WOODWORTH PERSONAL DATA

SHEET
● Woodworth applied statistical checks
using criterion keying for final selection
of the items. He compared
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY results/answers of two different groups;
a set of individuals without neurotic
During World War I there is a need to screen tendencies or mental health problems
intellectual functioning and general adjustment and a set of individuals who had been
of the recruits. Robert Woodworth was assigned diagnosed as having mental health
to develop a measure that would measure problems.
emotional stability and adjustment. He ● The final questionnaire consists of 116
developed a measure called Woodworth items.
Psychoneurotic Inventory now known as
Woodworth Personal Data sheet. He developed
this measure to assist identifying psychoneurotic STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS
individuals who were unfit for duty in the
military. The Personal Data Sheet (Woodworth, 1917),
later known as the Woodworth Psychoneurotic
Inventory, contained items designed to elicit
HOW WERE THE ITEMS DEVELOPED self-report of fears, sleep disorders, and other
problems deemed symptomatic of a pathological
● Woodworth together with his college condition referred to then as psychoneuroticism.
gathered information regarding common
preneurotic and neurotic symptoms from Example Items;
psychiatrist or psychiatric literature.
● They initially compiled hundreds of
“neurotic items” from various sources as
candidates for inclusion on their
questionnaire.
● The questions include mental health
adjustment problems.
● He administered the measure to a
thousand recruits and a small group of
diagnosed abnormal subjects.
SCORING AND INTERPRETATION
 Each rating was determined by simply
adding up the total number of his
unfavorable answers. Soldiers showing
the largest numbers of pathological
answers were sent to the medical
specialist for further examination.
 The interpretation of this depends on the
assumption that the content of each
question in the measurement could be
accepted as true without further
investigation or questioning.
 For example, if someone marked “No”
to “I wet the bed”, it was assumed that
they hadn’t wet the bed.
RELIABILITY
The result of the study conducted by Pescor
(1934), applying Woodworth Personal Data
Sheet to delinquents the measure was found to
have 0.81 reliability coefficient, with a probable
error of 0.007. It only shows that it is effective
in separating the psychoneurotic from the
nonpsychoneurotic individuals.
VALIDITY
It was stated that the woodworth has content
validity. It was believed that test answers were
truthful and could be accepted as face validity.
WEAKNESS
 The measurement only relied on self-
reporting and it can be influenced by
biases such as inaccurate perception and
social desirability.
 People can lie when answering and they
might also understand the statement
differently from how the test
administrator does.
MOONEY PROBLEM CHECKLIST
INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY
The Mooney Problem Checklist
(MPCL) developed by Ross L. Mooney and
Leonard V. Gordon in 1950. It consists of
330 items covering 11 dimensions encountered
by young people, including health, physical
development, home and family, morals and
religion, courtship, sex and marriage. The
MPCL is a self-reported measure that helps
individuals express personal problems and aids
in increasing teacher understanding of students
for counseling interviews. This checklist serves
as a practical and insightful tool for identifying
personal problems and guiding interventions to
support individuals in addressing their
challenges effectively. MPCL is not considered
a test because it doesn’t involve standardized
procedures for administration, scoring and
interpretation.
FORMAT AND ADMINISTRATION
 The checklist is administered by asking
individuals to encircle and underline
items of concern, with the most
concerning items being marked. It is
self-administered.
 It can be applied to individual or by
groups
 There is no (specified) time limit for
completion.
 Underline all the items of concern and
the most concerning items are then
marked.
 Summary questions are answered in
their own words.
SCORING AND INTERPRETATION
 Mooney problem checklist is not a
test.
 The encircled and underlined items are
counted.
 The areas with a high number of
marked items are then examined.
PURPOSE AND USES
The Mooney Problem Checklist is a tool
designed to help individuals identify and discuss
their problems. The Mooney Problem Checklist
has been used in studies to identify the main
problems faced by students, such as education
and future concerns, financial issues, and life
adjustment problems. It has also been used to
compare problem areas between different
groups, such as students from different
academic streams.
STRENGTH AND WEAKNESSES
STRENGTHS:
 The checklist is a self-report measure,
meaning that individuals can complete
it on their own without the need for a
trained professional to administer it.
 The Mooney Problem Checklist can be
used for both individual and group
administration, allowing for a variety of
applications.
 There is no set time limit for completing
the checklist, allowing individuals to
take their time and carefully consider
their responses.
 The checklist covers a wide range of
problem areas, including health, money,
social life, relationships, study habits,
and more.
WEAKNESSES:
 Relies on the individual's subjective
interpretation of the items, which may
not always accurately reflect their actual
concerns
 There is no standard scoring system or
interpretation guidelines for the
checklist, which may make it difficult
to compare results across different
individuals or groups
 The checklist may be influenced by the
individual's cultural background,
personal biases, or other factors, which
could affect their responses
 The Mooney Problem Checklist has not
been extensively validated through
research, which may limit its vailidty
and reliability as a measure of problem
areas.