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Kirkland, Karen D.; Bauer, Chris A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Compared Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory scores of incestuous fathers and stepfathers to those of a matched control group. Analyses reflected more pathological scores for incest fathers on the psychopathic deviate scale, the psychasthenia scale and the schizophrenia scales. Results were discussed in terms of a character-disordered…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Family Relationship, Fathers, Personality Measures
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Donovan, Dennis M.; Marlatt, G. Alan – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1982
Investigated the empirical derivation of clinically and theoretically meaningful subtypes among males arrested for driving while intoxicated. Five subtypes were defined through cluster analysis of driving--attitudinal, personality, and hostility measures. Two subtypes were found to have particularly high levels of risk-enhancing traits. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Cluster Analysis, Drinking, Drug Abuse
Katzman, Melanie A.; Wolchik, Sharlene A. – 1983
A controversial issue in the literature on eating disorders is whether or not bulimia is a disorder distinct from anorexia nervosa. To compare the personality and behavioral characteristics of bulimic women with and without prior anorexia nervosa, 14 female college students (mean age 19.6 years, 86 percent white) were divided into two groups…
Descriptors: Anorexia Nervosa, Behavior Patterns, Body Image, College Students