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A Person-Centered Perspective on Multidimensional Perfectionism in Canadian and Chinese University Students: A Multigroup Latent Profile Analysis
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Smith, Martin M.; Saklofske, Donald H.; Yan, Gonggu; Sherry, Simon B. – Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 2016
This study investigated the generalizability of the tripartite model of perfectionism across Canadian and Chinese university students. Using latent profile analysis and indicators of perfectionistic strivings, perfectionistic concerns, and neuroticism in both groups, the authors derived a 3-profile solution: adaptive perfectionists, maladaptive…
Descriptors: Models, Personality Traits, Asians, Foreign Countries
An Affective Dimension within Oppositional Defiant Disorder Symptoms among Boys: Personality and Psychopathology Outcomes into Early Adulthood
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Burke, Jeffrey D. – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2012
Background: A dimension of negatively oriented affect within oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) symptoms, which has been described as irritability, has been shown to predict depression and anxiety. Related constructs have been linked to temperament and personality constructs. However, only a few studies have examined the prediction from…
Descriptors: Psychopathology, Personality Problems, Anxiety, Depression (Psychology)
A New Look at the Big Five Factor Structure through Exploratory Structural Equation Modeling
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Ludtke, Oliver; Muthen, Bengt; Asparouhov, Tihomir; Morin, Alexandre J. S.; Trautwein, Ulrich; Nagengast, Benjamin – Psychological Assessment, 2010
NEO instruments are widely used to assess Big Five personality factors, but confirmatory factor analyses (CFAs) conducted at the item level do not support their a priori structure due, in part, to the overly restrictive CFA assumptions. We demonstrate that exploratory structural equation modeling (ESEM), an integration of CFA and exploratory…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Factor Structure, Personality Traits, Factor Analysis
The Relation between Specialty Choice of Psychology Students and Their Interests, Personality, and Cognitive Abilities
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Wicherts, Jelte M.; Vorst, Harrie C. M. – Learning and Individual Differences, 2010
The aim of this longitudinal study was to investigate differences in interests, personality, and cognitive abilities between students majoring in the six specialties of psychology at the University of Amsterdam. Results show that students at Social Psychology and Work and Organizational Psychology were on average more extraverted than students of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Student Interests, Personality Traits, Social Psychology
Blood-Injury-Illness Phobia: A Review.
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Thyer, Bruce A.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1985
Surveys empirical literature pertaining to phobias of blood, injury, or illness (BII); defines BII phobia as selectively associated with vasovagal fainting response upon exposure to phobic stimuli. Presents clinical, demographic, and etiological information from 15 BII phobics and suggests that BII phobia warrants diagnostic category separate from…
Descriptors: Adults, Anxiety, Classification, Clinical Diagnosis
A Model of Psychopathology Based on an Integration of MMPI Actuarial Systems.
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Skinner, Harvey A.; Jackson, Douglas N. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1978
Evaluated relationships among Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) code types from the Gilberstadt and Duker and the Marks, Seeman, and Haller systems. Superordinate types were identified: neurotic, psychotic and sociopathic. Data from the MMPI do not support the practice of highly differentiated classification within the three…
Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Identification, Labeling (of Persons)
An Empirical Typology of Perfectionism in Academically Talented Children.
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Parker, Wayne D. – American Educational Research Journal, 1997
A national sample of 820 academically talented children took the Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale. Cluster analyses of scores found a three-cluster solution. Further analyses indicated that these clusters were: nonperfectionistic (32.%), healthy perfectionistic (41.7%), and dysfunctional perfectionistic (25.5%). The construct of perfectionism…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Children, Classification, Cluster Analysis
The Groningen Social Disabilities Schedule: Development, Relationship with I.C.I.D.H., and Psychometric Properties.
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Wiersma, D.; And Others – International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 1988
The Groningen Social Disabilities Schedule for the assessment of social dysfunctioning of psychiatric patients is described. The measure is based on social role theory and the hierarchy in social disabilities as well as compatibility with the International Classification of Impairments. The semistructured measure allows for posing supplementary…
Descriptors: Classification, Interpersonal Competence, Mental Disorders, Neurosis
Discrepancy Between Self-Reported Self-Disclosure and Actual Self-Disclosure and Its Relationship to Group Psychotherpay Outcome.
Burstein, Laurie J.; And Others – 1980
Self-disclosure (SD) is considered an important part of psychotherapy and an essential ingredient of psychological health. The difference between self-reported SD (how much a patient said he disclosed) and observed SD (how much a therapist said the patient disclosed) was investigated to examine the effects on psychotherapy outcome. Adult…
Descriptors: Classification, Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Congruence (Psychology)