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Download full textVANDENBERG, STEVEN G. – 1966
RESEARCH ON HEREDITARY FACTORS IN NORMAL PERSONALITY TRAITS, AS MEASURED BY INVENTORIES, HAS BEEN LIMITED BY THE FOLLOWING FACTORS--(1) DATA DRAWN FROM ADOLESCENT, NOT ADULT, TWINS, (2) OMISSION OF MENTALLY ILL TWINS, (3) SMALL SIZE OF SAMPLES, (4) VARIABILITY STUDIED ONLY WITHIN FAMILY, (5) SMALL, ISOLATED, UNCOORDINATED STUDIES, AND (6) PROBLEMS…
Descriptors: Genetics, Heredity, Individual Characteristics, Personality
Peer reviewedSkinner, Nicholas F. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
Inaccurate stereotyping by non-users was explanatory of the prevailing lack of agreement concerning the personality characteristics of heavy marijuana smokers. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Individual Characteristics, Marihuana
Peer reviewedKrug, Samuel E.; Laughlin, James E. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1977
Intercorrelations among primary personality traits of the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire were factor analyzed with 925 normal adults and 950 clinical cases. When separate analyses were carried out for men and women, 10 second-order factors were clearly replicated across the two data sets. (Author)
Descriptors: Antisocial Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure
Ross, George R. – 1977
This paper examines the impact of 12 hours of exposure to Rational Behavior Training (RBT) and 10 days of exposure to a controlled conflict situation within a wilderness environment on 30 high school students. Results indicate that the treatment group, when compared with a control group, showed a marked and statistically significant reduction in…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Anxiety, Behavior Change, Camping
