3-yr. longitudinal interview data for 58 rural women support the greater reliability and stability of the nine-item Robinson and Shaver (1973) instrument than the original Srole (1956) Anomia instrument. Three-year test-retest correlations were .56 and .45, respectively. These suggest adequate stability for research purposes. Both measures indicated a low degree of alienation for these rural women.
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