Archives of Assessment Psychology
Abstract
Previous research has shown that reliable, valid measures of major personality traits can be derived from a sentence completion test, the Rotter Incomplete Sentences Blank (RISB). However, all previous samples consisted of undergraduates. Here, we report findings for two clinical samples (N = 120) to whom a variety of self-report inventories and structured clinical interviews were also administered. RISB-based ratings of Extraversion and Neuroticism were consistently correlated with relevant variables in both samples and displayed convergent and discriminant validity vis a vis self-reported traits. RISB-based ratings of Psychoticism were clearly associated with relevant variables in one sample with mixed but encouraging findings in the other. The novel scoring system allows RISB users to derive an objective framework on which to organize qualitative clinical interpretations.
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Joy, Stephen P.; McCloskey, Lawrence; and McDermut, Wilson
(2025)
"Reading Patients' Personalities the Sentence Completion Way,"
Archives of Assessment Psychology: Vol. 15, Article 1.
Available at:
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/psyassessment/vol15/iss1/1
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