On the basis of clinical reports that chlordiazepoxide-treated Ss tend to become more tractable and cooperative, it was hypothesized that convalescing alcoholics treated with the drug would subsequently gain higher scores on a measure of acquiescent response set than would placebo-treated controls. The hypothesis was supported.
EdwardsA. L.The social desirability variable in personality assessment and research.New York: Dryden, 1957.
3.
EdwardsA. L.Experimental design in psychological research. (Rev. ed.) New York: Rinehart, 1960.
4.
LawrenceF. E.The outpatient management of the alcoholic. Quart. J. Stud. Alc., 1961, Suppl.No. 1, 117–128.
5.
MessickS., & JacksonD. N.Acquiescence and the factorial interpretation of the MMPI. Psychol. Bull., 1961, 58, 299–304.
6.
RandallL. O.Pharmacology of methaminodiazepoxide. Dis. nerv. Syst., 1960, Suppl., 7–10.
7.
RayW. S.An introduction to experimental design.New York: Macmillan, 1960.
8.
ShafferJ. W.A new acquiescence scale for the MMPI. J. clin. Psychol., in press.
9.
ShafferJ. W.FreinekW. R.WolfS.FoxwellN. H., & KurlandA. A.A controlled evaluation of chlordiazepoxide (librium) in the treatment of convalescing alcoholics. J. nerv. ment. Dis., in press.
10.
YochelsonS.Effect of chlordiazepoxide on specific symptoms of psychiatric patients and facilitation of psychotherapy. J. clin. exp. Psychopath., 1961, 22, 79–88.
