Criterion Validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (MOA) Scale: A Meta-Analytic Review

The present study consisted of a meta-analytic review of the criterion validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (Urist, 1977) scale. Search procedures yielded 27 independent samples (total N = 1,803, average n = 67, SD = 31) for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Results support the criterion va...

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Published in:Psychoanalytic psychology 2013-10, Vol.30 (4), p.535-566
Main Authors: Monroe, Joel M, Diener, Marc J, Fowler, J. Christopher, Sexton, James E, Hilsenroth, Mark J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Autonomy
Bias
Confidence intervals
Criterion Validity
Exceptions
Female
Human
Interrater Reliability
Male
Mutuality
Object Relations
Psychopathology
Rating Scales
Rorschach Test
Test Validity
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Summary:The present study consisted of a meta-analytic review of the criterion validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (Urist, 1977) scale. Search procedures yielded 27 independent samples (total N = 1,803, average n = 67, SD = 31) for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Results support the criterion validity of the Mutuality of Autonomy with an average overall weighted effect size of r = .24, p < .001 (95% confidence interval = .18, .29). Publication bias analyses indicate the possibility for bias and demonstrate that the likely impact of any such bias would bring the average overall weighted effect size down to r = .18, p < .001 (95% confidence interval for adjusted effect size = .11, .24). The data were not demonstrably heterogeneous (Q = 37.67, df = 26, p = .07), and all between-study moderator analyses were nonsignificant (ps > .19) with the exception of the specific type of criterion variable. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.
ISSN:0736-9735
1939-1331
DOI:10.1037/a0033290