A seven item Likert-type scale was developed to measure self-righteousness, defined as the conviction that one's beliefs and actions are correct, especially in contrast to the beliefs and actions of others. The Self Righteousness Questionnaire (SRQ) measures three components of self-righteousness: belittlement, acceptance, and uncertainty. The…

Hardiness has been defined as a mediator in life stress and, within the health/illness context, has been conceptualized as a personality characteristic. This study used a descriptive exploratory design to examine the concept of hardiness among elderly women. The Stress, Appraisal, and Coping model developed by Lazarus and Folkman (1986) was the…

This study examined personality differences between teachers who performed additional leadership tasks and teachers who, though equally qualified and eligible for such tasks, chose not to apply for leadership roles. Subjects of the study were 60 teachers in the leader's group and 80 in the non-leaders group. The Bi/Polar Inventory of Core…

Gordon Allport believed that one could learn about the content and structure of people's personalities by looking at their expressive movements. While his expectations were not absolute, he did believe that different expressive behaviors were consistent with each other, and that any given expressive behavior, for a particular individual, would be…

The personality characteristics of 50 successfully employed and 50 unsuccessfully employed mildly retarded males (16-19 years old) were evaluated. Analyses of scores on the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, FORM E, indicated that the successfully employed Ss were more practical than imaginative, more tough-minded than tender-minded, and…

This article compares personality characteristics of women physical educators with women educators from other college departments. (JS)

Eysenck's PEN Inventory and Lanyon's Psychological Screening Inventory were given to groups of male and female American undergraduates from a state university. A factorial analysis of the intercorrelations showed that three major factors could account for the bulk of correlations among the nine differently labeled characteristics covered by the…

While extensive research has examined the personality of the alcoholic, current interest centers on the use of differential treatment for different personality types. The aim of such treatment is to focus on the disorder underlying the problem of alcoholism for each particular patient. To look for relationships among personality variables,…

THE IDENTITY CRISIS EXPERIENCED BY THE AMERICAN WOMAN, HER SEX AS A PERSONALITY PATTERNING AGENT, AND HER SUCCESS OR FAILURE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF A VOCATIONAL SELF-CONCEPT AS IT IS EXPRESSED THROUGH OCCUPATIONAL ROLES ARE EXAMINED. DURING AN 8-YEAR PERIOD, RESPONSES TO AN OPINION QUESTIONNAIRE (WITH INTERVIEW FOLLOWUPS) WERE GATHERED FROM 300…

THE PURPOSE OF THIS STUDY WAS TO INVESTIGATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHANGES IN OPENNESS TO EXPERIENCE OF STUDENT TEACHERS AND THE OPENNESS OF THEIR COOPERATING TEACHERS AND COLLEGE SUPERVISORS. THE STUDENT TEACHERS COMPLETED THE COLLEGE STUDENT PROBLEMS Q-SORT TO MEASURE THEIR OPENNESS AND CHANGES IN OPENNESS DURING STUDENT TEACHING. COOPERATING…

Recorded voice samples elicit stereotyped personality judgments, generally consistent among listeners, but very seldom valid. The manner of stereotyping was investigated through analysis of the relationship of nine vocal characteristics (breathy, thin, flat, nasal, tense, throaty, orotund, rate, pitch variety) to 40 personality characteristics…

Starting with the premise that the construct-oriented approach is the only viable approach to personality assessment, this paper considers five propositions. First, a prerequisite to generalizable and valid psychometric measurement of personality rests on the choice of broad-based constructs with systematic univocal definitions. Next, measures…

In the last half dozen years, the field of personality psychology has been asked to reconsider certain premises that traditionally have guided conceptualization and research. The most influential questioner and critic has been Mischel. The essential criticism, advanced and buttressed in a number of ways, is an empirical one: namely, the research…

The object of the research reported in this paper is to prepare guidelines for methods for the more efficient education of adult students in Sweden engaged in planned programs leading to comprehensive, vocational or secondary school competence or to corresponding degrees of competence required for further vocational education. this first stage…