Am J Psychiatry 1987; 144:1189-1194
Copyright © 1987 by American Psychiatric Association
The Washington University Sentence Completion Test compared with other measures of adult ego development
GE Vaillant and L McCullough
One hundred seven men who had been studied prospectively from age 18 to age
63 completed the Washington University Sentence Completion Test at age 55
+/- 2 years. Ego level as assessed by the Sentence Completion Test
correlated significantly with psychosocial maturity, with number of
psychiatric visits, and, perhaps, with creativity. Ego level as assessed by
the Sentence Completion Test did not correlate with mental health,
psychopathology, or maturity of defenses. The authors discuss possible
reasons for these findings.
