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Interpersonal Characteristics of Male Criminal Offenders: Personality, Psychopathological, and Behavioral Correlates
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Edens, John F. – Psychological Assessment, 2009
Interest in conceptualizing the interpersonal style of individuals who engage in serious antisocial behavior has increased in recent years. This study examines the personality, psychopathological, and behavioral correlates of interpersonal dominance and warmth, as operationalized via scales of the Personality Assessment Inventory (L. Morey, 2007),…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Antisocial Behavior, Correctional Institutions
MMPI-A Patterns of Male Juvenile Delinquents.
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Pena, Liana M.; And Others – Psychological Assessment, 1996
The usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) was examined for 162 delinquent boys in a state training school who were compared with 805 nondelinquent male adolescents and the original MMPI sample of 7,783 male adolescents. The most useful scales are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Behavior Patterns, Delinquency, Males
A Dimensional Approach to the Assessment of Social Competence in Boys.
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Frankel, Fred; Myatt, Robert – Psychological Assessment, 1994
Only the Social Withdrawal and Social Competence subscales of the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) tapped a Social Competence factor in common with Social Competence subscales from a parent rating scale (Social Skills Rating System) and a scale (Pupil Evaluation Inventory) for teachers. Mothers of 93 boys (aged 7 to 11 years) completed the CBCL.…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Educational Assessment