Word Association Profiles of Alcoholics
Document Type
Article
Keywords
word association, alcoholics
Disciplines
Psychology | Social and Behavioral Sciences
Abstract
A group of 100 alcoholic outpatient men were compared to 100 control participants, matched for race, age, and occupational status on 15 scales of the Karp Objective Word Association Test. Consistent with 2 of the 3 specific hypotheses of this study, a one-way multivariate analysis of variance found significant differences between the groups, with alcoholics offering more rejections (nonresponses) and more hostile associations than controls. Unexpectedly, alcoholics offered more synonyms than controls, congruent with a more positive diagnostic picture.
Article Number
1204
Publication Date
1997
Recommended Citation
Cecero, J. & Karp, S. (1997). Word Association Profiles of Alcoholics. Journal of Personality Assessment, 69 (1), 199-204.
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