Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to 91 male alcoholics after detoxification. Results indicated that the Psychopathic Deviant and Paranoia scales declined with age, while the Responsibility scale increased with age. (JAC)

Administered the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory to alcoholic males (N=91). Results indicated a significant negative correlation between age and psychopathic deviance, paranoia, schizophrenia, and mania; and a significant positive correlation between age and hypochrondriasis. (LLL)

One hundred younger, middle-aged, and older psychiatric inpatients were compared on the basic 13 MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) scales and 77 MMPI Subscales. Older patients tended to respond more conservatively to these scales, to show less pathology, and to endorse fewer subtle/obvious items than the other age groups.…

Examined construct validity of Shipko and Noviello's alexithymia scale (SNALEX), designed to assess one's difficulty identifying and expressing feelings, in 101 psychiatric inpatients. SNALEX scores correlated positively with Rorschach index of verbal productivity and negatively with subject age. Results do not support construct validity of SNALEX…

Involved the assessment of perceived adjustment among individuals court assigned to DWI (Driving While Intoxicated) classes. Individuals 25 years and younger reported significantly higher levels of perceived maladjustment and emotional upset. Sex was related to interpersonal behavior. (Author)

Results indicate that prisoners who received major disciplinary sanctions were not readily differentiated from a randomly selected comparison group on the basis of correctional data. However, maladjusted inmates tended to be younger. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data was used. (Author)

Administered Multidimensional Sense of Humor Scale and Edwards Personal Preference Schedule to 426 adults, aged 18 through 90. Findings suggest that men create humor more, although women used more coping humor. As age increased, so did humor creativity, coping humor, and humor appreciation. Those who sought to create humor appeared to have need…

Developed norms for an adult industrial population for the Eysenck Personality Inventory. An analysis of scale scores by age, sex, marital status, and occupational category revealed significant differences in extraversion scale scores by age and sex. Norm tables are presented by sex. (Author)

Investigated the individual item response patterns of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) form E where the population group, sex, race, age, and education were the independent variables. Of the 34 analyses, 32 produced the population as the most significant contribution to the prediction equation. (Author)

A sample of White adults was tested to determine daydreaming propensity as influenced by interrelated demographic variables. Also reports the effects demographic variables had on mental activity related to daydreaming, such as attention, boredom, and curiosity. (JAC)

Administered three personality scales, designed to measure similar dimensions in different age ranges, to pre-adolescent, adolescent, and young adult samples. Results indicated considerable stability in the personality correlates of self-esteem at these ages. Anxiety and extraversion appeared consistently as significant correlates. (Author/JAC)