Analysis of data indicates that there are no statistically significant personality variable differences between (1) proctor candidates versus all the students who did not apply and (2) between students selected to be proctors compared to those not selected. Academic variables seem to be the determining factor in both application and selection. But…

Examines three dimensions of credibility from a multivariate listener perspective and concludes that dynamism is the most important variable with trustworthiness second and competency third. (MH)

The literature on the diagnostic validity of schizotypal personality disorders (SPD) in childhood is reviewed, and the results of a chart review of 20 SPD children meeting Diagnostic and Statistical Manual III criteria are presented suggesting that SPD in childhood exists and warrants study. (Author/CB)

Administered personality measures to residence hall personnel (N=48) to test assertive, nonassertive, or hostile responses to describe residence hall disciplinary situations. Found that not all personnel were well suited to college student disciplining and that the personality tests could be used to identify individuals who may be best suited for…

Administered The Matching Familiar Figures Test to 45 seven- and eight-year-olds to assess the relationship between cognitive style and temperamental variables such as distractibility, persistence, and mood. (HOD)

The construct validity of the Impulsive scale of the Interpersonal Style Inventory (ISI), and its relation to Eysenck's extraversion were investigated. High school males completed self report personality measures. They were rated by counselors on an impulsive scale. Counselor ratings correlated at a significant level with self-report scores.…

While the author and Raymond Cattell approach personality study differently, their similar conclusions reveal their constructs and theories as complimentary, not contradictory. They agree on major issues: the existence of general personality traits with consistent associated behaviors, the relevance of multivariate studies, and the importance of…

Assessed temperament of newborn twins using comprehensive neonatal exam that focused on irritability, resistance to soothing activity, and reinforcement value. Some infants were later assessed at 9 months. Emotional activity appeared to be core dimension stretching over ages and is discussed in relation to formulations of infant temperament.…

Female art students, rather than male art students, claimed tendencies to seek change for the sake of pleasure and to be competitive and aggressive. No differences in personality characteristics were found between males and females studying studio arts and those studying English and psychology. (Author/RM)

Subjects were given the PF and the EPPS. Some results were that the more regularly males attend church the greater their preoccupation with inner experience; the opposite for females. (Author/EK)

This study attempted to verify Holland's theory of intellectual and social orientations by use of Jung's typological characteristics. Support was obtained for the original hypotheses for male subjects on three of the four personality variables. The results for female subjects were insignificant except for attitudes toward the disabled. (Author)

The correlates of 16 scales for the identification of substance abuse developed for the adolescent form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory were studied with 180 adolescents receiving treatment for substance abuse. As expected, previously validated scales were reliably and positively correlated with therapists' ratings of behavioral…

The contributions of specific scales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-Adolescent (MMPI-A) to the classification of 180 adolescent substance abusers into groups characterized by aspects of behavioral control were studied. Seven scales made significant contributions to the classification of substance abusers into three groups, with…

To study deviations from U.S. population demographics in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2 restandardization sample, validity, clinical, content, and supplementary scale comparisons were performed between the restandardization sample and a census-matched subsample. Results indicate that deviations from population demographic…