Examined equivalence of second-order factor structure of Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) across sex using confirmatory factor analysis with data from an earlier analysis of second-order factor structure of the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire with adults. Found factor structure and residual variances equivalent across sex, while…

Investigated the factor structure of the Bem Sex Role Inventory when used with adolescents. Empirical comparison of actual with expected results supported the measure's validity. (Author)

Results of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory data were correlated to see if they were related to demographic and behavioral data. Analysis was done for male and female subjects. A significant number of reliable correlates were identified. (Author/EK)

MMPI values were used to find the relationship of field dependency to personality traits and styles of pathological adjustment in psychiatric outpatients. The investigation had separate analyses for the patient's sex and found it an important variable in predicting the relationship between test score and dependency and adjustment. (ED)

Compares concurrent validity of four sex-role instruments administered to a group of 281 urban university students. Reports that the instruments are sufficiently different in their measurement characteristics to warrant limiting generalizations about behavior based on these instruments to a particular instrument being used. (KH)

Purpose of this study was to determine the reproduciblity of the RSAP factor structure in college samples. (Authors)

The Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI) and Personal Attributes Questionnaire (PAQ) largely measure socially desirable instrumental (masculine) and expressive (feminine) traits which have limited relationships with sex role attitudes and behaviors. The literature does suggest that the traits have important implications separate from sex role behaviors.…

Information from nearly 1,000 community residents 65 and over indicates that although the Mini-Mult has validity and the rate of responding to it is good, there are significant sex and race-related differences in answering, and scale scores tend to be somewhat unstable and unduly elevated. (Author)

The degree of relationship between scores on the Barron Ego Strength Scale and the scores on the Bender-Gestalt Test was investigated on a sample of college students. Correlations were moderate to low. Racial differences were observed on the Bender-Gestalt Test. (Author/JKS)

Used 112 adult patients from three psychiatric facilities to examine psychometric properties of Basic Personality Inventory scales. Found no differences across facilities; sex differences on some scales. Scales appeared to be internally consistent. Using clinical staff ratings as criteria, scales were found to possess both convergent and…

An investigation of the cross-cultural validity of the femininity (Fe) scale in samples of 300 male and 300 female Japanese university students found that 30 of the 38 items differentiated in the same direction as in the original U.S. studies and also that the total score on the scale gave good separation between the Japanese males and females.…

Six methods of measuring factorial similarity were compared with regard to outcome based on two large data sets, one for an intelligence test and the other for a personality test. All indexes yielded comparable results. Comparing factors determined at random, all indexes yielded comparable results leading to a conclusion of dissimilarity.…

Investigated the individual item response patterns of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) form E where the population group, sex, race, age, and education were the independent variables. Of the 34 analyses, 32 produced the population as the most significant contribution to the prediction equation. (Author)

Examined the concurrent validity of Holland's theory for men and women employed in an enterprising occupation as well as the degree of personality-environment correspondence and relationships of personality type to job satisfaction. Findings suggested that within an employed sample, Holland's theory is valid for women as well as for men. (Author)

Compulsivity and obsessiveness are vaguely defined terms which include a broad range of behaviors and cognitions that have been elusive to quantify. To introduce the 22-item Obsessive-Compulsive Scale (OCS) and to perform preliminary validation studies, 114 (46 male, 68 female) college students and 57 counseling clients completed the OCS on two…