THE PREDICTABLE INSTABILITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS - A COMMENT

Authors
PEPPER CM COYNE JC
Citation
Cm. Pepper et Jc. Coyne, THE PREDICTABLE INSTABILITY OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS IN COLLEGE-STUDENTS - A COMMENT, Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment, 18(2), 1996, pp. 183-186
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Psycology, Clinical
Journal title
Journal of psychopathology and behavioral assessment → ACNP
ISSN journal
08822689
Volume
18
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
183 - 186
Database
ISI
SICI code
0882-2689(1996)18:2<183:TPIOPD>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
Flett, Vredenburg, and Krames (1995) claim that their data support the view that the apparent instability in distress among college students is artifactual. However, they have merely demonstrated that distress among college students is an unstable phenomena. Their argument that c hanges in distress scores have statistical rather than substantive exp lanations erroneously assumes that instability in distress scores is e quivalent to error of measurement.