This case study describes how our research team conducted an individual differences research project in a middle school science classroom. The main goal of our work was to investigate whether individual differences in cognitive abilities predict individual differences in scientific reasoning in middle school students. In order to address our…

The Embellishment score on the Memory-For-Designs Test (MFD) may be a useful predictor of confabulation. Male (N=16) patients who were judged by staff to be habitual confabulators embellished their drawings on the MFD twice as frequently as a group of 16 patients of similar age (40-80) and diagnosis judged to be nonconfabulators. (Author)

Four times during a 20-month period 33 schizophrenics were given a psychiatric interview (to ascertain clinical status) and the Rorschach. Subjects not receiving medication showed more evidence of regression and recovery as their clinical status either declined or improved than did subjects receiving medication. (Author)

Entering college freshmen were administered the Mooney Problem Checklist during summer orientation. The problems endorsed by students who later sought counseling were compared with the problems endorsed by students who did not seek counseling. Few between-group differences were found. (Author)

Explores factor structure of the Personality Research Form (PRF) and examines the inventory's relations with response styles. In general, the PRF content scales correlate moderately with each other and with measures of acquiescence, social desirability, and defensiveness response biases. (Author)

Three experimental psychological tests were investigated to determine if they added significantly to the prediction of eight drug abuse criteria when combined with a basic predictor set consisting of background variables only. Of the four tests investigated, only one, the Life Values Questionnaire appeared to add any significant unique variance to…

The results of the California Psychological Inventory, the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes, and the Mooney Problem Check List for short-term clients, long-term clients, and nonclients were compared. Results supported the usefulness of the Mooney in a relatively normal setting. (Author)

Differences in proportion of Negroes versus Caucasians receiving schizophrenic, alcoholic, and depressive psychiatric diagnoses were found. No significant race-related main effects were found on the nine Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) clinical scales. Results are discussed in terms of education having an inculturating effect on…

The purpose of this study was to investigate the construct validity of the Occupational scales on the Strong Vocational Interest Blank. Five personality factors derived from the California Psychological Inventory were correlated with each of the Occupational scales. The significant relationships were consistent with Holland's personality theory of…

Three dimensions of emotionality are distinguished: responsiveness, expressiveness, and orientation. Three measures of these dimensions were analyzed in a multitrait-multimethod matrix. There was substantial support for convergent and discriminant validity, and the measures were unconfounded with adjustment or social desirability. Females scored…

This study used as source of data the MMPI protocols of 223 psychiatric inpatients randomly divided into two groups for a double cross-validation design, clinical diagnosis of depressive versus nondepressive states as criterion, and multiple regression as the main analytic technique. (Author)

A sample of 126 adult psychiatric outpatients was administered the Psychological Screening Inventory. Discriminant function analysis revealed 18 percent misclassification for clinical scale scoring and 22 percent misclassification for factor scoring. As in similar studies with other instruments, factor analysis did not provide a superior basis for…

Studies the differences in personality functioning between persons who respond responsibly to their bills for psychological testing and those who respond irresponsibly. Results indicate that patients who were not accepting of the goals of personality evaluation and who were confused, appeared less likely to pay the psychologists fee. (Author/PC)

The Paired Anxiety and Depression Scale was constructed in order to differentiate more accurately between depression and anxiety than traditional scales. (Author)

In the present study three short factor scales, Poised Extraversion, Symptom-Free Adjustment, and Independent Thought and Action, were derived from the CPI. (Author)