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Psychometric Properties of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality in a PTSD Sample
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Wolf, Erika J.; Harrington, Kelly M.; Miller, Mark W. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
This study evaluated the psychometric characteristics of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP; Clark, 1996) in 280 individuals who screened positive for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The SNAP validity, trait, temperament, and personality disorder (PD) scales were compared with scales on the Brief Form of the…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Validity, Psychopathology
The Role of Personality in the Selection of a Major: With and without Vocational Self-Efficacy and Interests
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Larson, Lisa M.; Wu, Tsui Feng; Bailey, Donna C.; Gasser, Courtney E.; Bonitz, Verena S.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the role of personality traits measured by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ; [Tellegen, 2000] and [Tellegen and Waller, 2008]) in selecting educational majors. Personality traits were examined alone, and with the combination of Holland's hexagonal confidence domains, as measured by the…
Descriptors: Education Majors, Selection, Personality Traits, Role
Development and Validation of the Minnesota Borderline Personality Disorder Scale
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Bornovalova, Marina A.; Hicks, Brian M.; Patrick, Christopher J.; Iacono, William G.; McGue, Matt – Assessment, 2011
Although large epidemiological data sets can inform research on the etiology and development of borderline personality disorder (BPD), they rarely include BPD measures. In some cases, however, proxy measures can be constructed using instruments already in these data sets. In this study, the authors developed and validated a self-report measure of…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Correctional Institutions, Construct Validity, Personality
A Social Neuroscientific Model of Vocational Behavior
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Hansen, Jo-Ida C.; Sullivan, Brandon A.; Luciana, Monica – Journal of Career Assessment, 2011
In this article, the separate literatures of a neurobiologically based approach system and vocational interests are reviewed and integrated into a social neuroscientific model of the processes underlying interests, based upon the idea of selective approach motivation. The authors propose that vocational interests describe the types of stimuli that…
Descriptors: Neurology, Biology, Vocational Interests, Models
Convergence of Specific Factors in Vocational Interests and Personality.
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Staggs, Gena D.; Larson Lisa M.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2003
Replication of Larson and Borgen's study with a college sample (n=200) who completed the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and Strong Interest Inventory (SII) supported hypothesis that specific MPQ scales contribute significantly to prediction of SII basic interest scales. Results confirm that specific interests are related to…
Descriptors: Measures (Individuals), Personality, Personality Theories, Prediction
Convergence of Vocational Interests and Personality: Examples in an Adolescent Gifted Sample.
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Larson, Lisa M.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2002
A study of 323 gifted adolescents explored the convergence of vocational interests and personality as measured by the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) and NEO Personality Inventory-Revised. The strongest convergence occurred at more specific levels--the 30 facet levels of NEO and 11 primary scales of MPQ. Convergence of Holland's…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Gifted, Personality, Vocational Interests
Convergence of Personality and Interests: Meta-Analysis of the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire and the Strong Interest Inventory
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Staggs, Gena D.; Larson, Lisa M.; Borgen, Fred H. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
Using meta-analysis, we revised Ackerman and Heggestad's (1997) identification of four trait complexes that propose personality and interest (P-I) linkages. Studies that had reported correlations between general and specific measures of vocational interests (Strong Interest Inventory [Strong; Hansen & Campbell, 1985; Harmon, Hansen, Borgen,…
Descriptors: Personality, Science Interests, Interest Inventories, Vocational Interests