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Pfost, Karen S.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Investigated the relationship of the MacAndrew Alcoholism Scale (MAC) to personality type and level of emotional distress using Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores of 38 alcoholic males. No relationship was found between the MAC and magnitude of psychological distress, as measured by T scores. (JAC)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Males, Patients, Personality Traits

Harder, David W. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Studied personality correlates and psychodynamics of defensively high self-esteem in 40 male college students grouped according to clinician's ratings of defensiveness. Results supported the expectation of distinguishable configurations of characteristics and suggested high defensives tend to be more confident, ambitious, self-centered, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Males, Personality Traits

Kumar, Anand; Vaidya, A. K. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Tested Hartmann's (1973) hypothesis that consistent short sleepers tend to be nonworriers while long sleepers tend to worry. Indian college students (N=50) classified as long or short sleepers took the Hindi version of Sinha Anxiety Scale. Results showed short sleepers had higher levels of anxiety, questioning Hartmann's results. (JAC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Hoiberg, Anne; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1980
Results lend support to the other research findings and point to the difficulties that many overweight individuals have during a weight-reduction endeavor because they also must deal with the numerous psychological and physiological problems involved in overcoming a history of being obese. (Author)
Descriptors: Body Weight, Emotional Problems, Individual Development, Obesity

Gibbs, Jewelle Taylor – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Identified personality patterns of delinquent females and determined the relationship of ethnicity and socioeconomic status to delinquent personality patterns. Personality patterns differed significantly. White delinquents were more likely to be neurotic than Blacks or Hispanics. Middle-class delinquents were more likely to be neurotic than…
Descriptors: Delinquency, Ethnicity, Females, Personality Measures

Pederson, Sanford L.; Magaro, Peter A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Studied the relationship between the Character Disorder Style (CDS) subscale of the Multivariate Personality Inventory and psychopathy. Results clearly showed the independence of the CDS subscale and psychopathy. Additionally, the manic style subscale was independent from both psychopathy and the CDS subscale. (Author/JAC)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Problems, Emotional Disturbances, Personality Measures

Ray, Joseph B; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Profiled adult first offender Texas shoplifters (N=94). Results indicated that the modal shoplifter is female, Hispanic, and has a poor self-concept. Males tend to act more impulsively than females in shoplifting style, and shoplifters tend to be anxious, depressed, and self-doubting. (WAS)
Descriptors: Adults, Affective Behavior, Crime, Individual Characteristics

Wagner, Jerome; Walker, Ronald E. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1983
Examined a Sufi personality typology that describes nine life strategies depicted by a nine-sided figure called the enneagram. Devised an objective 135-item test instrument to differentiate the nine styles, and obtained positive results. Enneagram typology may have diagnostic, prognostic, and heuristic value for studying personality structure and…
Descriptors: Adults, Classification, Life Style, Non Western Civilization

Lichtman, Helen – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Examined communication concerning wartime experiences in survivor families through interviews and testing of Jewish children of survivors (N=64). Results indicated that willingness to talk about experiences and frequency of communication were related to negative factors among offspring for the mother and positive factors among offspring for the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Emotional Experience, Foreign Countries, International Crimes

Hojat, Mohammadreza – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Hypothesized that selected personality variables, could positively predict loneliness; and self-esteem and extraversion could negatively predict loneliness scores. Studied two groups of subjects: Iranian college students in American colleges and Iranian students in Iranian universities. Results confirmed the directions stated in the research…
Descriptors: Foreign Students, Higher Education, Loneliness, Personality Studies

Rizzo, Albert A.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1981
Compared the personality profiles of homosexuals and heterosexuals. Results indicated homosexuals and males were less guilty and more hostile. Differences in guilt and hostility levels between homosexuals and heterosexuals were similar for males and females. Suggests homosexual's high hostility and low guilt can be attributed partly to social…
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Homosexuality, Hostility