This book on the use of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) in personality assessment emphasizes a client-centered, interactive method of interpretation by means of which the test taker become the primary beneficiary of the MMPI assessment rather than the clinician. The phenomenological and empirical correlates of the 13 basic…

Presents a tabular formation that easily provides omitted-item scale membership to evaluate potential profile distortion in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. The table permits scale-specific statements in clinical reports, rather than general notes about overall profile lowering, and can enhance the interpretation of omissions. (BH)

Interactions of 33 untrained female students with hospital patients were recorded, sampled, and rated using the Truax Accurate Empathy Scale (AE). AE ratings were correlated with student personality measures from the EPPS and MMPI. Depression and Psychasthenia scales of the MMPI were negatively and significantly correlated with AE ratings. Changes…

Antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) is associated with suicide, violence, and risk-taking behavior and can slow response to first-line treatment for Axis I disorders. ASPD may be assessed infrequently because few efficient diagnostic tools are available. This study evaluated 2 promising self-report measures for assessing ASPD--the ASPD scale of…

This article presents research undertaken with male headteachers in early years schools within the UK and explores several influential discourses in relation to male headteachers' identities. The article discusses the ways in which different identities are constructed for headteachers by parents, governors and wider society, and also how a variety…

The "Resiliency Scales for Children and Adolescents: A Profile of Personal Strengths" (Resiliency Scales; Prince-Embury, 2007) provides a quick and easy individually or group administered self-report of personal strengths and vulnerabilities in children and adolescents. The Resiliency Scales comprise the following three scales: (a) Sense of…

Although there is considerable evidence that culture-related factors are associated with aggressive behavior, their effect on the development of conduct problems (CP) has been insufficiently studied. This study focused on adherence to honor code (AHC), defined by the endorsement of honor culture attitudes at the identity narrative level of…

Graphology is an aid, never a final arbitor, in personnel selection. (BP)

The study reported here focused on the effects of the sex of the speaker and four vocal variables-speaking rate, pitch variety, vocal quality and articulation- on three dimensions of source credibility: competence, trustworthiness, and dynamism. (Author)

This paper explains the types of entities that can be analyzed using two-mode factor analysis and the techniques associated with each variation. It also provides an in-depth review and example of one of the most popular variations, the Q-technique. Even when researchers have multiple variables, multiple people, and multiple occasions of…

Results from many research studies have given substance to the concept of the "creative personality". Presented here is a questionnaire consisting of 72 scored items which incorporate these extensive research results. (Author)

There have been no previous studies on how often psychologists conduct feedback and whether they view this practice as a useful component of assessment. To explore psychologists' feedback practices and their perception of the effects of feedback on their clients, the authors examined survey data from 719 psychologist members of the International…

Holland's theory of six work personalities has become a staple of vocational psychology, providing a robust and simple model for understanding the structure of vocational interests. Though Holland's types provide a common vocabulary for vocational psychologists working with a variety of populations, until this point there has not been a measure of…