The reliability and validity of the minimal social behavior scale and its use as a selection device

Dinoff, Michael; Raymaker, Henry; Morris, James R.

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“…The higher the overall score, the better the cognitive functioning of the patient. The format of the GIES is similar to that of the scale developed by Dinoff et al (4).…”

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Development of a Scale (Gies) for Assessment of Cognitive and Perceptual Functioning in Geriatric Patients

Plutchik

Conte

Lieberman

1971

J American Geriatrics Society

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This study was concerned with the development of a brief, structured, testing procedure for evaluating the cognitive and perceptual functioning of geriatric patients. When male patients were compared with female patients, the males performed significantly better than the females. Older geriatric patients did more poorly on the test than did younger patients. For both males and females, the major decrease in cognitive functioning occurred between the decades of the 60's and the 70's. The test significantly discriminated between patients who showed relatively good social and physical functioning and those who showed relatively poor functioning when these areas were independently assessed. Analyses showed that most of the items significantly discriminated between a high‐scoring group and a low‐scoring group. Split‐half reliability of the test was +.93. The test appears to be a promising technique for assessing geriatric patients before and after various forms of therapy.

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“…The higher the overall score, the better the cognitive functioning of the patient. The format of the GIES is similar to that of the scale developed by Dinoff et al (4).…”

Section: Methodsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of a Scale (Gies) for Assessment of Cognitive and Perceptual Functioning in Geriatric Patients

Plutchik

Conte

Lieberman

1971

J American Geriatrics Society

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“…Its main drawback would seem to be its dependency upon the cooperation, physical ability, and verbal communication of the patient. Two reviews (24, 25) cover the data on the reliability and validity of the MSBS. In the 1962 study (25) the MSBS was used to assess regression.…”

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Psychologic and Behavioral Assessment of Geriatric Patients: A Review†

Goga¹,

Hambacher²

1977

J American Geriatrics Society

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A review of the literature and a study conducted at a state hospital indicated that valid psychologic test results on geriatric patients are often difficult to obtain. Reasons most frequently offered by psychometricians for inconclusive or incomplete findings were the patient's uncooperativeness, unavailability, or severity of physical/mental dysfunction. A need was apparent for alternate assessment instruments for measuring current and potential levels of functioning in the elderly. In the investigation, attention was focused on the following areas: 1) studies in which the more traditional measurements were used, 2) articles stressing the need for caution in using the traditional techniques, and 3) studies in which behavioral rating scales and checklists were used as the evaluative devices. A large number of checklists and behavioral rating scales were found to be relevant and applicable to an institutional setting. Five were selected and are reviewed in depth.

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“…In 1922, Plant published his 'Rating Scheme for Conduct', which rated 19 categories of behaviour, and reported on the accuracy ofthe scales. Between 1944 and 1962, several schedules were introduced, including the 'Norwich Rating Scale' (Cohen, Malmo & Thale 1944), the 'Fergus Falls Behaviour Rating Scale' (Lucero & Meyer 1951), the 'Hospital Adjustment Scale' (McReynolds, Ballachey & Ferguson 1952), the 'Albany Behavioural Rating Scale' (Shatin & Freed 1955), the 'Minimal Social 0309-2102/78/1100-0551 $02.00 © 1978 Blackwell Scientific Pubhcations Behaviour Scale' (Dinoff, Raymaker & Morris 1962) and the 'Social Adjustment Behaviour Rating Scale' (Aumach 1962). Perhaps the best was the 'Ward Behaviour Rating Scale' of Burdock et al (i960) which capitalized on all previous work and was based on 150 items rated true or false, an example ofthe 'molecular' approach which aims at higher reliability by constructing scores on a few scales from a large number of individual items.…”

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Nurse‐rating of psychotic behaviour

Downing

Brockington

1978

Journal of Advanced Nursing

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The aim of this study was to review six nurse-rating schedules to evaluate their suitability for a British psychiatric unit and current nursing practice. They were compared for their reliability, their concordance with psychiatric ratings and their acceptability to the nursing staff. It was found that psychiatric and nursing observations corresponded over a wide area of psychopathology: anxiety, tension, depression, hostility, preoccupation with hypochondriacal, grandiose and self-depreciatory ideas, hallucinosis, thought disorders, mannerisms, retardation, emotional withdrawal, hypomanic activity and uncooperative behaviour. These were adequately covered by two of the scales, the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS) and the Psychotic Inpatient Profile (PIP), which together took 7 1/2 minutes to complete. Another of the schedules studied, the Nursing Rating Scale (Hargreaves), also had relatively high reliability and a broad effective range.

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The reliability and validity of the minimal social behavior scale and its use as a selection device

Cited by 12 publications

References 2 publications

Development of a Scale (Gies) for Assessment of Cognitive and Perceptual Functioning in Geriatric Patients

Development of a Scale (Gies) for Assessment of Cognitive and Perceptual Functioning in Geriatric Patients

Psychologic and Behavioral Assessment of Geriatric Patients: A Review†

Nurse‐rating of psychotic behaviour

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