Two depressed patients were administered a series of tests, varying in the degree of situation-specificity shown by each test, several times over the course of therapy. Analyses indicated that (1) greater item variance is associated with the less situation-specific measures, (2) test sensitivity for detecting change during therapy appears to vary for different Ss. This latter finding was interpreted as indicating the need for further research oriented toward documenting these subject differences.
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