?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Personality+Testing+in+the+Church+of+Scientology%3A+%0D%0AImplications+for+Outcome+Research%0D%0A&rft.creator=Wolfe%2C+John&rft.subject=Clinical+Psychology&rft.description=Many+fields+of+modern+society+require+scientific+proof+of+effectiveness+before+new+methods+can+be+widely+accepted%2C+as+in+clinical+trials+for+new+drugs%2C+educational+evaluation+for+teaching+approaches%2C+and+outcome+studies+for+psychological+interventions.+Previous+outcome+studies+on+the+results+from+Scientology+services+are+reviewed+and+found+to+be+inconclusive.+The+paper+is+devoted+to+the+question+of+whether+the+existing+data+base+of+several+thousand+case+histories+could+be+used+for+outcome+studies.+The+existing+data+contain+personality+test+scores+on+the+Oxford+Capacity+Analysis+(OCA)+administered+before+and+after+scientology+services.+A+detailed+analysis+of+the+OCA+demonstrates+that+it+was+derived+from+the+Johnson+Temperament+Analysis+(JTA)%2C+a+psychological+test+of+poorly+documented+validity%2C+by+paraphrasing+its+items%2C+copying+its+scoring+weights+and+transforming+its+test+norms%2C+with+some+alterations.+It+was+concluded+that+the+OCA+is+presently+unsuitable+for+outcome+studies%2C+but+that+this+situation+could+change+if+additional+research+could+demonstrate+that+the+OCA+had+validities+comparable+to+other+personality+tests.+For+future+use%2C+it+is+recommended+that+an+entirely+new+version+of+the+OCA+be+constructed+with+completely+original+items%2C+simplified+scoring+weights%2C+and+empirically+derived+norms%2C+and+that+its+validity+and+reliability+be+demonstrated+prior+to+implementation.Scientology%2C+outcomes%2C+OCA%2C+Oxford+Capacity+Analysis%2C+validation&rft.date=2013-08-14&rft.type=Other&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9080%2F1%2FScientology_OCA2.pdf&rft.identifier=++Wolfe%2C+John++(2013)+Personality+Testing+in+the+Church+of+Scientology%3A+Implications+for+Outcome+Research.+++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F9080%2F