The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how mental health practitioners can use the Enneagram's system of human personality development as a source of insight and a tool for personality transformation. The article provides an introduction to the Enneagram and its orientation to personality types and defines a linear process of how to use the…

This study investigated the long-term stability of the nine temperament subcategories which underlie the Thomas and Chess temperament clusters. A homogeneous sample of 55 children and parents was recruited (26 remained at the final data collection interval) and parents provided questionnaire responses on their child's temperament at 2, 4, 6, 18,…

This is the latest in a series of reported findings for a Guidance Study which followed the same persons from infancy to age 40. The report focuses on: (1) how well the 50 men and 60 women subjects maintained their positions relative to I.Q. during the 22 years since they were last tested at age 18; (2) gains and losses in I.Q. over the 22 year…

The concept of "learning disposition" provides a useful way of examining longer-term outcomes of quality early childhood programs and outlines characteristics of a learning orientation or disposition in early childhood. The learning disposition involves the tendency to want to do something, sensitivity to being alert to the appropriate…

TO DETERMINE IF A SUPERVISOR WITH PRE-KNOWLEDGE OF HIS STUDENTS' PERSONALITIES WOULD BE BETTER ABLE TO HELP THEM, 76 FEMALE ELEMENTARY EDUCATION STUDENT TEACHERS COMPLETED THE EDWARDS PERSONAL PREFERENCE SCALE (EPPS), THE CALIFORNIA PSYCHOLOGICAL INVENTORY (CPI), AND 10 THEMATIC APPERCEPTION TEST (TAT) CARDS. AFTER AN INTERVIEW, A PSYCHOLOGIST…