THE CONVERGENCE OF THE CALIFORNIA Q-SET AND THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY - GENDER AS A CRITICAL VARIABLE

Clinician-report California Q-set and self-report California Psycholog ical Inventory data were compared to explore convergence and divergenc e between these two modes of personality assessment. Based on response s from a sample of 215 approximately 50-year-old men and women, the se lf-report California Psychological Inventory data were converted to Ca lifornia Q-set item values using previously determined redundancy anal ysis formulae. These data were then correlated with composite clinicia ns' ratings, using the same California Q-set items. Substantial conver gence was found for both genders on four of six derived components-Emp owerment, Intellectuality, Nonconformity, and Outgoingness. Two additi onal components-Psychological Health and Bodily Concern-showed converg ence for women only. We argue analysis of item content and scores must be done for each gender separately.