Two samples of college undergraduates (N=103 and N=193) were asked to rate the degree to which each of 50 adjectives was applicable to their idea of a normal personality in an effort to determine the dominant characteristics in their conception of a normal personality. The resulting data were subjected to a maximum likelihood factor analysis. Four…

This study investigated the effect of a competitive football season on the personality dimensions of high school varsity football team players (N=50) Personality data were collected using the Cattell 16 P.F. Questionnaire. Each player was ranked according to general football ability on the basis of a coach's rating. The t-test was used to compare…

This study investigated the hypothesis that obese female adolescents would show evidence of greater maladjustment on objective personality indices as compared to general norms for adolescents. Findings support this hypothesis, as measured by the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). In particular, the difficulties of the obese group…

The major premise suggested that a significant relationship exists between the perceived quality of interpersonal relationships of teachers and semiprofessionals and specified personality dimensions. The instruments used were the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. The subjects were experienced…

TESTS ON CREATIVE PERSONALITY WERE STUDIED AND VALIDATED. THE FIVE TESTS CONSIDERED APPROACHED THE PROBLEM OF CREATIVITY MEASUREMENT IN DIFFERING WAYS. TWO WERE CHOSEN FROM PUBLISHED LITERATURE--(1) "SELF-DESCRIPTIVE EXPLORATORY RESEARCH INVENTORY," AND (2) "INCOMPLETE FIGURES TEST." THREE WERE ADAPTED OR DEVISED BY THE…

The Basic Personality Inventory (BPI) was completed by 180 undergraduates who received faking instructions, 182 normal adults, and 404 psychiatric inpatients. The BPI was scored for measures of stylistic responding and for its 12 scales. Reports results of instructions to fake, incidence of stylistic responding, and detection of faking using three…

An analysis of the criticisms of personality assessment with exceptional children and a discussion of emerging trends are offered in this literature review. Guidelines for personality assessment are suggested. (Author)

Assessed the utility of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to identify and distinguish among subtypes of delinquent adolescents (N=50). Behavior ratings were used to classify three delinquent subtypes--conduct problem, anxious-withdrawn, and a group with neither feature. Only the Hs scale differed significantly between the…

Administered the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire to a group of executives (N=49) within seven days of their severance and compared the derived personality profiles with a normative group of employed business executives. Results showed that terminated executives were statistically different from employed executives on eight of 16…

Examination of the relationship between Hispanic/Latino ethnicity, racial identification, acculturation, culture, language and the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI/MMPI-2) has revealed controversial results. Because the MMPI/MMPI-2 is the most widely used personality assessment, it is important to understand how ethnic and…

The results of this study showed that the relative usefulness of the three forms of the Mini Mult, a 71-item form of the MMPI, were not encouraging. (JC)

In addition to the correlations with scholastic achievement as evidence of validity reported by Feldhusen and his associates, the results reported in this study provide evidence which suggests that the Sentence Completion Form is an efficient measurement of general adjustment of school children. (Author)

The central question researched was whether transients--hippies--communicate in a way that is negative and harmful, or whether, consistent with their rhetoric, they project warmth, love, and understanding in their interpersonal relationships. (Author)