Scoring Norms:
Norms (mean score and standard deviation from the mean) have been established for most, though not all, of the scales. The norms are derived from human-assigned scores. The norms have been shown to vary with age (adult/child, with a cutoff at > 18 years), gender, and (for some scales) ethnicity.
Norms for the various scales, by age and gender, are given in the table below. On samples where information is not available about subject age and gender, the adult male norms are used for comparison.
Norms for the Gottschalk-Gleser Content Analysis Scales
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Male Adult |
Male Child |
Female Adult |
Female Child |
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|
Scale |
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
Mean |
S.D. |
|
Anxiety Total |
1.48 |
0.70 |
2.05 |
0.89 |
1.48 |
0.70 |
2.05 |
0.89 |
|
Death Anxiety (1) |
0.30 |
0.51 |
0.55 |
0.45 |
0.18 |
0.34 |
0.63 |
0.42 |
|
Mutilation Anxiety (2) |
0.36 |
0.55 |
0.79 |
0.63 |
0.28 |
0.51 |
0.92 |
0.67 |
|
Separation Anxiety (3) |
0.30 |
0.46 |
1.18 |
0.78 |
0.42 |
0.52 |
1.16 |
0.55 |
|
Guilt Anxiety (4) |
0.31 |
0.49 |
0.41 |
0.22 |
0.31 |
0.47 |
0.43 |
0.32 |
|
Shame Anxiety (5) |
0.42 |
0.57 |
0.95 |
0.69 |
0.70 |
0.70 |
0.80 |
0.59 |
|
Diffuse Anxiety (6) |
0.35 |
0.46 |
0.55 |
0.27 |
0.45 |
0.63 |
0.69 |
0.45 |
|
Hostility Outward Total |
0.97 |
0.50 |
1.15 |
0.58 |
0.97 |
0.50 |
1.15 |
0.58 |
|
Hostility Outward Overt |
0.70 |
0.36 |
0.80 |
0.48 |
0.70 |
0.36 |
0.80 |
0.48 |
|
Hostility Outward Covert |
0.67 |
0.46 |
0.86 |
0.48 |
0.67 |
0.46 |
0.86 |
0.48 |
|
Hostility Inward |
0.60 |
0.35 |
0.74 |
0.54 |
0.60 |
0.35 |
0.74 |
0.54 |
|
Ambivalent Hostility |
0.58 |
0.43 |
0.68 |
0.38 |
0.58 |
0.43 |
0.68 |
0.38 |
|
Social Alienate-Personal
Disorganize |
‑2.89 |
2.70 |
‑1.15 |
4.75 |
‑2.89 |
2.70 |
‑1.15 |
4.75 |
|
Cognitive Impairment |
0.81 |
0.47 |
2.51 |
1.80 |
0.81 |
0.47 |
2.51 |
1.80 |
|
Hope |
0.74 |
1.03 |
0.05 |
1.25 |
0.74 |
1.03 |
0.05 |
1.25 |
|
Depression Total |
5.48 |
1.87 |
6.16 |
2.82 |
5.39 |
1.53 |
6.37 |
2.37 |
|
Dep - Hopelessness (I) |
0.90 |
0.31 |
0.98 |
0.54 |
1.05 |
0.38 |
1.15 |
0.53 |
|
Dep - Self-Accusation (II) |
1.03 |
0.58 |
1.11 |
0.86 |
1.41 |
0.76 |
1.25 |
0.75 |
|
Dep - Guilt |
0.37 |
0.21 |
0.47 |
0.18 |
0.41 |
0.18 |
0.50 |
0.53 |
|
Dep - Shame |
0.79 |
0.53 |
0.83 |
0.80 |
1.18 |
0.78 |
0.85 |
0.83 |
|
Dep - Hostile Inward |
0.64 |
0.38 |
0.77 |
0.45 |
0.75 |
0.33 |
0.72 |
0.30 |
|
Dep -Psychomotor Retardation (III) |
0.35 |
0.10 |
0.41 |
0.16 |
0.41 |
0.19 |
0.42 |
0.28 |
|
Dep - Somatic Concerns (IV) |
0.34 |
0.10 |
0.54 |
0.32 |
0.46 |
0.17 |
0.51 |
0.33 |
|
Dep - Death/Mutilation (V) |
0.93 |
0.65 |
0.88 |
0.78 | ||||