RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN PSYCHOLOGICAL MINDEDNESS AND PERSONALITY-TRAITSAND EGO FUNCTIONING - VALIDITY STUDIES

Two studies further investigated the psychometric properties of the se rf-report Psychological Mindedness Scale (PMS), which has been shown t o have good internal consistency and evidence of predictive and diverg ent validity. Its construct validity was investigated by assessing (1) whether total scores on the PMS of a group of medical students attend ing a personnel clinic in a psychiatric outpatient setting would be re lated in theoretically expected ways to their scores on a personality test; and (2) whether total scores on the PMS of a group of regular cl inic patients would have the expected theoretical relationships to sco res on a measure of ego functions. The findings of both studies provid ed support for the construct validity of the PMS. (C) 1995 by W.B. Sau nders Company