MAKING A TEST OF EGO DEVELOPMENT USING SENTENCE COMPLETION METHOD

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to make the Sentence Completion Test (SCT) of the ego development for Japanese male and female.The SCT (named “WY-SCT”) and the scoring manual for WY-SCT (named “WY-SCT Manual”) were made based on the theory of Loevinger, J.Samples were 612 Japanese consisted of 333 females and 279 males. Their ages ranged from ten to seventies.The α-coefficient and the interrater agreement with two beginner raters (K, M) were calculated to examine the reliability of WY-SCT. The former was 0.851 and the later was respectively 72.3% (with K) and70.5% (with M).And the tendency of ego developmental changes shown in this study agreed with some of the preceding researches.These results showed that WY-SCT was useful as a scale of ego development.The improvement of WY-SCT Manual and a longitudinal study were required to use WY-SCT more effectively.