Examined the validity of a hand-scorable, mechanical procedure for deriving interpersonal maturity level (I-level) subtypes with a sample of serious delinquents (N=1,131). Results showed that 65 percent of the youths received a single classification, 34 percent a multiple (dual) classification, and one percent were unclassifiable. (BH)

Describes the development of an automatic referral system (Autorf) on an inpatient alcohol and day unit (N=150). Preliminary results with regard to the validity of the Autorf system are reported. Implications for treatment of alcoholics and program efficiency are discussed. (JAC)

Sometimes the main reason for situational impotence is a gross anomaly in a patient's erotic preferences. An overview on nonverbal diagnostic methods is presented, and one of them, the phallometric test, is described in more detail, including a discussion of its limitations. (Author)

Locating and selecting an instrument that measures resilience is no simple task. This document provides information about several measures of resilience or hardiness that have been used in recent years. The discussion of each measure includes information about its origins, a description of the measure and its uses, and a discussion of the…

It was the major intent of the present study to investigate personality trait differences among adolescents judged to be differentially gifted. (Author)

Personality differences betweeen adolescent males who engage in illegal behaviors with accomplices and those who engage in illegal behaviors alone are examined. Contrary to the findings of earlier researchers, in the present study, no personality differences between the two groups were found. (Author)

This study investigated whether personality needs discriminate between counselor trainees who prefer the administrator specialty and those who prefer the practitioner functional specialty. The results suggest that the Personality Research Form (PRF) may have value as a tool in the selection of counselors. (Author)

Research is contradictory concerning ability of the Wechsler Object Assembly (OA) subtest to predict bodily preoccupations. This study presents data from an objective personality test that do not support the hypothesis that bodily concerns are indicated by impaired performance on the WAIS OA subtest. (Author)

Meanings, ideas, and theories about personality and the self are examined in this article. It is suggested that first year psychology courses can be improved if concepts like real self are studied professionally by psychologists and the process shared with students. (Author/SM)

The mosaic construction test described here is based upon 242 mosaics made by research scientists, successful well-known writers, highly creative architects, senior honor students in engineering, student playwrights, mathematicians, and upper-division and graduate students in a course in personality assessment. (Author/CB)

When criteria for the personality characteristics were provided by friends' ratings, the direct self-report measures were consistently superior to the indirect. When criteria consisted of experts' judgments, and the study design was biased to favor the indirect measures, these still were not superior to direct self-reports. (Author)

Research with the A-B therapist type'' variable has included many analogue studies in which A and B undergraduates have been assumed to be personologically similar to A and B professionals. The present study cross-validated the personality correlates of A-B status across five new samples. (Author)