Abstract
In order to investigate further the utility of the Comrey Personality Scales for screening of psychiatric populations, scores on this multitrait paper-and-pencil personality inventory for 62 psychiatric outpatients and 76 inpatients were compared with those of normal adults. Chi square tests were made to determine whether the psychiatric patients exhibited significantly more extreme scores in either direction than would be expected in non-psychiatric populations, using a normal distribution of trait scores based on available normative data. Results showed that members of unclassified psychiatric populations are apt to have low scores on the Emotional Stability vs Neuroticism (S) scale, consistent with previous research. Significantly deviant scores on several other scales also were found. It is concluded that the Comrey Personality Scales may indeed be a useful supplement to other techniques for psychiatric screening.
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