Presents a literature review on the day treatment of borderline patients and discusses the diagnosis and dynamics of borderline adolescents. Describes methods used in a day hospital program whose goal was to potentiate a successful start of a longer-term psychotherapeutic process that would continue after discharge. Difficulties in prognosis and…

To explore the relationship between a child's self-concept and psychosocial processes related to the perception of time, 74 preadolescents with asthma were studied. Results suggest that females' perception of the past, present, and future are significantly associated with a host of psychosocial variables and associated with the self, males' less…

A total of 43 mothers of 13-month-old infants were asked to position individuals who were close to them in a network diagram and to indicate which of those individuals provided support. Mothers reported extended networks. Results affirm the importance of spousal support for mothers of infants in intact families. (Author/RH)

Radical criminology has not incorporated a fully developed psychological conception of the individual into their schemes of analyses, concentrating, instead, upon structural determinants and contradictions. As an alternative, an integrated framework, providing a multivariable theory of behavior which considers both subjective and objective…

Investigated whether personality variables differed between families with an agoraphobic parent and families with non-agoraphobic parents. Significant differences in personality variables were found by family and by sex of agoraphobic parent. (Author/BL)

Two confirmatory maximum likelihood factor analytic models of the Personality Research Form-E are presented and discussed for the men's and women's standardization data. Overall, the patterns of correlations within each data matrix are highly similar, but the factor patterns, factor intercorrelations, as well as the error variances, do differ.…

Equations were derived for estimating MMPI (Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory) scores from a short form developed for cognitively impaired individuals. Multiple regression analyses demonstrated that prediction from a single short-form scale was acceptable and was little improved by the addition of other scales or sex of subject to the…

Assessed how individual characteristics and perceptions of infant needs are associated with decisions about employment. Comparisons and findings about decisions to work or stay home are interpreted in light of maternal demographic and personality attributes and maternal perceptions of infant needs and characteristics. (Author/BL)

Finds that Erikson's model of ego development fails to see the relationship between individual crises and the modern postmetaphysical world view, where the meaning of life is in question. Suggests that Erikson's description of crisis and ego integration remains sound but should be tied to the specific problems associated with living in modern…

Explored the effect that subject sex and Extended Personal Attributes Questionnaire (EPAQ) masculinity and femininity scores have on their Expectations About Counseling (EAC) scores. In multiple regression analyses, nine EAC scales provided significant prediction, with femininity accounting for most of the explained variance. (Author/BL)

Surveyed 100 gifted college students matched on race, age, sex, and education with control subjects. High achievers differed statistically from controls on several subscales of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory. Results suggest that certain personality traits (not necessarily desirable or healthy ones) are associated with high…

Investigated correlates of runaway behavior in adolescent females (N=52) as contrasted with nonrunaways (N=51). Results indicated that nonrunaway girls described their parents as supportive and restrictive and themselves as having social self-esteem to a significantly greater extent than did their runaway peers. (LLL)

Investigated seasonal trends in the birth patterns of neurotics (N=989), alcoholics (N=2,870), affective disorders (N=320) and personality disorders (N=713) both before and after controlling for age prevalence. Results did not support the view that birth rates for nonschizophrenic psychiatric disorders are higher in some seasons than in others.…

Compared three short forms of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (IRF, FAM, and MMPI-168) to the full scale in male veterans aged 60 and over (N=100). Results demonstrated no strong statistical advantage for any short form but indicated that the IRF, because of increased comprehensibility, might have wider applicability. (LLL)

Investigated the degree to which the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) could predict criteria of adjustment to prison in 1,313 inmates. Results showed that neither the MMPI or CPI scales were accurate enough to be used alone for individual actuarial prediction. (LLL)