Browsing Volume 7 (1984-1986) by Issue Date
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A cross-cultural study of primary personality factor structure in the preparation of the Hawaiian high school personality questionnaire
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1984)The items of the High School Personality Questionnaire were adapted into the Hawaiian idiom for use with native Hawaiians. On two groups (550 boys and girls ages 12-14 and 580 of ages 15-17), factor analyses were done using ... -
Personality characteristics of habitual DUI and reckless driving offenders: Types of motivational distortion
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1984)The Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) was administered to 92 men arrested for habitually driving under the influence (DUI) of alcohol and 56 men arrested for reckless driving. The reckless driving offenders ... -
Psychometric function of the "neutral" response option in clinical personality scales
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1984)Two of the most widely-used diagnostic personality inventories, the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and the Clinical Analysis Questionnaire (CAQ), differ importantly in their scoring of the "neutral" or ... -
A note on testing the sphericity hypothesis with Bartlett's test
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1984)This study employs computer simulations of correlations matrices to evaluate sample size requirements with different numbers of variables for testing departures from sphericity, implying the presence of group factors. ... -
Journal of Multivariate Experimental Personality and Clinical Psychology, v.7 no.1 (complete version)
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Psychological states measured in the clinical analysis questionnaire (CAQ)
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1985)It has been known for some time that state factoring (dR and P-techniques) of items yields state factors that are clearly replicas of trait factors (Cattell, 1973). Artifactual origins for this have been ruled out (Cattell, ... -
A reconsideration of the Cooper/Kline critique of the factor structure of the motivation analysis test
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1985)Criticism of Cattell's Motivation Analysis Test (MAT) partly on the basis of a quasi-higher-order factor analysis of the MAT subscales on a sample of 109 subjects is untenable, given the methodological weakness inherent ... -
Cognitive-behavioral dimensions of weight control
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1985)One hundred-eleven respondents who had achieved at least a 15 lb (6.80 kg) weight loss in a 20-week cognitive-behavioral treatment program for obesity were asked six to 10 years after treatment to describe their current ... -
P-technique factor analysis and the construct validity of emotional state scales
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1985)The objectives of this story were two-fold (a) to investigate the factor structure of the Central State Trait Kit (CST) (Barton 1978) and hence evaluate its construct validity and (b) to develop criteria which can be applied ... -
Journal of Multivariate Experimental Personality and Clinical Psychology, v.7 no.2 (complete version)
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16PF profiles and four-point codes for clients seen in a private practice
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1986)The purpose of the study was to examine and describe the personality characteristics of 132 clients seen in a counseling psychology private practice. Ms and SDs for the sample indicated that these clients differed significantly ... -
Canonical/redundancy analyses of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire, the Motivation Analysis Test, and the Eight State Questionnaire
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1986)The present study investigated the measurement overlap between the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF), the Motivation Analysis Test (MAT), and the Eight State Questionnaire (8SQ). These multivariate instruments ... -
An enquiry into a personality test for overactive children (DSM III Syndrome)
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1986)A group of 25 children diagnosed as now hyperactive by DSM III criteria is compared on primary personality factors with 50 controls, 14 additional hyperactives under medication and 11 ordinary behavior difficulty cases, ... -
An MMPI short form to estimate profile shape and elevation
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1986)Skinner, Reed, and Jackson (1976) have developed a system for characterizing the shape of MMPI profiles by relating them to three superordinate types--Neurotic, Psychotic and Sociopathic. Using a psychiatric sample, a short ... -
Journal of Multivariate Experimental Personality and Clinical Psychology, v.7 no.3 (complete version)
(Wichita State University, Department of Psychology, 1986)