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Harkness, Allan R.; Finn, Jacob A.; McNulty, John L.; Shields, Susan M. – Psychological Assessment, 2012
The Personality Psychopathology-Five (PSY-5; Harkness & McNulty, 1994) is a model of individual differences relevant to adaptive functioning in both clinical and non-clinical populations. In this article, we review the development of the PSY-5 model (Harkness, 1992; Harkness & McNulty, 1994) and discuss the ways in which the PSY-5 model is…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Adolescents, Mental Disorders, Personality Traits

Match, Joel; Wiggins, Nancy – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Individual Differences, Multidimensional Scaling, Personality Measures, Social Influences

Monroe, Lawrence J.; Marks, Philip A. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
The purpose of this study was to compare Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) results of 53 adolescent poor sleepers with a matched control group of 53 good sleepers. Adolescents, like adults, show a highly significant relationship between neurotic personality functioning and poor sleep. (Author)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Individual Differences, Personality Assessment

Rader, Charles M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
In this study, Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of exposer (n=36), rapist (n=47), and assaulter (n=46) groups were investigated and compared. The most disturbed group, the rapists, had MMPI K-corrected mean raw scale scores that were significantly greater than those of the exposer group on many scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Criminals, Individual Differences, Personality Development

Bieliauskas, Linas A.; Shekelle, Richard B. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined behaviors associated with high-point D scale scores on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory for employed males (N=1,829) who completed the test years apart. Ratings of being frequently nervous and a decreased percentage of time sleeping emerged as two stable variables that differed between high D and not high D scores.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Patterns, Depression (Psychology), Employees
Greer, Richard M. – 1971
The differing conclusions of researchers investigating personality factors in drug users are briefly reviewed. This study, particularly, examines the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles of self-reported college drug users with the intent of understanding their personalities. The specific research question was: what are the…
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences

Friedman, Alan F.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Constructed three new scales (neurotic, psychotic, and maladjustment overlap scales) to test the hypothesis that overlapping items of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scales measure factors common to the criterion groups associated with the scales. Results support the hypothesis and the validity of the three new scales. (WAS)
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Emotional Adjustment, Individual Differences, Neurosis

Patalano, Frank – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Compared MMPIs of 80 male and 80 female drug abusers with MMPIs of 550 male and 695 female medical patients. Male drug abusers obtained significantly higher scores than male medical patients on all clinical scales. Female drug abusers obtained significantly higher scores than female medical patients on seven scales. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Clinical Diagnosis, Comparative Analysis, Drug Abuse
Panton, James H. – Offender Rehabilitation, 1977
Analysis of MMPI test differences between 120 aged inmates (age 60 and above) and a representative population sample of 2,551 male inmates revealed that the mean test profiles of both groups were indicative of a behavior disorder, with aged inmates presenting more neurotic and less psychopathic responses.
Descriptors: Age Differences, Comparative Analysis, Criminals, Individual Differences
Li, Andrew; Bagger, Jessica – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 2007
The Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding (BIDR) is one of the most widely used social desirability scales. The authors conducted a reliability generalization study to examine the typical reliability coefficients of BIDR scores and explored factors that explained the variability of reliability estimates across studies. The results indicated…
Descriptors: Reliability, Generalization, Social Desirability, Scores

Robbins, Paul R.; Tanck, Roland H. – Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1971
Descriptors: College Students, Individual Characteristics, Individual Differences, Measurement Techniques

Ollendick, Duane G.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Investigated the usefulness of Arnold's Signs in examining marital discord among married couples (N=72) who were parents of children brought to a mental health facility seeking marital counseling, or in the process of divorce. Results revealed that the counseling group was consistently higher on all signs that reached significance. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Divorce, Individual Differences, Marital Instability, Marriage Counseling