Using three samples of children--a heterogeneous group, a hyperactive group, and a replication sample of hyperactive children--evaluted the Stony Brook Scale (SBS). Results indicated the SBS independently assessed hyperactivity and aggression in samples of hyperactive children. (Author/RC)

Undergraduates completed self-report inventories of assertiveness, participated in behavior role-playing tasks and in vivo measures of assertiveness, and completed the Personality Research Form E (PRF-E). Of 22 PRF-E scales, 11 had at least one significant correlation with assertiveness measures. Some composites of PRF-E scales were related to…

Related the Barron Ego Strength Scale to the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule, the Tolerance Scale of the California Psychological Inventory, and the Practical Outlook Scale of the Omnibus Personality Inventory, using 80 female subjects. Results showed significant correlations between ego strength and abasement, dominance, tolerance, and…

Investigated the adequacy of the Rathus Assertiveness Schedule (RAS) as a global measure of assertiveness. Analysis indicated that the RAS does not provide a unidimensional index of assertiveness, but rather measures a number of factors including situation-specific assertive behavior, aggressiveness, and a more general assertiveness. (Author)

A scale designed to measure teachers' generalized expectations for internal-external control over student success and failure in the classroom is described. Validation studies indicated that the scale predicted teachers' behaviors in the classroom, including their willingness to adopt new instructional techniques. (Author/JN)

Faschingbauer offered guidelines in selecting MMPI short forms as substitutes for the MMPI. This reviews empirical studies of the clinical validity of MMPI short forms and discusses MMPI-168, not considered in Faschingbauer's earlier article. Empirical evidence favors the Faschingbauer Abbreviated MMPI and the MMPI-168 over others. (Author)

Reports standardization of the Child Behavior Checklist for boys aged 6-11. Analysis of CBCLs of disturbed boys yielded behavior problem scales labeled schizoid, depressed, uncommunicative, obsessive-compulsive, somatic complaints, social withdrawal, hyperactive, aggressive, and delinquent. Second-order factors are Internalizing and Externalizing.…

Investigated the need for special Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) norms for Black adults. The difference between responses of Blacks and Whites to rarely endorsed items suggests that, for Blacks, this new scale may be a more accurate measure of correlates associated with endorsement of deviant items. (Author/BEF)

Scores of specialized Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) scales (the Prejudice scale, the Ego-Strength scale, and the MacAndrew Alcoholism scale) were related to the scores of the standard MMPI scales. However, individual scores of the three specialized scales could not be accurately predicted from the standard scales. (Author/BEF)

Examined interscale comparability among four inventories: Bem Sex-Role Inventory, Personality Attributes Questionnaire, Personality Research Form ANDRO scale, and Masculinity and Femininity scales of the Adjective Check List. Subjects were categorized discrepantly by any pair of inventories, suggesting limited comparability of sex role research…

Explored the relationship between family support system availability and crisis reactions of entering freshman college students using self-report measure. The availability of the student's family was inversely correlated with his or her crisis score. (Author)

A variety of teacher behaviors derived from a controlled teaching task is reported. A Brunswickian "lens model" was used to organize the relationships of behavior dimensions to some teacher attitude and personality measures. Teacher attitudes showed stronger relationships to behavior than personality measures. (Author/GK)

Presents a multidimensional conception of fear of death and provides subscales for measuring suggested dimensions (fear of the dying process, of the dead, of being destroyed, for significant others, of the unknown, of conscious death, for body after death, and of premature death). Evidence for construct validity is provided. (Author/BEF)

Diggory and Rothman theorized that individuals who value the self would fear death. The death anxiety scale correlated significantly with self-related measures, but in the opposite direction from what was expected on the basis of this theory. (Author)

Referred children were rated as significantly less self-controlled on the self control rating scale (SCRS) than were matched nonreferred children. Significant differences were found on the SCRS, Matching Familiar Figures test latencies and behavioral observations. The SCRS appeared to be a reliable and valid index of self-control. (Author)