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The Story Comprehension Test (Channon and Crawford. 2000)
(1) Harry has his penfriend staying with him in England They have decided to go out for the day, and to travel by bus. When they get to the bus stop, Harry's friend looks at the stop and reads the words, ‘'queue other side He then
crosses the road and stands on the opposite pavement.
Why did Harry *s frien d do that?
(2) George went shopping for the week's groceries. He left the shop carrying lots o f bags full o f fo o d As he started to walk to his car, a man bumped into him, causing him to drop the bags, and the food went all over the ground George turned to the man and said, "Thanks a lot, mate ”
Why did George say that?
(3) Neil went to Angela's wedding reception. Angela and Neil have been good friends for a long time. Neil is worried because he does not think that she and
her husband are suited to each other, and feels that the marriage will break up. At the wedding reception, Neil goes up to Angela and says, "This is a wonderful day, I'm sure you 7/ be very happy together
Why did N eil say that?
(4) Michael's new boss, whom he was keen to impress, invited Michael and Alice to a dinner party. Alice did not want to go so Michael went to the dinner by himself. When his boss asked why Alice was not there, Michael said, "Alice has gone to Liverpool on a business trip
unsuccessful candidates and tell them he hasn't given them the job. He calls Mr. Webster who had done very poorly at the interview. He says, “you were a really good candidate, but imfortunately someone else had more experience
Why did Mr. Smith say that?
(6) Anne and Emily were late home and were driving in their car down some country lanes. They passed a car containing a group o f people who had been sitting next to them in the restaurant earlier on. The people flashed their headlights at them and so Anne and Emily flashed their lights and waved cheerfully. When they turned around the next comer, Anne and Emily were stopped by the police for speeding.
Why did Anne and Entity wave?
The Story Comprehension Test (Channon and Crawford, 20001
(Î) Daniel is doing the ironing while his young daughter plays with some plasticine. She has rolled the plasticine in her hands until it is long and thin
and she says to Daniel, ‘this is a snake and its going to come and bite you! ”
Why did DanieVs daughter say that?
(2) Harriet *s daughter, Lara, likes playing with her friends after school, but she has been told to be home by 5 o ’ clock Sometimes Lara is late and then Harriet worries in case something has happened to her. This evening, Harriet tells Lara “I f you 're not back by 5, you won't get any dinner
Why did Harriet say that?
(3) Stuart has wanted to have a go at bungee jumping for a long time. His friend Richard thinks it would be very frightening, but Stuart has persuaded him to come along. Now that it is nearly time for Stuart to jump, he has lost his nerve. Stuart says to Richard, “I dare you to go first to prove you are not frightened".
Why did Stuart say that?
(4) Samantha is having a party to celebrate her birthday at the weekend Her next door neighbour, who Samantha does not like, has complained in the past when Samantha has played loud music, so Samantha decides to warn her about the party. When she sees her neighbour, Samantha says, “I ’m glad I saw you, I ju st wanted to let you know that I ’m having a party on Saturday night, it
shouldfinish quite early". Her neighbour replies, “oh thank you so much, I would love to come ".
likely that he would be late again. As he approached a set o f traffic lights, Dave saw that they had just turned red, but instead o f stopping, he drove straight through. A police officer saw him and waved him to stop. He asked Dave why he had driven through a red light. Dave replied “Dm terribly sorry, officer, Vm afraid I was daydreaming and thought it was still green ”
Why did Dave say that?
(6) Marie dreaded her trips to meet her husband*s relatives because they were so boring. Most o f the time, they all sat in awkward silence and this occasion was no different. On the way home, M arie's husband asked her how she found the visit. Marie said, “Oh marvellous. I could hardly get a word in edgeways’*.
Psychometric Properties of the Symptoms Checklist-revised (3^*^ Edition)
(Derogatis, 1994)
In the main, it is the individual nine disorder dimensions of the scale that have been examined for reliability and validity data. Generally, the internal consistency and test- retest reliability for these has been good; internal consistency, coefficient a ranges from .77 for psychoticism to .90 for depression (Derogatis et al., 1976). Test-retest reliability, coefficient a ranges from .80 for paranoid ideation to .90 for depression (Horowitz et al., 1988).
Pinneau and Newhouse (1964) found the factorial variance of the SCL-90 to be high with levels of agreement of .60 - .85 between males and females on structural definitions of 8 of the 9 dimensions. In terms of convergent-disciiminant validity, the SCL-90 has been validated against many measures and the respective correlation coefficients have been consistently satisfactory.
Fewer studies address the specific global measures of psychopathology such as the GSI, the score used for the purposes of this study. However one study by Peveler & Fairbum (1990) validated the GSI score on the SCL-90 against the Present State Examination (PSE) across two samples (102 diabetic patients and 71 bulimic patients). All correlations were found to be statistically significant, ranging from .60-.82.