Reports basic research on the meaning and measurement of family attitudes and the development of a new measurement instrument, the Family Motivation Test. Theoretical system is called the Investment-Subsidation Model. (Author/DB)

Two predictions derived from the view that agreeing response set is a personality manifestation were tested: (a) nay-sayers maintain more belief consistency than do yea-sayers, and (b) nay-sayers are more intellectually oriented, while yea-sayers are more emotionally oriented. Both predictions were supported using Air Force trainee subjects.…

Studies of personality integration in children and adults show that certain personality characteristics that predict effective behavior appear to be remarkably continuous regardless of differences in age, gender, race, or socioeconomic status. The studies point to the importance of self-esteem for effective behavior. (PP)

Examined a Sufi personality typology that describes nine life strategies depicted by a nine-sided figure called the enneagram. Devised an objective 135-item test instrument to differentiate the nine styles, and obtained positive results. Enneagram typology may have diagnostic, prognostic, and heuristic value for studying personality structure and…

Responses of 522 middle-class parents to Torrance's Ideal Child Checklist were factor analyzed. Four dimensions were found to underly the 66 items that originally comprised the scale: Factor I, Confident, Aggressive, Well Adjusted; Factor II, Socially Virtuous; Factor III, Negativistic, Critical; and Factor IV, Creative-Intuitive. These dimensions…

To make psychology course content more relevant to college students, popular television presentations can be used to illustrate psychological concepts. Students in a theories of personality course wrote brief essays explaining the behavior of their favorite TV characters. (RM)

Compared factor analyses of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-168 (MMPI) with the MMPI full length version using a sample of male drug addicts. Found the two versions comparable. Factor structures were highly similar for Blacks and Whites, although significant mean differences on many scales suggested greater psychopathology among…

Discusses how Holland's typology of personality styles and person-environment interaction can serve as a framework for increasing adult male use of mental health services. Suggests counseling techniques which may be more suitable for males having a realistic personality style. (Author)

Examined the relationship between interpersonal relationships in groups and the attitudinal resolutions of the first six developmental crises of Erikson's theory of personality. Findings indicated that Erikson's attitudinal variables significantly differentiate group roles, and can assign subjects to group role categories with reasonable success.…

Investigated the individual item response patterns of the Depression Adjective Check List (DACL) form E where the population group, sex, race, age, and education were the independent variables. Of the 34 analyses, 32 produced the population as the most significant contribution to the prediction equation. (Author)

Based on Myers-Briggs Type Indicator profiles 182 students were assigned residence hall suites. Results supported the proposition that perceived social climate of a set of residence halls could be influenced in theoretically predictable and developmentally helpful ways. (Author/RC)

Tested delinquent adolescents aged 10-16 to determine characteristics of depressive symptomatology. On the three measures the delinquent adolescent sample showed evidence of reduced self-esteem, depressive symptomatology, and characteristically external locus of control orientation. Discusses implications for identification and remediation using…

This study examines relationships between Barrier score measures and occupational motives in a sample of high school students. The Barrier score, derived from content analysis of responses to Rorschach Inkblot stimuli, is a quantitative appraisal of the body boundary concept, reflecting the psychological barrier separating the individual from his…

Anxious college students were assigned to transcendental meditation (TM) and a control treatment. Demographic and pretest personality variables were correlated with continuation in treatment. The TM dropout was more disturbed and less self-critical than the person who continued. Differing treatment rationales rendered the treatments effective for…

Compared self-concept scores from the Tennessee Self Concept Scale of alcohol- and drug-dependent men. Analysis yielded three significant results: true-false ratio, psychosis, and personality disorder. Data indicated similarity in all men regarding self-concept. A multivariate design in examining substance patterns and self-concept was…