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The Community Adaptation Schedule (CAS) and the Adjective Check List (ACL) were administered to 23 mental health clinic outpatients and 23 state psychiatric hospital inpatients in order to replicate a CAS developmental study and to elaborate further the construct validity of the CAS. Neither the CAS nor the ACL were particularly successful in differentiating the two groups. The CAS did correlate with the ACL in a meaningful pattern. The results are discussed in terms of the validity and usefulness of the CAS.
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This research was supported by a grant from the Council on Training and Research of the Florida Division of Mental Health. The authors wish to express their gratitude to Julian Davis, the Florida State Hospital, and the staff of the Leon County Mental Health Guidance Center for their assistance with the data collection.
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Cook, P.E., Looney, M.A. & Pine, L. The Community Adaptation Schedule and the Adjective Check List: A validational study with psychiatric inpatients and outpatients. Community Ment Health J 9, 11–17 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01441427
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