A rationale for the Environmental Response Inventory (ERI) a multiscale measure of environmental dispositions, is presented. Details of the development of the instrument are outlined, and a description of the scales is provided. Applications of the ERI to various areas of research in man-environment relations are reviewed. (Editors/BT)

Temperament is examined from a longitudinal, within-individual perspective in order to investigate short-term change and patterns of temperament changes. For 100 consectutive days five mothers completed a temperament survey, reporting on their own and their two-year-old children's behavior. Patterns of change were identified for both mothers and…

Two procedures--a consensual procedure and an independent procedure--for measuring personality, and a demonstration designed to help students understand which is more accurate and why, are described. Independent ratings are found to be more valid than group consensus. (RM)

Comparisons of temperament ratings of preschool and kindergarten children to determine level of agreement among observers showed that teacher and parent ratings were in no greater agreement than student and parent ratings. Teachers and students displayed highest number of significant correlations. Agreement did not increase with age of children.…

Presents overview of Lazarus's multimodal therapy model and the Q-sort, an observer-evaluation scoring instrument. Outlines feasibility of integrating Q-sort within multimodal model. Describes both a preliminary attempt using expert raters to categorize Q-sort cards within the model and a case study on how to assess client by incorporating Q-sort…

Reviews research concerning the usefulness of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory in identification of alcoholics' personality characteristics. Discusses scales, profile configurations, and item analyses. Finds no single personality type characteristic of all alcoholics, although six cluster types occur with consistency. Alcoholics…

Results from use of Role Construct Repertory Test and Bipolar Implication Grid with 17 undergraduates support hypotheses that: (1) personal constructs elicited early in repertory test are subjectively more important than those elicited later; (2) former tend to be more meaningful than latter in terms of implication potential; and (3) implication…

Describes Carl Jung's theory of psychological type and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), an instrument to assess Jungian type. Cites sources of information on the research and application of the theory and the MBTI. Explores how knowledge of type theory can be useful to counselor educators. (Author)

Considers the cross-cultural consistency of personality inventories, concluding that it is justifiable to use the scale of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire for comparisons within and between different countries. (Author/LHW)

Evaluated the personal adjustment of counseling center clients (N=60) whose highest Sc scale score on the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was over 70. Results supported a continued need to delineate more precisely the significance of elevated MMPI scores for nonpsychiatric populations. (LLL)

Compared pre- and posttreatment Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory profiles of female inpatients (N=12) with anorexia nervosa. Results showed change after treatment, and found that pretreatment profiles obtained at a different hospital were remarkably similar, which suggests a common constellation of personality characteristics in…

Type-A Prone and Type-A personalities were assessed on the basis of the Cassel Type-A Personality Assessment Profile. Statistical data analysis indicated differences in positive lifestyle, blood pressure, and self-control and no differences in negative lifestyle, pulse rate, or peripheral temperature. Type-A Prone and Type-A norm profiles were…

Hyperactive children were less compliant and more negative than were nonhyperactive controls, and their mothers responded more negatively to their compliance than mothers of nonhyperactive children. Mothers of hyperactive children reported more psychological difficulties in relatives and rated their children as more deviant than nonhyperactive…

Compares Down's Syndrome children with normal siblings on various temperament dimensions, using data collected from mothers' completion of the Toddler Temperament Scale and followup questionnaire. (NH)

Comparisons of 95 Native American women alcoholics with 39 Caucasian women alcoholics, using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, indicated Native Americans were more toughminded and more extroverted. Discusses the need to translate personality differences between Caucasian and Native American women alcoholics into both traditional and…