Abstract
This study attempted to establish initial reliability and validity for the Personality Data Form, a self-report questionnaire which purports to assess emotional dysfunctions resulting from irrational beliefs. The Personality Data Form and several other scales of psychological adjustment were administered to 31 male and 56 female outpatients receiving psychotherapy at a community clinic. Their therapists completed an abbreviated version of the Personality Data Form for their clients. Analysis yielded a high estimate of reliability as well as significant low-to-moderate correlations among all measures in the expected directions. Clients' and therapists' scale scores were also significantly correlated .41. These findings ate interpreted as initial evidence for the Personality Data Form's reliability and validity and suggest that research with this scale would be useful, especially to establish its factor structure.
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