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E Soucar

Publications and source records attributed to E Soucar.

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PubMed1995

Comment on Black's (1993) article, "comparing genuine and simulated suicide notes: a new perspective".

The recent article by Stephen T. Black (1993) comparing genuine suicide notes with simulated notes is examined here. This article corrected a sampling error made in the original study by E. S. Shneidman and N. Farberow (1957), but Black's design suffers from theoretical and methodological problems that render it uninterpretable: First, no theoretical background is elaborated, and no hypotheses are offered. Second, no constructs are operationalized, and no predictions are tested. In the present article, the operational design is critiqued, and then it is suggested that the study of suicide notes in this fashion should cease.

Humans↗
PubMed1986

Slot machines: their use in rehabilitation after stroke.

A comparative study of a novel and entertaining motor function exercise and traditional motor function exercise was conducted in the therapy of stroke patients. Therapists rated patients in five dependent variables, including range of motion, muscle strength, fine motor coordination, gross motor coordination, and degree of depression in control and experimental groups. Multivariate analysis of the results showed significantly greater progress in the five dependent variables among patients in the experimental group. Follow-up procedures using stepwise discriminant function analysis produced a rank ordering of the impact of each of the five dependent variables. Demographic variables of age, sex, education level, and marital status showed no effect. Correlations between the dependent variables were performed.

Adult↗
PubMed1983

Comments on research in family therapy.

This comment is submitted with the intent of stimulating some exchange between researchers. Although I chose the Woodward et al. study as a vehicle for my statement, I might easily have chosen examples outside the family therapy area.

Family Therapy↗
PubMed1980

An attempt to assess and predict adaptive behavior of institutionalized mentally retarded clients.

Institutionalized retarded clients (N = 142) were assessed on the Adaptive Behavior Scale (ABS) within 6 months of their admission to Woodhaven Center (Philadelphia) and approximately 12 to 18 months later. While clients were found to progress significantly on 7 of the 10 domains of Part One of the ABS, no significant gains were noted on Part Two. Selected client characteristics (age of admission, sex, IQ, AAMD etiological classification) were also examined as predictors of improvement on the ABS. None of these characteristics was significantly associated with gains on the ABS. The above findings were discussed in terms of specific characteristics of the client population and with respect to limitations of the ABS itself.

Adaptation, Psychological↗