In the present study, the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory- III (MCMI-III) was administered to 210 female inmates in a jail-based substance abuse prevention program. Analyses resulted in the following three cluster profiles: "normal" (no significant elevations), narcissistic, and antisocial. Hypotheses regarding the personality…

The authors present a psychological resistance model, based on the 7 principles of the Nguzo Saba, for women across race, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, and class. Two forms of resistance, optimal and suboptimal, are described. Case studies demonstrating the principles and both strategies of resistance are presented. Implications for…

Investigated Personality Inventory for Children scores of 132 learning-disabled children between ages of 6 and 12 years. Results indicated that learning-disabled children comprised heterogeneous population in terms of psychosocial functioning and that subtypes of learning-disabled children with similar patterns of socioemotional adjustment can be…

Examined relations between patterns of cognitive functioning, as measured by Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children and psychosocial functioning, as measured by Personality Inventory for Children, in 132 children with learning disabilities. The findings support the notion that patterns of cognitive performance are related to patterns of…

Investigated relations between normal and psychopathological personality characteristics in inpatient male alcoholics (N=72). Results demonstrated statistically significant and meaningful relations between inventoried normal and psychopathological personality scores of persons in an inpatient alcohol treatment program. Results support conclusion…

Examined relations among adrenocortical stress reactivity, infant emotional or proneness-to-distress temperament, and quality of attachment in 66 infants tested at 9 and 13 months. Adrenocortical activity was not associated with attachment classifications. Significant only at 9 months, elevations in cortisol were small. (RH)

The author shares insights distilled from years of working with people who must be creative for a living. Includes a list of distinctive traits of creative people, blocks to creativity, and advice for rekindling the fires of creativity. Points out that creativity cannot be taught, but can be rediscovered. (JOW)

Reviews federal guidelines for psychological test use in employee selection. Summarizes findings on Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) use in selection of candidates for police officers. Notes that MMPI scales measuring defensiveness and hysteria have been reported as positively correlated with performance, whereas scales measuring…

Reviews studies of impact of comorbidity of personality disorders and depression on response to various forms of treatment. Notes that findings support belief that personality disorders are associated with poorer response to treatment for depression. Also notes that limited data available suggest that depression may be positive prognostic…

To assess the construct validity of Holland, Daiger, and Power's (1980) measure of Vocational Identity (VI), three personality and four vocational variables were correlated to the VI scale. The results provided evidence of both convergent and discriminant validity for the VI scale. (Author)

Considers contributions of Farley's Type T theory of personality and motivation to family psychology. Outlines some implications of Type T for range of marital treatment issues. Notes that Type T can be used as a predictor of change in therapy and as an assessment of whether people are really going to change. (NB)

Compared Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) items for 128 females convicted of forgery against items for 128 females from age-matched normative sample. Thirty-three items were significant at 0.0001 level. Significant items were categorized as value system, relations with family, uncertainty, appearance of perfectionism,…

Discusses the International Resilience Research Project (IRRP), a study that surveyed more than 1,200 families and children from 27 sites in 22 countries. Presents the 15 elements of resilience and their three sources that were identified by the IRRP; demonstrates how to use these elements to promote resilience in youth. (Author/MKA)

The Anxiety About Aging Scale (AAS) was modified to produce an instrument designed to assess aging anxiety in an elderly population; specifically, the future orientation of the AAS was modified for use with older adults. Validity testing was done on elderly individuals living in an independent community (N=123). (Author/EMK)

Two studies (n=139, n=868) using alternate assessment instruments demonstrated that vocational interest was moderately related to personality type. Limited overlap among interests, personality, and ability suggests that assessment of each domain provides unique information important for career development. (SK)