Students (98) choosing careers in special education-behavior disorders or elementary education were given standardized tests to attempt to identify personality traits presented by good special education teachers of the behaviorally disordered. Subtests on teaching humanities and counseling/guidance of young people showed higher means for special…

The use of the EPPS in pre-marital and marital therapy is described. Six pairs of related needs are established, i.e., deference and dominance; order and change; exhibition and intraception; autonomy and affiliation; succorance and nurturance; abasement and aggression. Two case studies are presented to illustrate the usefulness of the EPPS.…

A study was conducted to determine whether personality variables are correlated with specific teaching behaviors as measured before and after a minicourse ("Effective Questioning in a Classroom Discussion," a self-contained package of instructional materials in which teaching skills, which the teacher practices by microteaching, are…

In two college counseling client samples, 29 two-need Edwards Personal Preference Scale (EPPS) patterns were found to occur frequently, 13 involving high achievement. The prediction of college grades in these two samples was studied utilizing these EPPS patterns, a set of traditional aptitude/achievement measures, and patterns combined with…

The purpose of this study was to determine if relationships do exist between personality variables and specific micro-teaching skills developed under supervised and unsupervised conditions. (Author)

In this article, the personality characteristics of today's business students are examined. A group of 15 manifest needs are evaluated by means of the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule and are analyzed within the framework of an analysis of variance model incorporating sex, age, and educational level. (Author)

Three personality measures were administered twice each with an interval of four weeks between administrations, and the response consistency of these tests was analyzed. The evidence is equivocal. The confounding of consistency effects with other sources of variance remains a problem. (Author/CTM)

This study examined the relatedness of teacher candidate's personal preferences to their perceptions of videotaped student misbehavior and to their responses to the misbehavior. Responses were identified as nonassertive, assertive, or hostile. Results and implications regarding an individual's interpretation of teacher training experiences are…

Study was undertaken to determine the degree to which the EPPS, CPI, and 16 PF scales are correlated with the EPI scales and to determine the degree to which the scales in all four inventories are measuring the same common traits. (Authors)

Results indicated that students in counselor education were very similar to other Master's degree students on all but two scales of the Edwards. Counselors were found to be significantly more nurturant and less dominant than were administrators and supervisors. (Author)