Browsing Volume 6 (1982-1983) by Title
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Assessment of assertiveness in the intellectually handicapped
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1983)Earlier work in the structural analysis of self-reported difficulty in assertiveness had indicated that individuals differed in terms of a two-facet model - response type (positive vs. negative assertiveness) by referents ... -
Belief in a difficult world: The psychological adjustment component of internal-external locus of control
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1983)Factor analytic studies of Rotter's I-E Scale suggest that locus of control is multidimensional, though little has been done to advance theory by making specialized predictions based on the separate dimensions. Lefcourt ... -
Book review: "A Social Learning Approach: Volume 3 Coercive Family Process" by Gerald R. Patterson, 1982
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Deciding on the ratio of number of subjects to number of variables in factor analysis
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)The appropriate rations among the number of subjects, variables, and retained factors in a factor analysis has been much disputed. A theoretical rationale is developed for deciding on the ration of subjects to variables. ... -
Differential performance on attention and memory tasks as a function of personality in adolescent and adult outpatients: A multivariate approach
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1983)Eysenck's 'personality sphere' was examined in relation to performance measures of verbal and visual attention and memory in 200 male and female adolescent and adult outpatients. Factors, sex, age, and personality ... -
Dimensionality and concurrent validity of the Handler DAP Anxiety Index
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)The Handler Anxiety Index was developed to provide a measure of anxiety from the Draw-A-Person (DAP) protocol. The present study examined the dimensionality and concurrent validity of the Handler Index against two criteria, ... -
Higher-order factor structure of Cattell's MAT and 8SQ
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1983)Previous research has failed to delineate adequately the higher-order factor structure of the Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ), and of the Motivation Analysis Test (MAT). Kline (1979, p.185) concluded that, "... there is ... -
Modal profile analyses of the SCL-90-R for Seven Mental Disorders
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)The SCL-90-R scores of 700 patients representing the seven ICD-9 mental disorders of adjustment reaction, alcohol dependencem neurosis, nonopioid type dependence, opioid type dependence, personality, and schizophrenia were ... -
On the multidimensional structure of personality: An improved definition
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)A mapping sentence is provided for defining the universe of observations of personality. Data on the 16PF questionnaire, derived from American and Israeli student samples on data on a combined administration of the 16PF, ... -
Personality profile comparison between cancer patients and other disease groups
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)This research was designed to measure personality dimensions of cancer patients on an objective instrument, and to make comparisons both within the sample as well as to other disease groups. The Cattell Sixteen Personality ... -
Regression over regression: Or fixations about regression analysis
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)Some of the problems in dealing with regression analysis are described from the psychostatistics analytical viewpoint. A case study and a brief history antecede the covering of these fixations of regression: stepwise is ... -
Relationships between two 16PF interpretive systems
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1983)The interrelationships between a "rational" (Krug, 1981) and an "empirical" (Burger & Kabacoff, 1982) 16PF interpretive system were explored using a variety of procedures. A method for representing the rational types in ... -
Review of "Personality and Learning Theory" by Raymond B. Cattell
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Sex-roles and dyadic uniqueness in parent-child personality trait relationships
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)Parent-child personality trait intercorrelations were examined in 127 intact, middle-class, Caucasian families (393 children: 162 females and 231 males between ages 6 and 22), using the age-appropriate test in the Sixteen ... -
The clinical use of difference scores: Some psychometric problems
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)Some pure statisticians have raised such difficulties regarding difference scores that clinicians and others who are bound to use them have been doing so only with trepidation. This article examines the dependability of ... -
Transdiagnostic symptoms of depression in alcoholism
(Wichita State University, Dept. of Psychology, 1982)Principal components analyses were performed on the intercorrelations among the 21 items of the Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) and 15 items of NIAAA's alcohol Impairment Index for 101 men admitted for alcoholism treatment ...