The present study examined the effects of a weekend marathon group experience on values of self-actualization and on the interpersonal dimension of personality. The Personal Orientation Inventory, the Minnesota Multiphasic Inventory, and the Interpersonal Check List were administered immediately before the marathon group, 2 days after, and 6 weeks later. Both experimental and control subjects snowed significantly positive changes on posttest and follow-up scores. It was concluded that it was premature to believe that the positive effects of a marathon group experience had been adequately demonstrated. The results were discussed with reference to two hypotheses that are in need of testing.
This study provided information about the personality characteristics of students without prior evidence of college underachievement who enroll in a study skills course. Differences in mean scores on the Interpersonal Check List were found between these students and a control group of students of both sexes. The experimental subjects were low in self-acceptance and felt disappointed in and alienated from one or both parents. Sex differences were obtained and discussed. The results were compared to those of previous research with underachievers.'The author is deeply indebted to Kathleen R. Scharf and Robert L. Sheverbush for their helpful comments."Requests for reprints should be sent to Jerry A. Treppa, who is now at the Counseling Service,
The Millon-Illinois Self-Report Inventory Form P, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory, and the Personal Orientation Inventory were administered to 155 male and 37 female students across the four years of medical school to assess the personality differences between male and female medical students. Differences in mean scores were found between males and females on eight scales from the tests. The results indicated that female medical students' style of interpersonal relating is characterized by less emotional indifference and uninvolvement, less competitiveness and self-centeredness, less constriction and authoritarianism, and more impulsivity and negativism than that of their male colleagues. Further, compared to male students, the females were more likely to endorse items reflecting anxiety, emotional difficulties, and a value orientation that stresses being sensitive to one's own needs and feelings. The results were compared to those of previous research with male and female medical students.
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