Questioned cognitive theories of depression in their assertion that depressives' cognitions are distorted and suggested that normals are even less in touch with reality than depressed people. Speculated that childhood trauma predisposes depression by preventing the normal formation of a defense screen against painful realities. (LLL)

While traditional personality theories view anxiety and actualization as mutually exclusive, some more recent ones consider the possible positive role of anxiety in actualization. (Author)

Compared the early recollections of 50 first-borns and 98 later-borns. The first-borns mentioned significantly more nonfamily members, illness/injury, hospital/doctor's office. Later-borns mentioned significantly more siblings than did first-borns. Findings were discussed in the context of Adler's personality theory. (JAC)

Author evaluated Dr. Thorne's psychological views, his approach toward diagnostic testing and the need for better methods of personality evaluation, and compared his attitudes and Thorne's regarding the development of clinical psychology. (Author/RK)

To explore an interface of personality instruments divergent in focus and in method, all correlations between 18 measures from LaForge and Suczek's (1955) Interpersonal Check List (ICL) and 14 scores from Singer and Lommis' (1984) Inventory of Personality (SLIP), an ipsative Jungian-oriented questionnaire, were determined for 117 undergraduates.…

An attempt was undertaken to demonstrate a relationship between earliest memories and a perception of significant future events. Relevance here was in the role that early memories play in the theoretical bases and treatment processes of all dynamically oriented therapies. (Author/RK)

Tested hypotheses derived from Beck's cognitive theory of depression. Subjects rated performance before and after receiving feedback on a social interaction task. Results showed depressed males and females had more negative evaluation of present circumstances and poorer memory for feedback. Data were partially supportive of Beck's theory regarding…

Reports the continued development of a multivariate theory of personality styles and a scale, the Multivariate Personality Inventory, designed to measure these styles in both pathological and normal populations. Results supported the validity of the Multivariate Personality Inventory in regard to the need profile of each personality style group.…