Examined linkages between novelty seeking, as defined by C. Cloninger (1986), harm avoidance, and reward dependence dimensions and risky sexual behavior among 200 boys in treatment for substance abuse and delinquency compared to 200 boys recruited from the community. Analyses indicate that differences in personality failed to account for observed…

Examines variations in the relationships among child characteristics, parenting stress, and parental involvement. Analyses revealed significant, yet somewhat different, associations between child temperament and parental stress for mothers and fathers. More significant associations were found between perceptions of child temperament and…

Investigates the association between personality disorder (PD) and substance use among adolescents in the United States and Greece. Results indicated that adolescents with PDs reported more frequent alcohol consumption than did those without PDs. Differences were not observed in the prevalence of alcohol use, cigarette use, or PDs as a function of…

Examines a link between attachment style and person-centered comforting. Notes that research suggests that those with secure attachment beliefs tend to be better comforters than those who are more avoidantly or anxiously attached. Suggests that one possible explanation lies in secures' ability to construct person-centered comforting messages.…

Outlines the OCEAN model of personality which includes the domains of Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism. Provides a detailed explanation of each factor and a case study to illustrate how the model can be used to diagnose clients. Discusses advantages of this diagnostic approach and implications for usage.…

Discusses implications of the Downing and Roush (1985) feminist identity development model for feminist therapy with women. Describes potential pitfalls of feminist therapy and emergent issues at subsequent stages of client's identity development. Proposes research agenda for hypothesis testing of model when applied to therapy with women clients.…

Presents several perspectives on maladaptive perfectionism. Discusses origins and characteristics of this congnitive-behavioral pattern. Offers treatment recommendations for college students troubled by ego-dystonic perfectionism. (Author/CM)

Examined amount of variation in subjects' judgments of same behavior. Subjects observed target persons on videotape and rated both targets and themselves on five dimensions. For three dimensions there was significantly more variance in group's target ratings than in group's self-ratings. Variation suggests that low personality correlations should…

Empirical studies based on psychoanalytic model have concentrated on study of therapeutic process and diagnostic groups such as borderline personality disorder (BPD). Work in BPD provides paradigm for future approaches in study of second-order inferences removed from immediate observational field. Concept of structure may be clarified by empirical…

Assessed in a longitudinal study whether the goodness of fit between early adolescents' (n=75) temperaments and their parents' and peers' demands was more related to adjustment than were acontexual measures of temperament alone. Results provide some support for the goodness of fit model and at the same time encourage further research from this…

Investigated personality styles, concerns, and behaviors of depressed adolescents using Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI). Data from 332 high school students on Beck Depression Inventory and MAPI were reduced to 2 factors accounting for 65.1 percent of total variance, the first suggesting socially withdrawn, overtly recognizable…

Refugee women frequently are successful advocates due to such traits as intuition, courage, perseverance, and maternal instinct. Cultural adjustment skills and opportunities for citizenship training also contribute to their success as advocates. (SK)

Explored the relationship of selected temperament characteristics and ideational fluency in preschool children. Distractibility and adaptability were related to original scores on pattern subtests of the Multidimensional Stimulus Fluency Measure, while temperament was related to original scores on tasks involving tactile manipulation of visible…

Tests the hypothesis that listener-adapted communication (LAC) is positively related to extroversion and that this relationship is independent of differentiation. Finds that the hypothesis was supported and that differentiation did not have the strong effect on LAC reported in past research. (SR)

A study examined the role of meaning, familiarity with the task, and sex-stereotypic personality disposition in college students' success expectancy. It found no evidence for sex-related personality disposition to lower success expectancy, suggesting a need to examine how meaning and familiarity can affect college students' success. (MSE)