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Peer reviewedRoback, Howard B.; And Others – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1976
The comparative psychological well-being of transsexual females who sought sexual reassignment surgery to harmonize their anatomy with their male gender was investigated. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Personality Assessment, Psychopathology, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedOverall, John E. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1973
In the present investigation, the MMPI profile classification program was used to compare the representatives'' of three different sets of diagnostic prototypes. (Author)
Descriptors: Classification, Individual Characteristics, Personality Assessment, Statistical Analysis
Peer reviewedHedberg, Allan G.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
The present study investigated the utility of the MMPI as a predictor of success or failure of an alcoholic sample in a behavioral outpatient alcoholism treatment program. (Author)
Descriptors: Alcoholism, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Psychological Studies
Peer reviewedHolland, Terrill R.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The MMPI profiles of 359 correctional officer applicants were cluster analyzed, which resulted in the identification of five relatively homogeneous subgroups. The implications of the findings for occupationally adaptive and maladaptive correctional officer behavior were discussed. (Editor)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Correctional Institutions, Personality Assessment, Personnel Evaluation
Peer reviewedLair, Charles V.; King, Glen D. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
The present study was undertaken as a reanalysis of data collected and reported by Lair and Biddy to determine whether the personality dimensions of denial or anxiety, as measured by the MMPI, predict subsequent open heart surgery mortality differently by sex. (Author)
Descriptors: Cardiovascular System, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedKunce, Joseph T.; Anderson, Wayne P. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1976
Effective psychological services require recognition of a client's strengths as well as weaknesses. Personality tests such as the MMPI, however, focus attention upon the abnormal and deviant attributes of personality. Personality evaluation should comprise positive and negative considerations of character to provide a realistic assessment of human…
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Individual Characteristics, Measurement Instruments, Personality Assessment
Colligan, Robert C.; And Others – 1983
The original normative base for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) was established in the late 1930's and early 1940's. While there was a refining of this original sample in 1957, no contemporary standards for normal people have been published. To develop new norms a random sample of 1,919 households in and near Rochester,…
Descriptors: Age, Comparative Testing, Data Collection, Educational Attainment
Download full textMATHIEU, PHILLIPPA L.; MOURSUND, JANET P.
THIS INTERIM REPORT PRESENTS DATA COLLECTED IN A STUDY OF THE INTERPERSONAL ATTITUDES OF ADOLESCENTS. TWELVE GROUPS OF HIGH SCHOOL JUNIORS FROM THREE DIFFERENT SCHOOLS MET IN COUNSELING SESSIONS. THE PRINCIPAL INDEPENDENT VARIABLES IN THE GROUPS WERE CONGENIALITY (STUDENTS CHOSE TO MEET WITH EACH OTHER) AND THE STRUCTURE LEVEL IMPOSED BY THE…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Attitude Measures, Counseling Effectiveness, Group Counseling
