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Defining Characteristics of Creative Women
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Bender, Sarah White; Nibbelink, BradyLeigh; Towner-Thyrum, Elizabeth; Vredenburg, Debra – Creativity Research Journal, 2013
This study was an effort to identify correlates of creativity in women. A sample of 447 college students were given the picture completion subtest of the Torrance Test of Creative Thinking, the "How Do You Think Test," the Revised NEO Personality Inventory, the Multidimensional Self-Esteem Inventory, the Family Environment Scale, and the…
Descriptors: Females, Creativity, Individual Characteristics, Correlation
Examining the Potential for Gender Bias in the Prediction of Symptom Validity Test Failure by MMPI-2 Symptom Validity Scale Scores
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Lee, Tayla T. C.; Graham, John R.; Sellbom, Martin; Gervais, Roger O. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
Using a sample of individuals undergoing medico-legal evaluations (690 men, 519 women), the present study extended past research on potential gender biases for scores of the Symptom Validity (FBS) scale of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 by examining score- and item-level differences between men and women and determining the…
Descriptors: Test Validity, Measures (Individuals), Gender Bias, Personality Traits
The Extreme Male Brain Theory and Gender Role Behaviour in Persons with an Autism Spectrum Condition
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Stauder, J. E. A.; Cornet, L. J. M.; Ponds, R. W. H. M. – Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 2011
According to the Extreme Male Brain theory persons with autism possess masculinised cognitive traits. In this study masculinisation of gender role behaviour is evaluated in 25 persons with an autism spectrum condition (ASC) and matched controls with gender role behaviour as part of a shortened version of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality…
Descriptors: Autism, Sex Role, Personality, Brain
Predicting Drug Court Treatment Completion Using the MMPI-2-RF
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Mattson, Curtis; Powers, Bradley; Halfaker, Dale; Akeson, Steven; Ben-Porath, Yossef – Psychological Assessment, 2012
We examined the ability of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF; Ben-Porath & Tellegen, 2008) substantive scales to predict Drug Court treatment completion in a sample of individuals identified as being at risk for failure to complete the program. Higher scores on MMPI-2-RF scales…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Personality Traits, Test Validity
Interpreting Low Personality Psychopathology--Five Aggressiveness Scores on the MMPI-2: Graphical, Robust, and Resistant Data Analysis
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Weisenburger, Susan M.; Harkness, Allan R.; McNulty, John L.; Graham, John R.; Ben-Porath, Yossef S. – Psychological Assessment, 2008
The Minnesota Mutiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (MMPI-2)-based Personality Psychopathology-Five (PSY-5) scales provide an overview of personality individual differences. Several textbooks and a test report offer instruction on interpreting MMPI-2 PSY-5 scores. On the basis of an earlier item response theory article (S. V. Rouse, M. S. Finger,…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Measures, Measures (Individuals), Data Analysis