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What does "Ss" mean in a psychology journal?

Asked by VanCityKid (579points) January 28th, 2010

I’m going through a bunch of psychology journals on PubMed for an APA project and I keep coming across “Ss” and I don’t know what it means. Here’s an example:

Although 69% of Ss with panic disorder experienced depersonalization or derealization during their panic attacks, panic disorder Ss were no more likely to experience dissociative experiences as assessed by the Dissociative Experience Scale than Ss with other anxiety disorders.

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SeventhSense's avatar

Symptoms? edit
Jeruba has it

Jeruba's avatar

Subjects?

[Edit] Look here and scroll down inside the window. So yes, apparently it is “subjects.”

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2423422/Milgram-(1963)Behavioural-Study-of-Obedience-Journal-of

poisonedantidote's avatar

it means the author is a NAZI!!!

Jeruba's avatar

Sorry, the interface didn’t treat that link right. Maybe you can locate the source anyway.

VanCityKid's avatar

Thanks for your help! @poisonedantidote isn’t completely wrong as it’s incorrect in clinical trials to refer to human beings as “subjects”.

The_Idler's avatar

Shouldn’t it be “Ps”, for “Participants”?

VanCityKid's avatar

@The_Idler – It definitely should.

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