A reputation test of personality integrations.

Dance and self concept change in women

“…Two studies particularly concerned with this aspect of mental health and personality integration are those by 8 Duncan (1966) and Seeman (1966). Administering basically the same treatment condition to two different subject pools (men and women) the authors found that those who were selected by peers for high behavioral competence also received high scores on self concept.…”

A Comparison of Four Techniques for Administering and Scoring Duncan's Personality Integration Scale

“…Studies by Duncan (1966), Wright (1966) and Seeman (1966) have supported the validity of Duncan's scale. An investigation by Wright (1967a) demonstrated the test-retest stability of this measure.…”

Personality Integration, Values, and the Goals of Counseling: An Open Systems Approach

“…The procedure for selecting personality integrated and control groups required relatively large groups of people who had known each other well for a long time (see discussion of Personality Integration Reputation Test, Duncan, 1966). It was important that the selected groups differ in value orientation, which would be empirically investigated.…”

“…The final groups of personality integration and control group participants were selected from larger, preexisting groups at each of the institutions. These selections were based on results of the Personality Integration Reputation Test (PIRT) peer nomination procedure (Duncan, 1966). The preexisting groups included members of companies at the military academy, residents of dormitories at the seminary, and members of fraternity houses at the university.…”

“…The issue here is the relationship between value orientation and personal growth o r "personality integration" (Duncan, 1966;Seeman, 1965). Do the process of intra-and interpersonal growth, which counseling aims to facilitate, necessitate changes in basic value orientation of clients?…”