CCPJ - Volume 3, Issue 3

Counseling and ^TM

Clinical Psychology

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ISSN:1545-4452

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Volume 3 Issue 3

September 2006

An Editorial Statement Regarding Counseling and Clinical Psychology Journal

Kathryn E. Kelly

(pp. 111-112)

ABSTRACT – Announces that Counseling and Clinical Psychology Journal will change its name beginning with the next issue to Psychology Journal and will now accept research from all areas of the science and practice of psychology.

A Confirmatory Analysis of the WAIS-III Using Data from Standardization and Independent Samples

Harrison D. Kane & Daniel J. Krenzer

(pp. 113-136)

ABSTRACT – This study investigated the structural fidelity of the WAIS-III using data from standardization and an independent sample. Findings support five cognitive factors (Verbal Comprehension, Processing Speed, Perceptual Organization, Working Memory, and Quantitative Reasoning), to the exclusion of the VIQ/PIQ dichotomy, a hallmark of the various Wechsler scales. In addition, the clinical validity of the Working Memory Index (WMI) is questioned. The present findings suggest the WMI is best portrayed as an amalgam of numerical tasks demanding simultaneous and sequential processing.

Psychological Processes and Lifestyle by Age: Predictors for Psychosomatic Complaints

Sigurlina Davidsdottir

(pp. 137-147)

ABSTRACT – Two studies investigated psychological and lifestyle factors as predictors of psychosomatic complaints. Psychological outlook was measured by Type-A personality, attributional style, health hardiness, optimism, stress, and anxiety. Lifestyle variables included alcohol use and smoking. Increased health hardiness predicted less psychosomatic complaints in both studies. Psychological outlook predicted about 40% of the variance in psychosomatic complaints in both studies Lifestyle predicted about 1% of adolescent and 21% of adult complaints. Prediction from psychological outlook seemed more stable, whereas prediction from lifestyle varied with age.

Watching the Night-Sky and Seeing Things that Aren’t There: Relationships Among Noctcaelador, Dissociative Experiences, and Hallucination-Proneness in a Non-Clinical Sample

William E. Kelly

(pp. 148-159)

ABSTRACT – This study explored the relationship between interest in watching the night sky (noctcaelador), dissociative experiences, and hallucination-proneness in a non-clinical sample. University students (N = 101) completed the Dissociative Experiences Scale, Revised Hallucinations Scale, and the Noctcaelador Inventory. Correlation results indicated that noctcaelador was significantly, positively related to hallucination-proneness (especially vivid daydreaming and visual hallucinations), and positively, but not significantly, related to dissociative experiences. A factor analysis of measures of noctcaelador and the subscales of the dissociative experiences and hallucination scales revealed two factors. One factor included all of the dissociative subscales. The second factor included all of the hallucination subscales, the noctcaelador measure, and secondary loadings of fantasy and depersonalization scales of the dissociative measure.