CONSTRUCT-VALIDITY OF THE RORSCHACH ORAL DEPENDENCY (ROD) SCALE - RELATIONSHIP OF ROD SCORES TO WAIS-R SCORES IN A PSYCHIATRIC INPATIENT SAMPLE

Three-hundred and two psychiatric inpatients (166 women and 136 men) c ompleted Masling. Rabie, and Blondheim's Rorschach Oral Dependency (RO D) Scale and the Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised (WAIS-R). A s predicted. ROD scale scores were unrelated to WAIS-R scores in subje cts of either sex. These findings support the discriminant validity of the ROD scale as a measure of interpersonal dependency. and suggest t hat deficits in intellectual ability do not underlie the dependency-re lated behaviors (e.g., suggestibility, conformity. interpersonal yield ing) that are associated with high scores on the ROD scale. Implicatio ns of these findings for research on the dependency-academic performan ce relationship are discussed, and suggestions for future studies asse ssing the convergent and discriminant validity of the ROD scale are of fered. (C) 1997 John Wiley & Sons. Inc.