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The Gender Identity of Pedophiles: What Does the Outcome Data Tell Us?
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Tardif, Monique; Van Gijseghem, Hubert – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2005
The aim of this study was to determine whether pedophiles have a different gender identity profile compared with non-sexual offenders. Participants were 87 male adult subjects, divided into three groups: (a) 27 pedophiles who abused male victims, (b) 30 pedophiles who abused female victims, and (c) 30 non-sexual offenders. The gender identity…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Sexual Identity, Males
Adolescent Identity Exploration: A Test of Erikson's Theory of Transitional Crisis.
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Kidwell, Jeannie S.; And Others – Adolescence, 1995
Investigates Erikson's theory that adolescent identity exploration is associated with a variety of symptoms. Results support Erikson's theory, indicating that adolescents who were actively engaged in identity exploration were more likely to produce a personality pattern characterized by self-doubt, confusion, disturbed thinking, impulsivity,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Higher Education, Moods, Psychological Patterns
The Impact of the Identity Crisis on the Adjustment of Late Adolescent Males
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Oshman, Harvey; Manosevitz, Martin – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1974
The relationship between ego identity status, assessed from a semistructured interview, and MMPI scores was investigated. (Author/RC)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, College Students, Identification (Psychology)
Racial Identity and the MMPI in African American Male College Students.
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Whatley, P. Richard; Allen, James; Dana, Richard H. – Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology, 2003
Examines the relation of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) to the Racial Identity Attitude Scale-Black, Short Form (RIAS-B) was examined among 50 African American male college students Results indicated RIAS-B scale scores functioned as predictors of MMPI scale scores. Implications of these findings for MMPI-2 research with…
Descriptors: Black Students, College Students, Ethnic Groups, Males
Increase of Apparent Adjustment in Adolescence by Further Ego Identity Formation and Age
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Schubert, Daniel S. P. – College Student Journal, 1973
Freshmen entering a large northeastern university in 1969 scored higher on the clinical MMPI scales than students transferring to the same university. Men and women freshmen each scored signigicantly higher on the paranoia, psychasthenia and schizophrenia scales than transfer students. Transfer students were thought to have progressed further…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students
A Subcultural Change of MMPI Norms in the 1960s Due to Adolescent Role Confusion and Glamorization of Alienation
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Schubert, Daniel S. P.; Wagner, Mazie Earle – Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 1975
College freshmen in 1968 tended to show higher Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) clinical scale scores than freshmen in 1958. Role confusion and premature identity foreclosure of college students was considered. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: College Students, Psychological Studies, Psychopathology, Research Methodology
Handbook of Cross-Cultural and Multicultural Personality Assessment. Personality and Clinical Psychology Series.
Dana, Richard H., Ed. – 2000
This collection of papers includes: (1) "An Assessment-Intervention Model for Research and Practice with Multicultural Populations" (Richard H. Dana); (2) "An Africentric Perspective for Clinical Research and Practice" (Edward F. Morris); (3) "Myths about the Null Hypothesis and the Path to Reform" (Robert G.…
Descriptors: Acculturation, African Culture, Afrocentrism, Alaska Natives
Personality and Emotional Correlates of Self-Reported Antigay Behaviors.
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Patel, Sunita; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Examined the relationship between the emotional response of homophobia and selected personality and self-report behavioral variables (n=80). Data suggest that among young men certain personality characteristics compound homonegative affect and behavior. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, College Students, Higher Education