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Damm, Vernon J. – Educ Psychol Meas, 1969
Descriptors: Correlation, Measurement Techniques, Profiles, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedAnderson, Howard N.; And Others – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1984
Investigated whether high IQ subjects (N=18) could successfully fake good scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI). Results showed that both high and low IQ subjects who were instructed to fake a good score actually scored lower on the average than did their counterparts in the standard administration. (JAC)
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Intelligence Differences, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedMattocks, Arthur L.; Jew, Charles C. – Journal of Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Prisoners, Self Actualization, Self Concept
Fisher, Gary; Silverstein, A. B. – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Prisoners, Psychological Testing, Self Actualization, Self Concept
Peer reviewedOsborne, John W.; Steeves, Liliane – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1982
Uses 12 subscale scores on the Personal Orientation Inventory to assess effects of a practicum experience upon self-actualization of 79 University of Alberta graduate students (counseling students with and without practicum, and noncounseling students). Results indicate a facilitative effect of practicum upon self-actualization. (AH)
Descriptors: Counselor Training, Foreign Countries, Graduate Students, Practicums
Peer reviewedWright, Logan; Wyant, Kerry – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: College Students, Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedOlczak, Paul V.; Goldman, Jeffrey A. – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1975
Article utilized the POI in order to compare psychosocial maturity with self-actualization. (RK)
Descriptors: Maturity (Individuals), Psychological Studies, Research Methodology, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedDamm, Vernon J. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Measurement Instruments, Predictor Variables, Rating Scales
Peer reviewedTosi, Donald J.; Hoffman, Susan – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1972
Results of this research, while partially supportive of the general construct which the POI purports to measure, raises some questions about necessity of, or relevance of, the many scales of the inventory. (Authors/MB)
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Factor Structure, Measurement Instruments, Self Actualization
Peer reviewedDe Grace, Gaston Rene – Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1974
While traditional personality theories view anxiety and actualization as mutually exclusive, some more recent ones consider the possible positive role of anxiety in actualization. (Author)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Personality Theories, Psychological Studies, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedKnapp, Robert R.; Lessner, Milton – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1974
Descriptors: Administrators, Business, Craft Workers, Merchants
Joice, Wendell – 1979
Much attention has been devoted to issues stemming from the hypothesized differential impact of the American experience on black males and females. Earlier studies of these issues were predominantly concerned with self concept. However, little consistency has been found in the studies of black self concept. A more appropriate construct should be…
Descriptors: Blacks, Higher Education, Psychological Characteristics, Self Actualization
Braun, John R.; La Faro, Dolores – J Clin Psychol, 1969
Descriptors: Behavior Rating Scales, Cheating, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures
Peer reviewedKay, Edwin; And Others – Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 1978
Shostrom (1966) developed the Personal Orientation Inventory (POI) to measure various aspects of self-actualization. A number of validity studies have been reported but only two reliability studies have appeared in the literature. This research reports a three-year study of personality correlates of student drug use at Lehigh University in which…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Self Actualization, Tables (Data)
Peer reviewedWise, George W.; Strong, Leslie D. – Adolescence, 1980
Findings from a sample of female college students moderately supported the hypothesis that self-actualization is negatively associated with willingness to participate in traditional marriages. Findings among male college students conditionally supported the hypothesis that self-actualization is positively associated with willingness to participate…
Descriptors: Attitudes, College Students, Family Attitudes, Marriage
