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Impression Management in the Ethical Self-Presentation of Offenders Undergoing Presentence Evaluation
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Holland, Terrill R.; Boik, Robert J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1978
Ethical choices were assessed for offenders instructed to produce favorable versus unfavorable impressions. Pronounced impression management effects were obtained for prosocial and antisocial responses, and high scores on a dimension of change defined by these variables were related to sociopathic features on the MMPI. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Criminology, Personality Measures, Prisoners
Dimensions, Patterns, and Personality Correlates of Drug Abuse in an Offender Population.
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Holland, Terrill R. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Drug abuse scores from prisoners resulted in two factors describing lifetime use of cannabis versus opiates. Analysis of Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) profiles versus drug abuse patterns indicated moderate, unidimensional relationship between variables. MMPI profiles of opiate users were similar to those identified in research…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Rating Scales, Correlation, Drug Abuse
Classification of Prison Inmates with the MMPI: An Extension and Validation of the Megargee Typology.
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Booth, Raydell J.; Howell, Robert J. – Criminal Justice and Behavior, 1980
Megargee's MMPI federal prisoner classification was used to determine validity with prisoners. Similarities and differences were examined and predictive validity was tested. It was concluded that the Megargee system can be used in grouping state prisoners. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Classification, Institutional Research
The Relationship between the Overcontrolled-Hostility Scale and the MMPI 4-3 High-Point Pair.
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Walters, Glenn D.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1982
Investigated the relationship between the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory 4-3 high-point pair and the Overcontrolled-Hostility (O-H) scale in prisoners, psychology clinic outpatients, and inpatients at a state hospital. Results suggested the O-H scale and the 4-3 high-point pair are correlated and seem to measure the same types of…
Descriptors: Aggression, Behavior Patterns, Comparative Testing, Personality Measures