Multivariate Experimental Clinical Research, v.9 no.1
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Item Journal of Multivariate Experimental Personality and Clinical Psychology, v.9 no.1 (complete version)(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1989)Item An examination of self-esteem in the context of general personality functioning(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1989) Kawash, George; Clewes, Janet L.; Keating, LeoThe Coopersmith Self-Esteem Inventory (SEI) and the Children's Personality Questionnaire (CPQ) or the High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ) were administered to 350 children and adolescents. An obliquely rotated factor analysis of the matrix of intercorrelations amoing SEI factors and CPQ/HSPQ factors allowed for an examination of self-esteem as a general vs. specific construct and for an enquiry into its relationship with other well established personality factors. The results suggested that a hierarchical model of self-esteem, with a general (global) factor at the second-order is a defensible position, and that self-esteem can be differentiated clearly from other personality factors while retaining significant correlations with some of them, most notably anxiety.Item Jungian types from Cattellian variables(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1989) Croom, William C.; Wallace, Jeffrey M.; Schuerger, James M.Regression equations were developed to predict Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) scores from the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) scores. The equations were derived from intercorrelations given in the handbooks for the two instruments, and were cross-validated using data from two samples of varying populations (students and managers). Results were evaluated with respect to the ability to predict both single preference scores and the 4-letter "type". Accuracy was found to approximate the short-term test-retest reliability of the MBTI. It appears that scores from one general personality inventory (the 16PF) can provide access to constructs from a different theoretical context. Applied and theoretical implications were discussed.Item Special review(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1989) Boyle, Gregory J.Item Central dynamic traits measured in the school motivation analysis test(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1989) Boyle, Gregory J.The School Motivation Analysis Test (SMAT) is an objective instrument which is purported to measure 10 of the major motivational dynamic structures evident in adolescents. Using the matrices of subscale intercorrelations for males and females reported in the SMAT Handbook, quasi-higher-order scale factor analyses of the instrument were undertaken. In addition, a cross-validational analysis was undertaken using a sample of Australian-born Greek adolescents. Results indicated that at least five higher-order SMAT factors accounted for most of the common factor variance. Noteworthy was the finding that both Superego and Self-Sentiment emerged as "master sentiments" among the central dynamic traits. Nevertheless, the degree of variation in higher-order factor pattern solutions across both studies and samples suggested that further refinement of the SMAT is required in order to improve its reliability and robustness.