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Depressive Disorder/psychology , Psychological Tests , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Ambulatory Care , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Psychometrics , Sex FactorsABSTRACT
The relationship between color preference and psychiatric disorders was studied in an outpatient psychiatric sample (N = 1,143). The results were studied by gender and by age. The patients' choice of Luscher's eight colors revealed a sex difference, but only minor variations with age. The present data show both consistencies and discrepancies with past data.
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Choice Behavior , Color Perception , Mental Disorders/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Sex FactorsSubject(s)
Color Perception , Mental Disorders/psychology , Adolescent , Adult , Age Factors , Aged , Child , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Administered the short form of the Luscher Color Test and the booklet form of the MMPI to 42 graduate students in a counseling program. For every S a report that described personality was written from the test results, i.e., each S had two reports, one from the Color Test and one from the MMPI. These reports were written independently by two separate examiners. Two independent raters then read the reports on each S and noted the degree of agreement between the two reports. The overall results showed very little agreement between the Color Test and the MMPI. Reasons for the poor rate of agreement are discussed.