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Peer reviewedRaden, David – Social Behavior and Personality, 1981
Performed a principal components factor analysis on scores of 245 undergraduates to a short version of the F Scale and measures of prejudice, attitude toward welfare, toleration of political deviance, punitiveness toward criminals, and support of the Vietnam War. Analysis produced two factors: authoritarian aggression and attitude toward welfare.…
Descriptors: Aggression, Authoritarianism, College Students, Correlation
Peer reviewedSkinner, Nicholas F. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
Inaccurate stereotyping by non-users was explanatory of the prevailing lack of agreement concerning the personality characteristics of heavy marijuana smokers. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Individual Characteristics, Marihuana
Peer reviewedStanding, Lionel; Keays, Gregory – Social Behavior and Personality, 1986
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)…
Descriptors: College Students, Credibility, Females, Foreign Countries
