title: A multivariate study of the Serial Color-Word Test.
abstract: Patterns of adaptation to a conflict situation (the Stroop task) were assessed with the Serial Color-Word Test. A cluster analysis was performed on 859 protocols, adopting a six-cluster solution. A subsequent discriminant function analysis cross-validated the usefulness of the test's variables in predicting the cluster assignments. The distribution of 3 different diagnostic groups (psychotic, neurotic-psychosomatic, and general population) showed significant differences across the 6 clusters, thereby contributing to the external validation of the test. The 6 new complex patterns of adaptation described may now be employed in clinical research, alongside the traditional ones.
authors.affiliation: Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Rubino
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Fedeli
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Zanna
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fortuna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003118:Color Perception; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011581:Psychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011932:Reading; D015203:Reproducibility of Results