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PubMed1996

Eysenck personality inventory: impulsivity/neuroticism and social desirability response set.

The Hindi version of the Eysenck Personality Inventory and the Trait scale of the Hindi version of the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory were administered to 945 female Indian students (M age = 20.4 yr., SD = 1.4) to study the personalities of those scoring low and high on the Lie scale, and the association of Lie scale scores in the intercorrelation between Impulsivity and Neuroticism under no motivation to fake good. The group with low scores on the Lie scale had lower scores on Impulsivity and higher scores on Neuroticism and Trait Anxiety than a group scoring high on the Lie scale. No association of Lie scale scores was observed with scores on Extraversion. Lie scale scores were differentially associated with scores on Impulsivity and Neuroticism. The need to consider the Lie scale in addition to other scales in studies of personality is emphasised.

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PubMed1993

[Differences of booklet administration from the computer form of MINI personality inventory].

The computer and booklet versions of MINI personality inventories, which contained 250 items, shortened and revised version of MMPI-1, were administered to 81 university students simultaneously. The results of t-test (corresponding sample) showed the significant difference for the raw scores of D, Pd, and Si. The booklet administered MINI gave slightly higher scores than the computerized MINI, however, the correlation analyses showed the salient coefficients between both versions. The analyses of response frequencies for each item showed no significant difference. Results suggested that the slight change in norms was needed for booklet version, because the MINI was standardized by computer form.

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PubMed1999

Performance of the Personality Inventory for Youth validity scales.

Response sets as well as cognitive and academic deficits compromise the validity of child and adolescent self-report of emotional adjustment. Three studies using clinical and asymptomatic samples of 4th to 12th grade students detail applications of the four validity scales of the Personality Inventory for Youth (PIY), namely, (a) Validity (VAL) a scale of six highly improbable statements, (b) Inconsistency (INC) consisting of pairs of highly correlated statements, (c) Dissimulation (FB) constructed of statements that were infrequent and characteristic of intentional distortion, and (d) Defensiveness (DEF) an extension of the Lie scale of the parent-report Personality Inventory for Children. The effects of minimizing, malingering, and random response sets on the PIY validity scales are reported. The importance of such validity scales derived from child and adolescent response is discussed.

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PubMed1981

Computer and manual administration of the Eysenck Personality Inventory.

Administered mental health patients (10 outpatients and 8 inpatients) the Eysenck Personality Inventory using computerized and manual format. In a cross-over, counterbalanced design scores for the three EPI scales did not differ between administrations. Test-retest reliability between forms was high and comparable to previous reliability reported for the manual form. It was suggested that automation of routine testing procedures may be a viable and economical alternative to traditional methods.

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PubMed1987

Personality inventory for children and childhood migraine. A case-controlled study.

The personality inventory for children (PIC), which is similar in structure to the MMPI and hence free from subjective interpretation, is applicable to children from 6 to 16 years of age. We used it in 40 children with common migraine aged 8 to 14 years and in 40 controls comparable in age, sex, and socioeconomic status. Although the migraine subjects did not emerge as globally different from the controls, they presented significantly higher scores on the Somatic concern, Depression, and Anxiety scales, irrespective of sex. These results underline the value of PIC in the diagnostic assessment of childhood migraine.

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PubMed1986

Personality status of wrestlers of varying abilities as measured by a sport specific version of a personality inventory.

The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between personality and ability in wrestling. A wrestling-specific version of the Jackson Personality Inventory (JPI-W) was constructed and compared to the parent JPI. Wrestlers were categorized as qualifiers (N = 46) or nonqualifiers (N = 52) on the basis of an ability classification scheme which involved the previous year's performance at specified tournaments. These two groups were then examined for differences on eight JPI scales (anxiety, energy level, interpersonal affect, organization, risk taking, self esteem, social participation, and tolerance), eight corresponding JPI-W scales, wrestling age category (senior, junior, and juvenile), and wrestling experience. The results indicated that in comparison to nonqualifiers, qualifiers had significantly greater wrestling experience and higher self esteem as measured by the JPI-W.

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PubMed1990

Stability of the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory in an incarcerated delinquent population.

Clinical use of the Millon Adolescent Personality Inventory (MAPI) depends on computerized interpretation of the pattern of scale score elevations in the profile beyond certain cutoff scores rather than the elevations of single scales. There has been no reported work on the stability of the scale scores or the stability of the 2-point codes in a delinquent population. The MAPI was administered to 46 incarcerated male juvenile delinquents and was readministered after a period of 2 to 4 weeks. The test-retest correlations of the base-rate scale scores ranged from .33 to .89 with a mean of .74, which compare favorably to Millon's (1982) standardization sample. However, only 41% of the 2-point codes were judged to be congruent between administrations. The poor congruence of the 2-point codes across administrations raises doubts about interpretive statements based on these codes.

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PubMed1987

A redundancy analysis for the Inwald Personality Inventory and the MMPI.

A redundancy analysis between two psychological preemployment screening inventories was conducted with 2,438 male correction officer candidates. One canonical variate accounted for the majority of overlapping variance. When cross-validated, redundancy indices were. 17 for the Inwald Personality Inventory (IPI) and. 15 for the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI). Three areas of overlap-control over actions, external control, and restlessness-were suggested. Less pathological behavioral patterns predictive of future job performance appeared measured only by the IPI. These results, combined with results from predictive validity studies, provide evidence that pathology is not sufficient for identifying "high risk" candidates.

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PubMed1984

Validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) in a psychiatric sample.

Investigated the validity of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) in a psychiatric sample. Fifty psychiatric patients were given the NPI as part of a routine psychological evaluation. Correlations between the NPI and the basic personality style scales of the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory (MCMI) were obtained; the largest correlation was between the NPI and the narcissism scale of the MCMI (r = .66, p less than .001). When classified into the low and high narcissistic groups, there was 74% agreement between the NPI and narcissistic scale of the MCMI. These results provide further support for the construct validity of the NPI.

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PubMed1991

The use of the MMPI-2 in conjunction with the NEO-Personality Inventory.

The combined use of the MMPI-2 Basic and Content Scales and NEO-Personality Inventory has produced data that describe the interplay of psychiatric disorders and personality traits. Diagnostic and clinical implications include the patient's coping style, flexibility, motivation, organization, and compliance in treatment.

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PubMed1986

Interparent agreement on the Personality Inventory for Children: are substantial correlations sufficient?

Mothers' and fathers' responses on the Personality Inventory for Children (PIC) were compared for 360 clinic-referred children and adolescents. Interparent agreement was measured by several different indices. Correlations between parental pairs of scale T-scores derived from each parent averaged .66 for 13 of the profile scales; 9 of the scales exceeded this value. In contrast, mothers and fathers agreed in the classification of the presence of clinical significance an average of 77% of the time across these 13 scales, and pairs of parental PIC profiles contained an average of 3 scales in disagreement. The type of index used to measure interparent agreement was found to affect the results. The discussion examines the nature of interparent disagreement and addresses the implications regarding the use of fathers as informants on this instrument.

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PubMed1986

Interpretation of the Personality Inventory for Children-Revised (PIC-R): influence of cognitive impairment.

The Personality Inventory for Children-Revised (PIC-R) is a parent-report measure of social-emotional adjustment for children 3 to 16 years of age. The present study examined the clinical value of the PIC-R by exploring the impact of age and developmental status on PIC-R profiles, particularly on the Psychosis (PSY) scale, within a sample of preschool and school-age children referred for assessment of suspected cognitive impairment and learning problems. Compared to school-age children, significantly more preschoolers obtained elevated scores on the Psychosis scale; those preschoolers with cognitive impairments were even more likely to obtain significantly elevated Psychosis scale scores, despite the absence of diagnosed childhood psychosis. No significant relationship was found between Psychosis scale elevations and cognitive impairment in the school-age group. The PIC-R was moderately accurate in identifying cognitively impaired preschoolers but only minimally accurate in identifying cognitively impaired school-age children.

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PubMed1983

Personality changes in the aged. A transectional and longitudinal study with the Eysenck Personality Inventory.

As part of a comprehensive epidemiological study in the elderly the Eysenck Personality Inventory was administered to 70-, 75- and 79-year-old samples. Extraversion and Lie scores were approximately normally distributed whereas Neuroticism was positively skewed. There was a negative correlation between Lie-scale and Neuroticism. Norms for EPI scores in 70-year-olds are presented. Transectional comparisons with 50-year-old samples showed that in 70-year-olds Extraversion was lower in both sexes, Neuroticism was higher in females, and Lie scores were higher in both sexes. Between 70 and 79 years of age Neuroticism scores were progressively lower for males, which may be explained by selective mortality. Females scored significantly higher than males on Neuroticism in all four age groups. Subjects with lower intelligence scored higher on Extraversion and Neuroticism than subjects with higher intelligence. Subjects with mild-moderate dementias and with neurotic conditions scored higher on Neuroticism than subjects with no diagnosis. There were also some differences associated with subjective age, sexual activity and survival, indicating that subjects who were more vital in these respects scored higher on Extraversion and lower on Neuroticism.

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PubMed1983

Alcohol-abusing teenage boys. Testing a hypothesis on alcohol abuse and personality factors, using a personality inventory.

This is the second part of an investigation of alcohol-abusing teenage boys, focusing on personality. One group of 50 High-consumers and one group of 50 0-consumers were selected from 862 18-year-old boys in the general population summoned to the Regional Recruiting and Replacement Office in Solna. These boys answered a personality inventory (KSP) to test a hypothesis on alcohol abuse and personality factors which might indicate psychopathy. The results support the hypothesis that alcohol-abusing teenage boys have psychopathic personality traits while the non-consuming boys have normal personalities. The study cannot reveal whether the differences in personality were the result of the high alcohol consumption or if the psychopathic personality traits preceded the high consumption. A reasonable hypothesis for further research is that vulnerable boys living under poor social conditions react to their situation with motoric restlessness, impulsiveness and aggressive acting-out behaviour. Due to this their social adjustment as grown ups is poor with consequent alcohol and drug abuse and criminality.

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