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The present study consisted of a meta-analytic review of the criterion validity of the Rorschach Mutuality of Autonomy (Urist, 1977) scale. Search procedures yielded 27 independent samples (total N = 1,803, average n = 67, SD = 31) for inclusion in the meta-analysis. Results support the criterion validity of the Mutuality of Autonomy with an average overall weighted effect size of r = .24, p < .001 (95% confidence interval = .18, .29). Publication bias analyses indicate the possibility for bias and demonstrate that the likely impact of any such bias would bring the average overall weighted effect size down to r = .18, p < .001 (95% confidence interval for adjusted effect size = .11, .24). The data
Joel M. Monroe, MA, Broughton Hospital, Department of Psychology, Morganton, North Carolina and American School of Professional Psychology, College of Clinical Psychology, Argosy University, Washington, DC; Marc J. Diener, PhD, Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program, Department of Psychology, Long Island University—Post; J. Christopher Fowler, PhD, Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences; James E. Sexton, PhD, PhD, American School of Professional Psychology, College of Clinical Psychology, Argosy University, Washington, DC; Mark J. Hilsenroth, PhD, ABAP, Derner Institute of Advanced Psychological Studies, Adelphi University.
Earlier versions of this study were presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Personality Assessment, March 10, 2011, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and March 17, 2012, Chicago, Illinois.
We would like to thank Drs. Darryl Graham, Amberlyn Mathis, and Lindsay Johannes for their assistance in the literature searches.
Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Joel Michael Monroe, MA, Broughton Hospital, Department of Psychology, 1000 South Sterling Street, Morganton, NC 28655. E-mail:
were not demonstrably heterogeneous (Q = 37.67, df = 26, p = .07), and all between-study moderator analyses were nonsignificant (ps > .19) with the exception of the specific type of criterion variable. Implications for future research and clinical practice are discussed.