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An Approach to Defining a Patient Population in Psychotherapy Research
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Strupp, Hans H.; Bloxom, Anne L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1975
The utility of employing elevated scores on the Depression and Psychasthenia scales of the MMPI as an indicator of a genuine, enduring clinical problem was investigated for a male college student population. Pilot data suggest that MMPI scale scores decrease following psychotherapy but not with the passage of time alone. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Change, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness, Emotional Problems
Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Comparisons of Bipolar and Unipolar Depressed Groups on the MMPI
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Donnelly, Edward F.; And Others – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1976
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory admission and remission profiles were compared in a group of 34 patients hospitalized for depression. Relatively normal profiles for the bipolar group and abnormal profiles for the unipolar group significantly differentiated the two groups at admission, but, with one exception, the differences dissipated…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Comparative Analysis, Cross Sectional Studies, Depression (Psychology)
Effects of a Behavior Modification Skills Training on Several Personality Factors among Teacher Trainees.
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Dixon, Paul N. – College Student Journal, 1978
A 53-subject treatment group and a 29-subject control group in a teacher trainee course were pretested for dogmatism, pupil control ideology, locus of control, and three factors of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. The treatment group was then exposed to an extensive classroom behavior modification laboratory. Results were not…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Behavior Patterns, College Students, Counseling Effectiveness