The present study investigated the correlations between measures of behavioral rigidity and aptitudes. Forty-two male institutionalized delinquents were tested on the Test of Behavioral Rigidity and the General Aptitude Test Battery. Significant but small correlations were found between most aptitudes and the Psychomotor and Composite scales of the Test of Behavioral Rigidity and suggest that greater rigidity appears to be related to lower aptitudes.
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