Investigates the relationship between dress and personality for both males and females by matching four clothing variables and various categories of personality traits. (MH)

This study investigated the relationship between the attainment of a Piagetian formal operational concept (proportion) and personal characteristics in 117 children 10 to 12 years old. (SB)

Eighty male college freshmen participated in an experiment designed to investigate the hypothesis that enhanced arousal will facilitate subsequent aggressive behavior and that an increase in aggressive behavior will be more likely to occur in a setting of situational permissiveness rather than situational restrictiveness. (Editor)

Examined whether early differences in stress reactivity were related to self-recognition at 18 months. Found that self-recognition was related to greater cortisol response and less rapid quieting at 6 to 18 months, whereas cortisol and quieting responses of 2- to 4-month-olds did not differentiate self-recognizers and non-self-recognizers,…

College students in telecourses (n=699) completed personality and attitude instruments. Students most satisfied with telecourses were mature, venturesome, outgoing, practical, relaxed, and studious. Techniques were recommended to help those less satisfied, who tended to be highly anxious, introverted, and less mature. (SK)

Of 81 men and 69 women studied, those with more self-defeating personality (SDP) characteristics were more career indecisive and had less vocational identity. Women with more SDP had significantly greater career choice anxiety than similar men. Depression contributed to indecision and lack of vocational identity for SDP men and to lack of…

Business students (n=71) evaluated their career success thus far. Framed by social comparison theory, results showed that 68% used other-referent criteria to assess their success. Participants who believed that ability and personality are fixed attributes had greater reliance on other-referent criteria. (Contains 100 references.) (SK)

This article focuses on the impact of torture on refugees; multicultural principles relevant to treatment; and what sequenced models of trauma treatment can offer to the torture survivor. It concludes with suggestions for counselors to consider regarding acculturation, resilience, and the role of mind and body in the treatment of tortured…

Investigates dependency in survivors of childhood sexual abuse (CSA). Analyses of CSA Interpersonal Dependency Inventory scores indicated that among women, CSA survivors obtained higher dependency scores than non-CSA psychiatric patients, community adults, and college students. Findings for men were less consistent. Follow-up analyses revealed…

Personality, interest, and job satisfaction measures were completed by 395 workers. Congruence did not predict job satisfaction. Personality dimensions (neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness) contributed significantly to satisfaction. Extraversion and low neuroticism were unique predictors. (SK)

Data from 359 military officers (measures of personality, ability, and congruence) and supervisor and peer performance ratings were analyzed. Personality and person-environment fit were related to performance. Extroverts and those whose interests were congruent with their work environment tended to receive higher ratings. (Contains 41 references.)…

Integrative Family Therapy provides four family systems assessment components and an intrapsychic assessment component as the foundation for understanding family strengths and challenges. Presents a case study in which obtaining a balanced assessment of the systemic and intrapsychic dynamics was critical to the success of therapy. (GCP)

Tests the relation of agency, communion, and their unmitigated counterparts to the depression vulnerabilities of sociotropy and autonomy, and the role of these variables in predicting dysphoria. After controlling for vulnerabilities, agency was inversely related to measures of dysphoria and negative affect, whereas unmitigated agency was…

Management students formed teams after completing exercises based on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and the Five-Factor Model of Personality. Team members examined how types and traits might affect performance. Most students indicated that understanding personality increased awareness of behavior. Teams that used extreme division of labor were…

Examines whether Asian American-White American differences on a trait measure of social anxiety extend to nonverbal behavior and to reports of anxiety-related emotions during a social performance task. Results indicated that Asian American reported more anxiety but that they did not differ substantially on behavioral indexes of social anxiety.…