Are Administrative Level, Age and Educational Preparation Reflected in California Psychological Inventory Scores?

1971 ◽  
Vol 29 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1111-1120 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine D. Dyer ◽  
Mary A. Monson ◽  
Jennie B. Van Drimmelen
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Educational Preparation ◽  
Administrative Position ◽  
Self Acceptance ◽  
Va Hospitals ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Relationships of administrative position, age, educational preparation to scores on the CPI scales were studied in 1018 randomly selected registered nurses from 31 VA Hospitals. Significant correlations ( p < .05) were found between administrative position and Dominance, Responsibility, Self-control, Achievement via Independence, Psychological-mindedness, and Flexibility; between age and —Sociability, —Social Presence, —Self-acceptance, —Socialization, Self-control, Good Impression, — Communality, —Achievement via Independence, — Intellectual Efficiency, and —Flexibility; between educational preparation and Dominance, Capacity for Status, Sociability, Social Presence, Self-acceptance, Tolerance, Achievement via Independence, Intellectual Efficiency, Psychological-mindedness, and Flexibility. Eta coefficients indicated that relationships with CPI scales were linear. Administrative position, age, educational preparation were not highly intercorrelated. Highest CPI profiles were obtained by older better educated nurses in supervisory positions. Lowest profiles occurred in older supervisory nurses who had not pursued their education.

The Assessment of Maritally Violent Men on the California Psychological Inventory

1992 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ola W. Barnett ◽  
L. Kevin Hamberger
Keyword(s):  
Discriminant Analysis ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Normal Personality ◽  
Violent Men ◽  
Childhood Violence ◽  
Psychological Inventory

This study assessed 87 maritally violent men (MV), 42 maritally nonviolent, maritally discordant men (NVD), and 48 maritally nonviolent, maritally satisfied men (NVS) on the California Psychological Inventory (CPI), a test of the normal personality. A MANOVA and subsequent range tests indicated that the NVD and NVS groups had significantly higher scores than the MV group on 10 of the 18 subscales: Responsibility, Socialization, Self-Control, Tolerance, Achievement via Conformance, Achievement via Independence, Good Impression, Intellectual Efficiency, and Psychological Mindedness. A discriminant analysis contrasting the MV group with the combined NVD and NVS group correctly classified 68% of the subjects and accounted for 20.94% of the variance between groups. Along with previous findings, the data indicated that maritally violent males exhibit different personality characteristics than maritally nonviolent men in three general areas: intimacy, impulsivity, and problemsolving skills. Many of these problem areas were significantly correlated with childhood violence experiences.

Relationship of Scores on the California Psychological Inventory to Age

1981 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 151-154 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Martin ◽  
Garland E. Blair ◽  
William D. Dannenmaier ◽  
Paula Carol Jones ◽  
Megumi Asako
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Psychological Inventory

For a sample of 179 college students (18 to 69 yr. old), age was significantly correlated (.20 to .43) with the California Psychological Inventory scales of Dominance, Capacity for Status, Sociability, Sense of Well-being, Responsibility, Self-control, Tolerance, Good Impression, Achievement via Conformance, Achievement via Independence, Intellectual Efficiency, and Psychological-mindedness.

Personality Traits of High Ability Students Choosing One among Three Different Learning Environments

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 243-249
Author(s):  
George E. O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Learning Environments ◽  
Social Presence ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
High Ability ◽  
University Of Iowa ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
The University ◽  
High School Rank

Discriminant analysis was used to examine personality differences among science-oriented students of high ability who were studying in three different learning environments and a normative group. From 253 students in Grades 10 to 12 enrolled in The University of Iowa Summer Science Training Program data were collected. Personality was assessed by administering the California Psychological Inventory. Girls scored significantly higher on 8 scales (i.e., Dominance, Capacity for Status, Self-control, Social Presence, Self-acceptance, Achievement via Independence, Intellectual Efficiency, and Psychological-mindedness) than the norm. Boys scored significantly higher on 5 scales (i.e., Dominance, Capacity for Status, Achievement via Conformance, Achievement via Independence, and Psychological-mindedness) than the norm. Both sex and learning environment significantly affected the students' scale scores. High School Rank did not affect scale scores. Differences between the sexes were greatest in the structured formal classroom setting where girls rated higher than boys on 5 scales (i.e., Capacity for Status, Tolerance, Socialization, Achievement via Independence, and Femininity).

Male Registered Nurses' Differences on the California Psychological Inventory

1972 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 956-956 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elaine D. Dyer ◽  
Mary A. Monson ◽  
Jennie B. Van Drimmelen
Keyword(s):  
Registered Nurses ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Estimation of Locus-of-Control Scores from the California Psychological Inventory

1974 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 343-348 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harrison G. Gough
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Control Measure ◽  
Regression Equation ◽  
Self Control ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Psychological Inventory

Rotter's Locus of Control measure was correlated with 18 standard and 4 new scales of the California Psychological Inventory in samples of 141 males and 220 females. The directions of relationship were the same for 21 of the 22 scales. For all 361 Ss, tolerance, good impression, and achievement via conformance each correlated −.35 with locus of control; anxiety had a coefficient of .24. A 5-scale regression equation was developed, including dominance, responsibility, tolerance, and good impression weighted negatively, and self-control weighted positively. In a new sample of 50 couples, locus-of-control scores estimated by means of this equation correlated .43 with actual locus of control for husbands and .44 with actual locus of control for wives. Descriptive implications of actual and estimated locus-of-control scores were more similar for wives than for husbands.

Psychosocial Correlates of Death Anxiety in a Population of Medical Students

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 737-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc E. Vargo ◽  
F. William Black
Keyword(s):  
Medical Students ◽  
Psychosocial Functioning ◽  
Death Anxiety ◽  
Social Performance ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
First Year ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
First Year Students ◽  
Psychological Inventory

The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between death anxiety and psychosocial functioning of medical students. Subjects were 50 first-year students, with instruments including the Death Anxiety Scale and the California Psychological Inventory. Product-moment correlations computed between test scores indicated significant, negative relationships between death anxiety and the California Psychological Inventory measures of Well-being ( r = –.52), Good Impression ( r = –.43), Self-control ( r = –.30), and Tolerance ( r = –.29). These results suggest that increased death anxiety may be associated with somewhat compromised social performance.

Personality Characteristics of Male Alcoholics

1975 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ralph E. Tarter
Keyword(s):  
Early Onset ◽  
Late Onset ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Personality Organization ◽  
Psychological Inventory

48 alcoholics who were administered the California Psychological Inventory were distinguished from 24 normals on the Socialization and Self-control scales. Early- and late-onset drinkers were also differentiated on several measures, suggesting that the late-onset drinkers are acutely disturbed while the early-onset drinkers are less consistent and exhibit disorders relating to personality organization.

Prediction of Hypnotizability from Personality Variables of the California Psychological Inventory: A Multiple Regression Analysis

1980 ◽  
Vol 47 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1319-1322 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Thomas McKnight
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression Analysis ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Psychological Mindedness ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Hypnotic Susceptibility ◽  
Personality Variables ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Psychological Inventory

The purpose of this study was to utilize multiple regression to determine the relationship between scores on the Harvard Group Scale of Hypnotic Susceptibility and subscale scores of the California Psychological Inventory. Although 11 personality variables were significantly correlated to hypnotizability, when multiple regression was applied, only two remained. Responsibility and Psychological-mindedness were negatively related to scores on the Harvard scale and accounted for 18% of the variance. A mathematical predictor formula of hypnotizability was devised.

Correlations between Age and California Psychological Inventory Scale Scores

1988 ◽  
Vol 63 (3) ◽  
pp. 696-698 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arthur G. Bedeian ◽  
Hubert S. Feild
Keyword(s):  
Scale Score ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Self Control ◽  
California Psychological Inventory ◽  
Scale Scores ◽  
Psychological Inventory ◽  
Negligible Influence

This study examined the correlations between age and scores on scales of the California Psychological Inventory for 1,137 accountants An analysis of within-scale score differences showed statistically significant correlations between age and Dominance, Capacity for Status, Sense of Well-being, Responsibility, Self-control, Good Impression, Achievement via Conformance, and Flexibility. Differences in direction of only three of the 28 correlation pairs found by the matching of scores on these scales and those reported by Gough in 1975 suggest that the latter intercorrelations are not sample- or situation-specific. Finally, age had only a negligible influence on the intercorrelations, allowing the inference that age has a direct rather than a moderating influence on these scores.

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