As part of an exploration of how best to use normal personality measures in career development and guidance, this study investigated the use of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire Fifth Edition (16PF Fifth Edition) assessment and its relationship to the widely used typology of J. L. Holland (1985) and the new Campbell Orientations (1992).…

As evidence that the Personal Attribute Inventory (PAI) is a self-concept scale, the present study required 265 college students to respond to it and to the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). As hypothesized, the PAI was significantly related to the self-concept factor on the 16 PF. (Author/CTM)

This study explored personality variables measured by the 16 Personality Factor (16PF) test and their relevance to success, as defined by the final course grade, in college calculus courses with 94 students. Two personality variables were significant predictors of success as determined by the final course grade. A Statistical Analysis System…

Differences in personality factors measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire between 1971-1972 and 1977-1978 college students were determined using multiple regression analysis. An overall significant difference between the two groups on the combined factors was obtained, and specific factor differences are discussed. (Author/GK)

A sample of 48 American Olympic contenders was compared with a sample of 63 undergraduate education majors with respect to scores on Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire and on three other scales. The athletes appeared to be more dominant, suspicious, self-sufficient, tense, and less sensitive. (CTM)

An instrument called the Selected Phrase Empathic Ability Key (SPEAK) was developed to measure empathy. The simply scored projective measure was then validated against physiological measures of reactive empathy. The SPEAK followed the classical instruments and used emotionally neutral line drawings (clip art) as projective stimuli for assessing…

The relationship between classroom seating preference and personality was explored. Subjects were 81 undergraduate students. Using the same 32-seat classroom, four classes were tested. Students were administered Cattell's 16 PF followed by another questionnaire which contained a diagram of the classroom, and students were asked to indicate their…

Using Cattell's 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Revised Self-Monitoring Scale, 177 undergraduate business students assessed their personality traits. Personalities and self-monitoring differed by major (accounting, management information systems, marketing) in ways that supported conventional stereotypes. (Contains 24 references.) (SK)

Previous research has revealed front and center seating positions are characterized by high student-teacher interaction. In this study it was suggested that one explanation for the high interaction is that students with similar personality characteristics prefer to sit in the central seats. The research hypotheses were partially supported.…

The study evaluated use of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) with 77 successful deaf college students. Findings indicated that profiles were similar to those of hearing college students, that Form A was more appropriate for this population than was Form E, and that reliability and content validity were both questionable. (DB)

The Sixteen Personality Factor Inventory (16PF) was examined concerning recent methodological and substantive developments: restricted (confirmatory) factor analysis, and the five-factor model of personality as operationalized in the NEO-Personality Inventory. Two studies with 645 college students show that the 16PF remains robust in light of…

A sample of 435 junior education majors in a large Southwestern university were given the 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire and the Opinion Scale. A profile of personality factors was developed which defined the nature of authoritarianism or dogmatism. Implications for teacher education programs are discussed. (Author)

Compared Hispanic students' (N=51) self-ratings of personality with less direct assessment by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire. Results showed that Hispanic students could rate themselves accurately on 50 percent of the factors when given only the names of the dimensions, suggesting differential patterning for perceived versus measured…

This study examined relationships between measures of personality characteristics, personal and teaching practices beliefs, levels of dogmatism, and cognitive outcomes for a sample of graduating education students. (Author/GSK)

In a study of the personalities of preservice teachers, Cattell's 16 Personality Factor (PF) Questionnaire was administered to 2,225 applicants to the College of Education of the University of Akron (Ohio). Data were analyzed by gender and by year of application (Year 1, 2, or 3). Results indicated that at the primary factor level, personality…