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Absence of Significant A-B Scale Differences Among Medical Specialties

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Joseph H. Stephens

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Howard I. Zlotowitz

Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Using a new and improved A-B measure of psychotherapist effectiveness (SSZ-46) derived from the Strong Vocational Interest Blank, this study sought to determine whether psychiatrists as a group could be differentiated from other medical specialists. SVIB data were obtained while the 282 subjects (all males) were students at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; present medical specialty was ascertained at subsequent follow-up. Although psychiatrists and ophthalmologists obtained the highest (most A-directional) scores and pathologists the lowest, differences among groups were not statistically significant. Applications of alternative A-B measures yielded similar results. It was concluded that psychiatrists as a group are no more A-directional than other medical practitioners.

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