Follow-up Study of a Creativity Scale for the Adjective Check List

The Depression Adjective Check List was used as part of an initial interview and as a follow-up interview for measuring changes in depressed mood over time in a community survey. Four procedures were utilized in collecting the follow-up data, (1) leaving the questionnaire with the respondent, (2) mailing the questionnaire, (3) telephone interview, and (4) personal interview. Comparisons of the four procedures showed the telephone interview yielded significantly lower scores on depression than the other procedures. The results indicate potential problems from the use of the telephone interview. Possible confounding factors are discussed.

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An Empirical Investigation of the Modeling of Depression

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1978.42.3.823 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 42 (3) ◽

pp. 823-832 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Daniel Abrams ◽

Glen D. King

Keyword(s):

Empirical Investigation ◽

Check List ◽

Personality Variables ◽

Group Design ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Neutral Affect ◽

Affect Adjective ◽

State Form ◽

Psychological Inventory

To investigate the effects of viewing various films on affect, 200 volunteer subjects were assigned to 10 groups following a modified Solomon four-group design. Five groups received pretesting and five groups received no pretesting before being exposed to one of five treatments and follow-up testing 2 or 3 wk. later with the State Form of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List and the Depression Check List. The treatments required viewing films of an actor who conveyed depression, positive affect, and neutral affect, and a no-film control. Subjects viewing a film were administered 13 semantic differential adjective pairs to obtain the observers' perception of the character in the film and the California Psychological Inventory. Depression increased following the depressed and neutral film conditions, and decreased from posttest to follow-up test, while the positive and no-film control conditions produced no change from pretest to posttest levels of depression. Similar results were found for the measure of anxiety but not for hostility. Subjects tended to be affected in the same way by the treatments regardless of their pretreatment levels of depression, anxiety, or hostility. Relationships between the changes in depression from pre-to posttest and personality variables were not confirmed.

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Evaluation of a Multimodal Structured Group Approach in Treatment of Depression

Psychological Reports ◽

10.2466/pr0.1985.56.3.984 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 56 (3) ◽

pp. 984-986

Author(s):

Mack Green ◽

Wayman Wisner

Keyword(s):

Beck Depression Inventory ◽

Chronic Depression ◽

Check List ◽

Group Approach ◽

Adjective Check List ◽

Treatment Of Depression ◽

Scale Scores ◽

Small N ◽

First Session

The effects of a multimodal structured group approach for 8 clients with histories of recurrent or chronic depression were investigated. The Beck Depression Inventory, a measure of depression, was administered immediately prior to the first session and immediately afterwards. Scores were significantly lower immediately following the group. At a 6-mo. follow-up clients were again given the Beck scale and were also given the Depression Adjective Check List. The Beck scale scores remained significantly lower than at the beginning of the group; and the Depression Adjective Check List scores were within the normal, nondepressed range. A small n and lack of controls limit interpretation.

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Electron Microscopy of Human Gallstones

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100065523 ◽

1971 ◽

Vol 29 ◽

pp. 296-297

Author(s):

C. Wolpers ◽

R. Blaschke

Keyword(s):

Electron Microscopy ◽

Room Temperature ◽

Bile Pigment ◽

X Ray Diffraction ◽

Triclinic Crystal System ◽

X Ray ◽

Follow Up Study ◽

Infra Red ◽

Main Components

Scanning microscopy was used to study the surface of human gallstones and the surface of fractures. The specimens were obtained by operation, washed with water, dried at room temperature and shadowcasted with carbon and aluminum. Most of the specimens belong to patients from a series of X-ray follow-up study, examined during the last twenty years. So it was possible to evaluate approximately the age of these gallstones and to get information on the intensity of growing and solving.Cholesterol, a group of bile pigment substances and different salts of calcium, are the main components of human gallstones. By X-ray diffraction technique, infra-red spectroscopy and by chemical analysis it was demonstrated that all three components can be found in any gallstone. In the presence of water cholesterol crystallizes in pane-like plates of the triclinic crystal system.

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