Personality types as measured by the California Psychological Inventory.

Burger, Gary K.; Cross, Donald T.

doi:10.1037/0022-006x.47.1.65

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“…Burger & Cross (1979) and Skinner et al (1976) found that this procedure produces profiles which account for a greater number of the subjects than randomly generated profiles. The six groupings formed by considering both correlation sign and magnitude can be assigned different descriptors by considering the relative peaks and interpreting them as one would an individual subject profile.…”

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“…Since several aspects of the individual are included in the groupings, the accuracy of prediction should be improved over that possible using single group membership. A refinement of this approach would be to consider the modal profiles in each domain as dimensions (Burger & Cross, 1979;Skinner et al, 1976). The subject-modal profile correlations can then be treated as scores on each dimension and submitted to discriminant analysis to generate predictive functions.…”

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“…In applying this procedure to the CPI profiles obtained from a college sample, Burger & Cross (1979) found a relationship between race, sex, and personality type. In their study of a MMPI-based classification system, developed by combining clinical judgment and a clustering procedure, Megargee and Bohn (1977) found that in a youthful offender sample (19 to 27 years of age), there was a significant relationship between the race of the subject and his group membership.…”

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“…This technique has also been used by Skinner et al (1974) and Burger & Cross (1979) to identify personality types using respectively the Differential Personality Inventory (DPI), and the California Personality Inventory (CPI). The program uses the SAS76 (Barr et al, 1976) direct factoring and matrix routines, and the Univocal Varimax procedure developed by Jackson and Skinner (1975), which is a special application of the orthogonal procrustian transformation described by Schonemann (1966).…”

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MMPI Modal Profiles in a Juvenile Delinquent Population

Pickett¹

1981

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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The MMPI results obtained from a sample of 245 adolescent males referred to the evaluation unit of a Juvenile Court were submitted to a multivariate classification system developed by Skinner (1977). The data were entered in the form of T-scores computed from the means and standard deviations reported in Marks et al. (1974). The procedure involves a Q-factor analysis of a double-centered matrix to produce modal profiles determined by profile shape. By correlating individual subject profiles with the modal profiles, six membership groups were formed. The cross products of each membership group were then submitted to a second Q-factor analysis to produce subgroups based on elevation and scatter parameters. The expected subgroups were not found. There was no relationship found between group membership and either subject age or race.

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MMPI Modal Profiles in a Juvenile Delinquent Population

Pickett¹

1981

Criminal Justice and Behavior

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“…This factor was named Social Sensitivity. Burger and Cross (1979) sought profile types, using Skinner's (1977) multivariate classification technique. Three profile types were found for each sex.…”

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Career Assessment and the California Psychological Inventory

Gough¹

1995

Journal of Career Assessment

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The CPI is a 462-item inventory, scored for 20 folk measures, 3 vectors, and 13 optional special-purpose scales. Its goal is to furnish a veridical picture of any individual, stressing descriptors easily recognized and used by ordinary people in everyday life. In 1987, a theoretical three-vector model of personality was introduced, based on two basic orientations (toward people and toward societal values), and a third independent theme reflecting ego integration. Four lifestyles termed the Alpha, Beta, Gamma, and Delta are defined, each having seven possible levels of realization or integration. In regard to careers, Alphas seek and do best in managerial and leadership roles, Betas function well in supportive/ancillary positions, and Gammas look for and are adept in creating change. Deltas work best alone, in fields such as art, literature, and (depending on their ability) mathematics.The primary purpose of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI; Gough, 1987) is to furnish information in a user-friendly way from which an insightful interpreter can construct a meaningful and veridical picture of the person tested. The portrait evolved should be one that friends and acquaintances will recognize as accurate, that can be used as the basis for predictions about significant future behavior, and to account for past actions. Central to this formulation is the notion of a single individual whose selfpresentation in the test protocol is to be interpreted in an interpersonally relevant manner by a trained and empathic counselor or psychologist.Nomothetic information in the form of statistical treatment of data from aggregates, correlations with other tests, depiction of factor structure, and all of the other things that go into contemporary quantitative analyses will always be of interest, but will count for little unless case studies of individuals show the inventory to be accurate in characterizing people one at a time.One of the five axioms governing the construction and validation of the CPI specifies folk concepts as the units of measurement. A folk concept is, simply, a term that people everywhere use easily and regularly in daily life to describe and account for their own behavior and that of others. Examples from the profiled scales of the CPI include dominance, sociability, selfcontrol, and flexibility. Although all of the 20 scales on the profile sheet have their own theory, research history, and subtleties of meaning, the first implication of each is to identify an attribute that anyone can recognize.Published and copyright

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An empirical typology of the chronically mentally ill

Braucht¹,

Kirby²

1986

Community Ment Health J

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This paper describes the demographic, clinical, and psychosocial characteristics of a sample of chronically mentally ill clients at a large comprehensive community mental health center. Utilizing cluster analytic procedures, five basic types of chronically mentally ill clients are empirically identified. The differential pattern of psychosocial characteristics associated with each type is explored and the distinctive profile of each type is delineated. Finally, the implications of this typology for the design of community support treatment programs and allocation of increasingly scarce resources are presented.

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Personality types as measured by the California Psychological Inventory.

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MMPI Modal Profiles in a Juvenile Delinquent Population

MMPI Modal Profiles in a Juvenile Delinquent Population

Career Assessment and the California Psychological Inventory

An empirical typology of the chronically mentally ill

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