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Hassiotis, A.; Strydom, A.; Hall, I.; Ali, A.; Lawrence-Smith, G.; Meltzer, H.; Head, J; Bebbington, P. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2008
Background: Approximately one-eighth of the population will have DSM-IV borderline intelligence. Various mental disorders and social disability are associated with it. Method: The paper uses data (secondary analysis) from a UK-wide cross-sectional survey of 8450 adults living in private households. Data were collected on psychiatric disorders,…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Intelligence, Mental Disorders, Personality
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Kennealy, Patrick J.; Hicks, Brian M.; Patrick, Christopher J. – Assessment, 2007
The validity of the Psychopathy Checklist-Revised (PCL-R) has been examined extensively in men, but its validity for women remains understudied. Specifically, the correlates of the general construct of psychopathy and its components as assessed by PCL-R total, factor, and facet scores have yet to be examined in depth. Based on previous research…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Personality Problems, Intelligence, Substance Abuse
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Taylor, Jeanette; Elkins, Irene J.; Legrand, Lisa; Peuschold, Dawn; Iacono, William G. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2007
This study examined the construct validity of antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) diagnosed in adolescence. Boys and girls were grouped by history of DSM-III-R conduct disorder (CD) and ASPD: Controls (n = 340) had neither diagnosis; CD Only (n = 77) had CD by age 17 but no ASPD through age 20; Adolescent ASPD (n = 64) had ASPD by age 17. The…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Antisocial Behavior, Construct Validity, Identification
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Grossberg, Ingrid N.; Cornell, Dewey G. – Exceptional Children, 1988
Eighty-three gifted children, aged 7-11, and their parents completed self-report instruments on personality adjustment. Intelligence was positively related to adjustment. Compared to the group as a whole, the children with higher IQs were less anxious and nervous and less likely to evidence problems in physical development, cognitive development,…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Problems, Elementary Education, Gifted
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Goldman, Vivian S., Ed.; And Others – Research Relating To Children, 1968
This group of eight bulletins provides abstracts on research relating to children reported to the Clearinghouse for Research in Child Life from July 1962 to August 1968. Abstracts are organized by topic area: (1) "Long Term Research"; (2) "Growth and Development," including general, physical, perceptual, cognitive, motor,…
Descriptors: Abstracts, Adjustment (to Environment), Annotated Bibliographies, Child Development
BLATT, SIDNEY J. – 1967
THIS SERIES OF STUDIES INVESTIGATED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY ORGANIZATION AND COGNITIVE FUNCTIONING. PART I PRESENTS RESEARCH REPORTS EXAMINING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EFFICIENCY ON TWO COMPLEX COGNITIVE PERCEPTUAL TASKS AND SEVERAL PERSONALITY DIMENSIONS. IT WAS CONCLUDED THAT COGNITIVE-PERCEPTUAL EFFICIENCY CAN BE RELATED TO…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Cognitive Ability, Cognitive Tests, Creativity Research