Thirty-six patients, experienced in the stressful endoscopy examination, were prepared to reexperience that examination by viewing an explicit videotaped endoscopy either zero, one, or three times. Patients were also classified as having either a repressing or sensitizing coping style. On dependent anxiety measures including heart-rate change, behavioral ratings, and self-report, tape viewing generally resulted in decreased anxiety in sensitizers, and had no effect or produced increased anxiety in repressers. When the data were analyzed ignoring repression-scnsitization coping style, tape viewing produced little effect. Results are discussed in terms of the accurate information and extinction theories of preparation effects. Requests for reprints should be sent to Robert

The factor structure of the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Revised (WAIS-R) was examined in a sample of 200 general medical patients and 271 psychiatric patients; results of two-and three-factor principal factor solutions with varimax rotations were compared to the factor structure of the WAIS-R normative sample (n = 1,880) and a sample of vocational counseling patients (n = 84), as well as an additional sample of psychiatric patients (n = 114). Across all of these samples coefficients of congruence for the first two factors (Verbal, Performance) were .97 or greater, and coefficients of congruence for the third factor (Freedom From Distractability) ranged from .93 to .97. These results indicate that the WAIS-R has a very robust factor structure and provide empirical evidence for the existence of Verbal, Performance, and Freedom From Distractability factors on the WAIS-R in psychiatric and medical populations.We gratefully acknowledge Gerald Heisler and Theodore Henrichs for their assistance during this study.

Compared two sets of summary scores for the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children‐Revised (WISC‐R). The traditional scores used to summarize information about WISC‐R performance (i.e., Verbal IQ (VIQ), Performance IQ (PIQ) and discrepancy between VIQ and PIQ) were compared to scores based on the three factors identified by Kaufman (1975) (i.e., Verbal Comprehension (VC), Perceptual Organization (PO) and Freedom from Distractibility (FD). Ss were 260 psychiatric outpatients who were administered the WISC‐R during a 4‐year period. The independent variables were sex and DSM II diagnosis. There were significant main effects for diagnosis for the VC and FD scales. There was a significant interaction for VIQ and nonsignificant results for the VIQ‐PIQ discrepancy score. The groups did not differ in perceptual organization skills as assessed by PO and PIQ. Delinquents performed particularly poorly on the VC scale; hyperactive children had the highest VC score and relatively low scores on the FD factor; learning disabled children had low VC and FD scores. These findings suggest that the scores based on Kaufman's factors provided important clinical summary information that was not available from the traditional scores.

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The present study evaluated the biochemical measures of urinary homovanillic acid (HVA) and 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy-phenylglycol (MHPG) in relation to functioning on selected psychoeducational tests in a group of boys with attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity. The Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised (WISC-R), the Wide Range Achievement Test (WRAT), and the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test were administered to 28 hyperactive and 23 control subjects. The findings suggest subtle differences in psychoeducational test performance in relation to specific levels of homovanillic acid and MHPG.

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