College women were given questionnaires designed to measure aspects of social competence. Scores were factor analyzed. Loadings obtained from samples suggested three major dimensions: hetereosexual anxiety, social self-esteem, and dating activity. Oblique rotation indicated that the factors were highly interrelated. (Author/BEF)

Female alcohol and drug addicts (N=86) entering treatment took the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Women affirming the item "I believe women ought to have as much sexual freedom as men" were younger, had better visuospatial reasoning skills, and scored less pathologically on MMPI measures of depression, neurotic…

Studied discipline, social competence, sophistication, and religiosity in relation to eating, drinking, and smoking behaviors in young women. Supported discipline's general relevance to a broad range of behaviors. Social competence, sophistication, and religiosity moderated discipline's form of expression. The personality variables had stronger…

Undergraduates indicated whether or not they possessed 66 personality traits. Three weeks later, shown their trait list, another subject's trait list, a computerized personality profile derived from their traits, or another's profile, they rated how well their personality was described. The spurious personality descriptions (traits and profiles)…