maïano Alexandre J. S. Morin Robert C. Eklund Johana Monthuy-Blanc Jean-Marie Garbarino Yannick Stephan |
| Affiliation: | 1. UMR 6233 “Institute of Movement Sciences, Etienne-Jules Marey,” CNRS-University of Aix-Marseille II , Marseille, France;2. Department of Psychology , University of Sherbrooke , Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada;3. Educational Psychology and Learning Systems , Florida State University , Tallahassee;4. EA 4206 “Addictive, Performance and Health Behaviors,” University of Montpellier I , Montpellier, France;5. Laboratory “Human Motricity, Education, Health,” , University of Nice Sophia-Antipolis , Nice, France;6. EA 3742 “Sport and Social Environment,” , University Joseph Fourier , Grenoble, France |
| Abstract: | The present study explored the validity of constriction as an indicator of depression. Twenty-five patients displaying constriction in their Bender records and 25 patients not showing this indicator were compared with regard to MMPI Depression scores. A significant difference was found between D scores of these two groups (p<.05), supporting the validity of the indicator as an index of depression. Constriction was found to be infrequent, occurring in only 5.5% of the patient records. Although the indicator seems to be of some value as an indicator of depression its utility is lessened due its low rate of occurrence. |
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