Marital interaction and depression.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 99(4) of Journal of Abnormal Psychology (see record 2008-10491-001). In this article, the measures in Table 1 were incorrectly listed. The third and fourth measures ought to read "Wife DAS" and "Husband DAS," respectively.] In this article, patterns of marital interaction as a function of depression and marital satisfaction are examined. The purpose of the study was to separate dysfunctional marital interaction patterns that were unique to depression from those that were associated with marital distress. The presence or absence of a depressed wife was crossed with level of marital satisfaction (distressed or nondistressed) to produce four groups of subject couples. Couples in which the wife was depressed exhibited more depressive behavior than did nondepressed couples, but only during discussion of a high conflict (as opposed to neutral) topic. Sex&×&Depression Level&×&Marital Satisfaction interactions were found for aggressive behavior: Depressed women in nondistressed relationships exhibited behavior that was characteristic of maritally distressed couples (high rates of aggression). In contrast, the husbands of these women exhibited behavior that one would expect in happily married couples (low rates of aggression). We failed to replicate previous findings that depressive behavior served a coercive function, although distressed couples, regardless of depression status, exhibited all the usual signs of negative dysfunctional interaction. [An erratum for this article will appear in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1990 (Nov), Vol 99(4). The measures in Table 1 were incorrectly listed in the original article.] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

The demise of the increasingly protracted APA journal article?

The goal of the present comment was to empirically examine and describe the temporal trends in article length for American Psychological Association (APA) primary journals over the last 20 years (1986-2005) and the extent to which these trends were moderated by differences in journal impact factor (i.e., frequency of article citation). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On the ambiguity of concept use in commentaries.

In this article, we respond in general and specific terms to the commentaries written on our target article (Slaney & Racine, 2011). In so doing, we revisit the motivation for our initial article and attempt to clarify certain aspects of our argument. Given that we were taken by some to be trying to undermine the Representational Theory of Mind (RTM), we discuss RTM in some detail. We also discuss Wittgenstein's methods and their relevance to the issues raised in our article and in the commentaries. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved)     

A correction of "The inference of accident liability from the accident record."

Corrections are given for an error in a formula and a minor arithmetical error in a previous article (see 29: 1697). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Acknowledgment by the Committee on Accreditation.

This article provides a list of members in the American Psychological Association (APA). These members are acknowledged for their contributions to the Committee on Accreditation. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Apology.

Reports an error in the original article by D. Shakow (American Psychologist, 1968, 23, pp. 87-96). I am mortified to have overdone the l's in my article, "On the Rewards (and, Alas, Frustrations) of Public Service". It was not General Stillwell who was responsible for illegitimati non carborundum, but General Stilwell. Fortunately, one of the proper Stilwells of psychology was around to bring me into line. I apologize to all the "single-elled" Stilwells. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1968-09533-001.) Urges that government support also extend to creative work and individuality as government operations expand. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Omissions and errors in "Media violence and the American public."

Comments on an article by Bushman and Anderson (see record 2001-17729-001). We are concerned that Bushman and Anderson's article on media violence contains data that are incorrect or irreproducible. This is a serious issue; the article has already been referenced by numerous other formal papers according to a Google scholarly article search as well as in a statement to the U.S. Senate, in legal proceedings, and in California State law (Assembly Bill 1179 in 2005). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Veteran interest in family involvement in PTSD treatment.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 7(3) of Psychological Services (see record 2010-17074-004). The copyright for the article was listed incorrectly. This article is in the Public Domain. The online version has been corrected.] The present study examined interest in family involvement in treatment and preferences concerning the focus of family oriented treatment for veterans (N = 114) participating in an outpatient Veterans Affairs outpatient posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) program. Most veterans viewed PTSD as a source of family stress (86%) and expressed interest in greater family involvement in their treatment (79%). These results suggest the need to consider increasing family participation in the clinical care of individuals with PTSD and to develop specialized family educational and support services for this population. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

'Cloze' Readability Scores as Indices of Individual Differences in Comprehension and Aptitude: Erratum.

Reports an error in the pagination reported for the article "Cloze Readability Scores as Indices of Individual Differences in Comprehension and Aptitude," by W. L. Taylor (Journal of Applied Psychology, 1956, 40). In the volume table of contents for 1956 article is incorrectly listed as appearing on page 378 of the 1956 volume. The article is instead published in this issue (February, 1957) beginning at page 19. (The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1958-00960-001.) In the "cloze procedure" the readability of a prose passage is measured by the number of deleted words readers correctly guess. To three test groups (N = 58), "easy," "hard" and "any" cloze passages were administered in a before-after design together with a knowledge pretest, and these data were related to AFQT scores. "Cloze" scores, knowledge test scores, and AFQT scores were all positively correlated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Commentary on “Personality traits and the classification of mental disorders: Toward a more complete integration in DSM-5 and an empirical model of psychopathology”.

Comments on the original article Personality traits and the classification of mental Disorders: Toward a more complete integration in DSM–5 and an empirical model of psychopathology by Robert F. Krueger and Nicholas R. Eaton (see record 2010-13810-003). This article develops the larger theme that the fundamental quantitatively developed architecture of personality provides a sound base for classifying all areas of psychopathology and, more specifically, should underlie the current effort to revise the classification of personality disorders (PDs) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-5). My commentary is organized around what I perceive to be four significant problems with the proposed change to a trait-based system: (1) unfamiliarity to clinicians (and possibly unfeasibility), (2) lack of clinical utility, (3) the preliminary quality of the science upon which the proposed change is based, and (4) harmful effects on the diagnosis of borderline personality disorder (BPD). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Productivity and scholarly impact: Correction for Endler et al.

Corrects an error in the calculation of mean publications for the University of Missouri-Kansas City in an article by N. S. Endler et al (see record 1979-26949-001). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Clinical comparability of the standard MMPI and the MMPI-168.

[Correction Notice: An erratum for this article was reported in Vol 17(5) of Professional Psychology: Research and Practice (see record 2008-10955-002). In this article, the copyright information was incorrect. The corrected copyright information is included in the erratum.] Examined the clinical correspondence of the full-scale Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the MMPI-168 on a psychiatric screening sample of 210 men (mean age 43.27 yrs). The present results fail to replicate previous optimistic findings regarding the worth of the MMPI-168 and accent the need for caution in any further use of this abbreviated instrument. (10 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"Marital interaction and depression": Correction to Schmaling and Jacobson.

Reports an error in "Marital interaction and depression" by Karen B. Schmaling and Neil S. Jacobson (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1990[Aug], Vol 99[3], 229-236). In this article, the measures in Table 1 were incorrectly listed. The third and fourth measures ought to read "Wife DAS" and "Husband DAS," respectively. (The following abstract of the original article appeared in record 1991-01471-001.) In this article, patterns of marital interaction as a function of depression and marital satisfaction are examined. The purpose of the study was to separate dysfunctional marital interaction patterns that were unique to depression from those that were associated with marital distress. The presence or absence of a depressed wife was crossed with level of marital satisfaction (distressed or nondistressed) to produce four groups of subject couples. Couples in which the wife was depressed exhibited more depressive behavior than did nondepressed couples, but only during discussion of a high conflict (as opposed to neutral) topic. Sex?×?Depression Level?×?Marital Satisfaction interactions were found for aggressive behavior: Depressed women in nondistressed relationships exhibited behavior that was characteristic of maritally distressed couples (high rates of aggression). In contrast, the husbands of these women exhibited behavior that one would expect in happily married couples (low rates of aggression). We failed to replicate previous findings that depressive behavior served a coercive function, although distressed couples, regardless of depression status, exhibited all the usual signs of negative dysfunctional interaction. [An erratum for this article will appear in Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1990 (Nov), Vol 99(4). The measures in Table 1 were incorrectly listed in the original article.] (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Capital B for Black.

Comments on the original article on Jewishness and Blackness by S. Sarason (see record 1974-10936-001) and a comment on the Sarason article by H. Rappaport (see record 1990-57129-001). The present author takes issue with both the Sarason article and Rappaport comment on grounds of racism, and notes that no rule of grammar requires a capital J for Jew in contrast to another group of people in lowercase. The need to refer to Black people with an capital "B" is discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Comment.

Comments on an article by Robert L. Ebel (see record 1962-05654-001). According to the commentator, the author has not given a new code to the profession, but rather provided a scholarly rationalization for things as they too frequently exist at present. The commentator continues to discuss the issues of test validity throughout the article. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Association for the Advancement of Psychology: 1984.

The Association for the Advancement of Psychology (AAP) serves as the public policy arm of the American Psychological Association (APA). This article discusses the AAP's public policy activities as well as providing recognition for psychologists in public law and information on AAP internal affairs. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

"The dismantling of our health system: Strategies for the survival of psychological practice": A reply to Cummings.

Comments on the original article, The dismantling of our health system: Strategies for the survival of psychological practice by Nicholas A. Cummings (see record 1986-22651-001). In response to this article, the current author says "no, no, no!" He believes that "survival with this degree of compromise amounts to doing anything for a buck." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

A funny thing happened on the way to my American Psychologist publication.

Replies to comments made by various authors in reference to S. O. Lilienfeld's (see record 2002-10795-003) article published in response to, and in criticism of, the controversies surrounding the publication of the article by B. Rind et al (see record 1998-04232-002). Here Lilienfeld examines the original controversy as well as a secondary controversy which arose from his published criticism of the American Psychological Association's (APA) handling of the controversy spawned by the Rind et al article. Of particular interest to Lilienfeld is the article concerning the 'editor's dilemma" described in comments published by R. McCarty (see record 2002-10795-006). (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

Composite index of the Kent-Rosanoff free association. Erratum.

Reports an error in the original article by D. Shakow and E. M. Jellinek (Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1965[Dec], 70[6], 403-404). The article contains an error in addition in the correlation matrix of Table 1, column 1 (p. 403). The total should be -.0646 rather than -.0546. This would change the coefficient for X? in the formula of the Composite index (in the paragraph directly above the Table) to -.0061 from -.0051.(The following abstract of this article originally appeared in record 1966-02922-001.) A composite index that combines the scores of most common, individual, and unusual responses is proposed for the Kent-Rosanoff Association Test. Norms, based on index scores for 200 normal Ss, as well as scores for 100 schizophrenic Ss are given. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

On Rotter.

Comments on the original article by Julian B. Rotter (see record 1972-02865-001). In that article, Rotter found evidence of stable individual differences in a generalized expectancy for interpersonal trust, as well as the feasibility of studying such trust under a variety of conditions. Here, the current author comments on the conditions under which such expectancy makes sense, and when such trust demonstrates poor social judgment. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)