To determine the usefulness of the MAACL-R6 (sixth grade reading level
version of the Multiple Affect Adjective Check List-Revised), its cha
racteristics were studied in an adult clinical sample. As with the res
cored samples. acceptable reliability and validity with this clinical
sample was Found. Also. the MAACL-R rescored on the sixth grade adject
ives was equivalent in reliability and validity to the MAACL-R6 in thi
s clinical sample, indicating that there was no context effect produce
d by being imbedded in the larger list of adjectives. (C) 1997 John Wi
ley & Sons. Inc.