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The MMPI as a Suicide Predictor
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Leonard, C. V. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventories (MMPI) of 36 patient suicides were compared with two matching control groups. Female suicides differed significantly from all male groups and from both female control groups. These differentiating patterns emerged from a population of voluntary psychiatric patients and would not necessarily be…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Predictor Variables, Research Projects, Sex Differences
Comparison of the 2-7-8 MMPI Profile and the Perceptual Aberration-Magical Ideation Scale in Identifying Hypothetically Psychosis-Prone College Students.
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Fujioka, Terry Ann T.; Chapman, Loren J. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1984
Compared college students with 2-7-8 profiles on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (N=39) and students scoring high on the Perceptual Aberration-Magical Ideation Scale (N=41) on symptoms thought to indicate psychosis proneness. Results indicated that the groups did not differ on the number of subjects with psychotic and…
Descriptors: College Students, High Risk Persons, Higher Education, Predictor Variables
Relationship between Selected Variables and Statistics Achievement: Building a Theoretical Model.
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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen S. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1980
The effect of attitudes toward mathematics-related coursework, previous mathematics coursework, student sex, spatial ability, and masculinity-femininity of interest pattern on statistics achievement were studied in 188 graduate students. Sex-related differences were found in mathematics attitude, spatial visualization, and achievement in the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Education
A Model of Statistics Achievement Using Spatial Ability, Feminist Attitudes and Mathematics-Related Variables as Predictors.
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Elmore, Patricia B.; Vasu, Ellen Storey – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
A number of measures were examined as predictors of graduate students' achievement in inferential statistics courses. The most important predictor variable set was attitudes toward feminist issues. Other predictors included mathematics attitude and masculinity-femininity. Sex-related differences were found on all variables except verbal and…
Descriptors: Feminism, Graduate Students, Higher Education, Mathematics Achievement
Meaningfulness of MMPI Clinical Scale Sex Differences For Hard Drug Abusers and For University Counseling Center Clients.
Plant, Walter T. – 1979
With the resurgence of interest in sex differences research, it is important to use a "confidence interval" strategy in organizing and interpreting material rather than a strategy of statistical significance or non-significance. Investigators are urged to go beyond the reporting of statistical significance and to determine something…
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Measurement Instruments, Personality Measures
Predicting Sobriety from the Employment Status of Dually Diagnosed Clients Who Are Opiate Dependent
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Scorzelli, James F. – Journal of Addictions & Offender Counseling, 2007
The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 (E. S. Neukrug & R. C. Fawcett, 2006) profiles and employment status for clients who are opiate dependent. A discriminant function analysis indicated that employment was a predictor in maintaining sobriety after 6 months. (Contains…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Discriminant Analysis, Employment Patterns, Profiles