The relationship of parent personality to child psychopathology has been investigated in numerous studies over the past three decades, using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). To investigate response patterns of both parents and offspring, the MMPI responses of 197 families with adolescents entering inpatient or outpatient…

Sixty randomly selected College of Education Division freshmen from a major midwestern university were administered the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) as they entered and exited their freshman year. Twelve of the OPI's fourteen factor-analyzed personality characteristic scales were used. For each OPI personality characteristic used, two null…

In the fall of 1968, 269 males and 167 females at Central Virginia Community College were administered the Holland Vocational Preference Inventory. Statistical comparisons were made scale-for-scale between these students and national normative group average scores. The comparisons of means and standard deviations were analyzed by "t"…

This document reports the results of two standardized instruments, the Survey of College Achievement (SCA) and the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI), as they were administered to a group of students at Empire State College in the fall 1971. The first ESC students appear to be, as a group, fairly independent with a well developed sense of…

Reaction formation was studied by Sigmund Freud. This defense mechanism may be related to repression, substitution, reversal, and compensation (or over-compensation). Alfred Adler considered compensation a basic process in his individual psychology. Anna Freud discussed some defense mechanisms, and Bibring, Dwyer, Huntington, and Valenstein…

The purpose of this study was to determine how reading achievement is affected by six independent personality factors (PF) exhibited by second-grade pupils. Personality factors involved are: (A) reserved vs. outgoing, (B) less intelligent vs. more intelligent, (C) feelings vs. emotionally stable, (D) phlegmatic vs. excitable, (E) obedient vs.…

Several writers suggest that reducing one's sense of individuality reduces social restraints. The author suggests that the effect of uniformity of appearance on aggression is unclear when anonymity is held constant. This poses a problem of interpretation given that a distinction must be made between lack of individuality and anonymity. One must…

This article provides a procedure for integrating personality testing in the marriage counseling process, a behavioral model for interpretation of the results, and research implications of such testing. Specific suggestions for administration, interpretation, and research are included. (Author)

Ausubel's theory of personality development in adolescence examines the role that social factors, especially parent-child relationships, play in the adolescent's struggle to find himself. An overview of this theory is presented and some parallels between it and Eriksonian theory are pointed out. Also examines some selected examples of research on…