Abstract
Judges were compared with respect to their reliability in making judgments of adjustment levels of various groups of patients and non-patients. These groups represented varying degrees of adjustment, such as normal, neurotic, and psychotic. A "scale of adjustment" was used to make the judgments. The judges made judgments which were highly reliable; the validity of their judgments (criterion: diagnostic status) was of "medium order." Other factors in clinical judgment research are discussed, such as complexity of judgment unit and "rater demoralization and fatigue." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)

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