Toward the Objective Diagnosis of Psychopathology: Generalizability of Modal Personality Profiles.

Skinner, Harvey A.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1976

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Toward the Objective Diagnosis of Psychopathology: Generalizability of Modal Personality Profiles

Skinner, Harvey A.; And Others

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 44, 1, 111-116, Feb 76

This study evaluated the representativeness of eight personality prototypes among alcoholic patients, prison inmates, general psychiatric patients, and normals. Classification hit rates ranged from 25.0 percent for a college student group to 53.6 percent for male prison inmates. These figures were substantially greater than chance. Two profiles were notably pervasive across all samples. (Author)

Descriptors: Alcoholism, Educational Diagnosis, Patients, Personality Assessment, Prisoners, Profiles, Psychological Characteristics, Psychopathology, Rating Scales, Research Projects

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