Objective: Issues regarding the readability of self-report assessment instruments, methods for establishing the reading ability level of respondents, and guidelines for development of scales designed for marginal readers have been inconsistently addressed in the literature. A recent study by McHugh and Behar (2009) provided new findings relevant…

Among the findings were that the clients were able to show greater pathology on the MMPI profiles when they attempted to exaggerate and that the mean malingering profile of the subjects simulates a psychotic pattern not a severe psychoneurosis. Findings were limited in that all subjects were male military personnel. (Author/CG)

The effects of four examiner and examinee variables - hostility, dominance, liking and warmth were related to examinee's score. (Author/CG)

Study data supported the hypothesis that A-B status is explicable in personality terms: so-called A-type Ss were characterized by cautious self-expression, social ineptness, and a restricted cognitive scope; B-type Ss appeared socially ascendant and "open" to complex experiences. Also, the variables differentiating A-B statuses appeared to involve…

Study compares 27 depressed clients diagnosed with Cluster C personality disorder (PD) with 87 depressed clients without the diagnosis. All clients completed cognitive-behavioral or psychodynamic-interpersonal psychotherapy. Treatment length did not influence outcome for PD clients. PD clients whose depression was also relatively severe showed…

The Sensation Seeking Scale was given to felons, juvenile delinquents, and adult mentally ill. Among the findings were: age was negatively correlated for both sexes; mentally ill females were significantly different from felons and from juvenile delinquents; and the personality picture corresponded well with expectations from studies with normals.…

Reviews research concerning the usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in identification of alcoholics' personality characteristics. Discusses scales, profile configurations, and item analyses. Finds no single personality type characteristic of all alcoholics, although six cluster types occur with consistency. Alcoholics…

The results of this study provided additional support for the fruitfulness of conceptualizing four separate rational forms of novelty experiencing, as well as additional construct validation for each of the four measures. Overall the differentiation of the forms among themselves and with the external variables was reasonably good. (Author)

The results of this study present validity generalization for Sine's earlier work that the 4-3 MMPI code type is associated with violent behavior. When a person has 4-3 MMPI personality high points, it is highly probable that he is or has been violent. (Author)

Studied whether men (N=19) who had committed very severe assaults and who score high on the Overcontrolled Hostility (O-H) scale had assertion deficits that could be measured behaviorally. Results showed the high O-H group was significantly less assertive than control groups in role playing tasks and on questionnaire items. (WAS)

Replicated, in an Icelandic sample of alcoholics, research on the clinical and demographic characteristics of borderline patients. Used Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI), Gunderson's Diagnostic Interview for Borderlines, and the Michigan Alcoholism Screening Test. A particular MMPI high point configuration characterized alcoholics…

The Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) can be viewed as communicating information about the self to a tester or institution. The findings support the view that the MMPI acts mainly as a medium for the transmission of self-concept information and that self-concepts mediate and organize specific item responses. (Author)