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Costa, Paul T., Jr.; McCrae, Robert R. – Journal of Gerontology, 1976
Presented at the 81st APA Convention, Montreal, 1973, this study showed how a cluster analytic approach was used to determine age differences in personality measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Subjects were 969 adult male volunteers, 25 to 34, 35 to 54, and 55 to 82. Openness to experience showed age-related…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cluster Analysis, Gerontology, Males

Turner, Robert G.; Horn, Joseph M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
Multiple discriminant analysis of husbands' and wives' (N=430) 16PF scores resulted in significant overall groups differentiation and in two significant discriminant functions labeled tender-mindedness and self-confidence. Social and Enterprising men were significantly similar to their wives on personality dimensions consistent with the defining…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Individual Characteristics, Males, Marital Status