This study investigates the construct validity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) with the hope of clarifying contradictions in previous studies using similar methods. Subjects' type categories generated by the MBTI, self-typings, and typing by subjects' spouses were used. (Author/AL)

Describes the Q-sort procedure for identifying and checking students' initial impressions of each other based almost entirely on nonverbal cues. (JMF)

Reviews federal guidelines for psychological test use in employee selection. Summarizes findings on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) use in selection of candidates for police officers. Notes that MMPI scales measuring defensiveness and hysteria have been reported as positively correlated with performance, whereas scales measuring…

Studies in the field of personality have systematically found gender differences in two of the three dimensions of the Eysenck model: neuroticism and psychoticism. This study aims to analyze these differences in the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire--Revised (EPQ-R) scales using differential item functioning (DIF) techniques to determine whether…

The purpose of this study was to apply psychobiography to the lives of Hillary Clinton and Condoleezza Rice. Psychobiography can be applied as a method of teaching personality theory and it can also be used as a research method. Most political personas are crafted through 20 second sound bites from the radio, Internet, and television. However, a…

The use of the MMPI and MMPI-2 to assist in the understanding of individuals with bulimia nervosa is examined. DSM-IV criteria for diagnosis of bulimia nervosa are reviewed. It is also important to understand the personality variables or psychological correlates associated with this disorder. The structure and history of the MMPI and MMPI-2 are…

Article investigated the psychological characteristics of chronic primary insomniacs (persons who show no major psychological or medical problems other than long-term difficulties with sleep). (Author/RK)

The purpose of this research was to study the feasibility of estimating the major CPI factors directly from CPI scale scores and to determine whether such estimates of factor scores could be used to formulate personality types. (Author)

Study supported in part by a grant from the California State Department of Mental Hygiene

Students who had been administered the College Student Questionnaires, Part-1, were categorized into the six personality types proposed by Holland. Following this procedure, the personality types' mean scores on the seven scales of the College Student Questionnaires were compared in an effort to determine whether or not significant differences…

The present investigation involves 600 personality questionnaire items. The 300 Guilford items comprise 78 marker clusters for 15 Guilford factors; the 300 Cattell items represent marker items for 17 Cattell factors. The study involved two major analyses. In the first, the 600 x 600 matrix was factor analyzed by the Principal Factor Method,…