Original scientific paper
Empirical evaluation of diagnostic and pragmatic utility of the Cronell index (pseudo) questionnaire
Alija Kulenović
Vesna Buško
Abstract
Based on the data obtained in two measurement points (with an average time interval of about one year) on a sample of prison inmates, internal consistency, stability and construct and criterion validity of Cornell Index were examined. Internal consistency measures of individual scales are high, and the coefficients of stability are satisfactory even within longer time intervals. Factor-analytic procedures confirmed a priori done (theoretic) classification of test content, and the relationships between scale results and the Eysenck EPQ measures of Psychoticism and Neuroticism support its construct validity. Measures derived from Cornell Index can, to a certain degree, predict some potentially important criteria of behavior and adjustment of prison inmates. Apart from weak L and F control scales which should be considerably improved, evaluated form of Cornell Index can be recommended as an economic and highly valuable diagnostic tool for the assessment of neurotic disorders of prison inmates. These and other data justify the idea on the applicability of this test for widely defined populations as well, implying that the test should be supplied with necessary normative and other psychometric data.
Keywords
The Cornell Index; validity; reliability
Hrčak ID:
3188
URI
Publication date:
15.12.1999.
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