A study of the usefulness of Lanyon's Psychological Screening Inventory with adolescents.

Abstract

The Psychological Screening Inventory (PSI) was administered to 1,123 subjects in the 13-16 year age range. Normative test data were calculated and presented for this group. On the basis of a questionnaire administered with the PSI, this group was divided into a group less likely to appear in court and a group more likely to appear in court. These groups were compared to a group tested while on juvenile probation. Significant differences were found on several of the PSI scales. It appears that the PSI can serve a useful purpose when administered to subjects 13-16, although additional research is warranted.

Utility of the psychological screening inventory: A review

“…These plus additional normative data for adolescents are presented in Table 1. Groups include 559 boys and 564 girls, 13-16 years old (Kantor, Walker, & Hays, 1976), 30 boys and 27 girls, 12-17 years old (Boswell, Tarver, & Simoneaux, 1994), 49 well-functioning boys at an Australian private school, age range unavailable (Chambers, 1976), 100 boys at a technical school in England, 17-20 years old (McGurk & Bolton, 1981) and 174 public school students, 12-14 years old (Feazell, 1979;Feazell, Quay, & Murray, 1991).…”

Psychological screening inventory: A comprehensive review

“…Eleven separate studies were reviewed that concerned PSI interscale correlations-8 that were reported in the PSI manual (Lanyon, 1978a) and 3 in independent references (Bruch, 1977;Kantor, Walker, & Hays, 1976;Mehryar, Hekmat, & Khajavi, 1975a). Intercorrelations from these studies were tabulated systematically, intercorrelation medians and ranges for various sample subsets were calculated, and these data were inspected for the key relationships involved.…”

“…Note.-Undergraduate college students N = 50 males and 50 females (Lanyon, 1978a, p. 18). Young adolescents, ages 13-16, N = 100 males and 100 females (Kantor et al, 1976). Undergraduate college students, N = 54, test-retest interval of 4 weeks (Lanyon, 1978a, p. 18).…”