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Christina M. C. E. de Groot; David Heyne; Albert E. Boon – Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 2024
There has been little attention to personality in research on school refusal (SR). This study examined personality traits among 41 adolescents receiving cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) during participation in a School Refusal Program in the Netherlands. Traits were examined via clinical scales and 2-point code types derived from the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Personality Traits, Outcomes of Treatment, Attendance
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Kelley, Crystal K.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Personality Assessment, 1980
Two-point and three-point methods of classifying Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles were compared using 174 students who sought psychological treatment at a student mental health clinic and who generated MMPI profiles with scales 2.7, and 8 as their highest evaluations. Behavioral correlates were determined. (Author/GDC)
Descriptors: College Students, Emotional Disturbances, Higher Education, Mental Disorders
Webb, Raymond J. – 1982
It has been suggested that training in altruistic behavior would last longer if the change were self-initiated. To compare methods of increasing altruistic behavior, 103 male college students were randomly assigned either to self-record their altruisitc behaviors, to read about helping and caring, or to a control group. All took the Minnesota…
Descriptors: Altruism, Attitude Measures, Behavior Change, College Students