Abstract

A sentence completion (SC) measure of children's autonomy was adapted to a multiple choice (MC) form. Criteria were proposed which MC should meet in order to be reasonably equivalent to SC. MC should not be obvious to the child; thus, the means and variances of the two tests should be similar, and MC should not show a congregation around the "good" answers, nor should it correlate positively with a measure of social desirability. Both tests should correlate significantly with one another. Any factor structure present in SC, which suggests a differentiation within the concept of autonomy should be duplicated in MC. Most of these criteria were met, and it was concluded that a multiple choice form corresponding to a sentence completion measure, testing clearly defined personality areas, could be a resonable alternative for many purposes.

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