1st Edition

Technical Foundations for Measuring Ego Development The Washington University Sentence Completion Test

By Le Xuan Hy, Jane Loevinger Copyright 1998
144 Pages
by Psychology Press

142 Pages
by Psychology Press

144 Pages
by Psychology Press

This book describes the evolution of the Washington University Sentence Completion Test (SCT), a major measure of ego development, from an intuitive rating scale to an empirically derived reliable and valid personality test. The authors recount the complete history of the SCT, which begins with the Family Problems Scale, an objective test of mothers' attitudes. Work with that test led to a concept... Read more
Contents: J. Loevinger, History of the Sentence Completion Test (SCT) for Ego Development. J. Loevinger, L.D. Cohn, Revision of the SCT: Creating Form 81. J. Loevinger, L.X. Hy, K. Bobbitt, Revision of the Scoring Manual. L.X. Hy, K. Bobbitt, J. Loevinger, Testing and Revising the Rules for Obtaining TPRs for 36-Item and 18-Item Forms. J. Loevinger, Reliability and Validity of the SCT. L.X. Hy, Managing SCT Data. J. Loevinger, V. Carlson, P.M. Westenberg, H. Lasker, Ego Development as a Stage-Type Theory and a Process. V. Carlson, P.M. Westenberg, Cross-Cultural Applications of the WUSCT. J. Loevinger, The Place of the WUSCT for Ego Development in Personality Measurement. P.M. Westenberg, P.D.A. Treffers, M.J. Drewes, A New Version of the WUSCT: The Sentence Completion Test for Children and Youths (SCT-Y). J. Loevinger, L.X. Hy, Other Uses of the WUSCT. Appendices: J. Loevinger, K. LaPerriere, C. Ernhart, The Family Problems Scale as a Measure of Authoritarian Family Ideology. J. Loevinger, V. Carlson, L.X. Hy, Notes on WUSCT Rating Practice Exercises (Provided in Appendices A and B of Hy & Loevinger, 1996). Current Version of the WUSCT (Form 81 for Women and Men) and Previously Used Forms for Adults and Children. Excel Macros for Handling SCT Data. K. Bobbitt, L.X. Hy, J. Loevinger, Rule for Locating Categories. L.X. Hy, How to Use the SCT in Translation.

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Le Xuan Hy, Jane Loevinger