Some Differences Between Published Norms and Data from Matched Controls as a Basis for Comparison with Psychiatrically-Disturbed Groups

Abstract

Over the years 1959 to 1962 a study was made of a series of 72 male neurotic patients referred to general hospital and private psychiatric practice in Leeds, the results of which were submitted for an M.D. Thesis (Little, 1966). It emerged clearly that the neurotic group was divisible into two major sub-groups differing significantly in a wide range of personality and other premorbid variables. Various objective tests and measurements were used; in the present context we wish to concentrate attention on five: (1 and 2) The N and E Scales of Eysenck's Maudsley Personality Inventory, (3) Tanner's Discriminant Androgyny Scale, (4) Parnell's Ponderal Index, and (5) The Rees-Eysenck Body Index.