The purpose of this study was to apply psychobiography to the lives of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Psychobiography can be applied as a method of teaching personality theory and it can also be used as a research method. Most political personas are crafted through 20 second sound bites from the radio, Internet, and television. However, a…

Article investigated the psychological characteristics of chronic primary insomniacs (persons who show no major psychological or medical problems other than long-term difficulties with sleep). (Author/RK)

The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of estimating the major CPI factors directly from CPI scale scores and to determine whether such estimates of factor scores could be used to formulate personality types. (Author)

A carefully controlled comparison of the personality characteristics of heroin addict (n=27) and nonaddict (n=20) offenders was carried out so as to avoid methodological problems associated with earlier studies. (Editor)

Based on ratings by classmates, counselors were dicotomized according to probability of being referred agitated or constrained clients. Counselors to whom the former were referred had higher MMPI scores on D and Pt scales and lower scores on Es scales. (Author)

Replies to an article in "Human Communication Research" (v14, n4), "Item Desirability Effects in Compliance-Gaining Research: Seven Studies Documenting Artifacts" by Brant R. Burleson, Steven R. Wilson, Michael S. Waltman, Elizabeth M. Goering, Teresa K. Ely, and Bryan B. Whaley. (MS)

Article sought to bring attention to a convergence on 14 constructs measured by four personality inventories. (Author/RK)

Psychological test data from 69 patients were examined for personality correlates of Wechsler Digit Span performance. (Author)

This study investigated the correlation between the extraversion-introversion dimension and the need for, or avoidance of, sensory stimulation. (Author/RK)

The present study investigated the relationships between college students' perceptions of instructor credibility (competence, character, and caring) and their perceptions of classroom justice (distributive, procedural, and interactional justice). Results indicate that perceptions of instructor credibility positively predicted perceptions of…

Following the study of Gibson & Curran (1974) on hypnotic susceptibility, a further sample of 45 subjects was tested on the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) and a modified form of the Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale (SHSS) in precisely the same way. (Editor/RK)

The present study investigated the utility of the MMPI as a predictor of success or failure of an alcoholic sample in a behavioral outpatient alcoholism treatment program. (Author)

Type of discharge (irregular vs. regular) and length of time hospitalized were used as unobtrusive measures of psychiatric patient acceptance of hospital treatment regime among two groups (18-27 years and 45 years and above) of patients. (Author)

The present study used the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to assess personality characteristics of psychedelic drug users with and without flashbacks. (Author)