The purpose of the present study was to determine if individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) display a unique pattern of responses on the Personality Assessment Inventory-Adolescent (PAI-A). Twenty adolescents between ages 12 and 18 completed the PAI-A, and their scores were compared to matched community and clinical samples from the…

In this article, the author describes her friend Lynn, a girlie-girl of the highest order. Lynn wears shiny, pointy shoes, never has a hair out of place, and can appear glamorous in jeans and a T-shirt. She puts a zillion products on her face, but never looks like one of those women who use too much makeup. Her clothes are hip and trendy, and…

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),…

The present study investigates the relationship between managerial style and certain personal characteristics of managers. A sample of 200 American managers is utilized for this purpose. The necessary data were collected using a Personal Values Questionnaire, a biographical questionnaire and an inbasket exercise. The managers were first classified…

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS CONDUCTED A STUDY TO DETERMINE IF DIFFERENT BEHAVIORAL PATTERNS APPEAR AMONG DIFFERENT TYPES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS--THE COLLEGIATE WHO PURSUES FUN, THE SKILL SEEKING VOCATIONAL STUDENT, THE KNOWLEDGE-FOR-ITS-OWN-SAKE ACADEMIC STUDENT, AND THE IDENTITY-CONSCIOUS NONCONFORMIST. DEMOGRAPHIC DATA, THE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST…

Among the results of the study on differing occupational interests of persistors and nonpersistors are: (1) successful persisters have engineering related interests and reject Social Service Interest: (2) successful transfers have verbally expressive and leadership interest and reject technical interest. (Author)

The results of this study which investigated several personality attributes of 140 vocational rehabilitation clients in relation to their locus of control, showed that internals and externals showed significant mean differences on their ability to work with others, cooperation, self reliance, work tolerance, and other factors. (Author)

THE EFFECT OF PERSONAL REJECTION IN ELICITING CONFORMITY WAS STUDIED TO DISCOVER WHETHER THE CONSEQUENCES OF LOWERED SELF-ESTEEM AND THE MOTIVATION TO INGRATIATE ONESELF AFFECT A STUDENT'S RECEPTIVITY TO THE INFLUENCES OF THE SCHOOL. THE TWO SPECIFIC QUESTIONS INVESTIGATED WERE--(1) IS THE INDIVIDUAL WHO EXPERIENCES REJECTION IN AN INITIALLY…

Sometimes the main reason for situational impotence is a gross anomaly in a patient's erotic preferences. An overview on nonverbal diagnostic methods is presented, and one of them, the phallometric test, is described in more detail, including a discussion of its limitations. (Author)

Control subjects completed Book IV of the Edwards Personality Inventory under instructions to be honest while experimental subjects were instructed to fake so as to make an excellent impression while also concealing their faking. Differences between group means were small. (Author/EK)

The work described in this paper views the Protestant Ethic as a dispositional variable and attempts to characterize its psychological meaning in terms of its relationship with other personality variables and with occupational interests. (Author)

The results of this study on the relation of personality to vocational choice, suggests that personality patterns of occupational groups are more a function of those who enter and persist in the group than those who transfer to it. (Author)

Examines the relationship between resistence to interference and personality disturbance. Concludes that resistance to interference can be used as a diagnostic dimension in assessing the likelihood of personality disturbance. (HMV)