Explored the relationship between Machiavellianism and preference for business occupations in 60 Canadian students majoring in business or arts. Results confirmed that both business and nonbusiness High Machs were characterized by emotional stability. Business High Machs were significantly more extraverted, reinforcing the popular perception of…

Compared high-machiavellian and non-machiavellian college students in two studies. Results showed no differences between high- and non-machiavellian students for neuroses, psychoses, depression or adjustment. Further, non-machiavellians who received descriptions of high-machiavellians consistently produced valid representations of…

Three indicators of the perceived conflict between urban cross-country skiers and snowmobilers in Alberta show that the conflict is asymmetrical. Skiers perceive snowmobilers as interfering negatively with their activity, while snowmobilers enjoy or are indifferent to meeting skiers. (Authors/JN)

Determined if multidimensionality of Endler-Okada inventory would be reflected in differential personality profiles. Results suggest existence of separate personality profiles for each facet of A-Trait. These profiles are logically congruent with type of situation described. Data form patterns consistent with claim for multidimensionality of the…

Studied personality characteristics, life events, and work values of three subgroups of reentry women (Adapters, Explorers, Change Seekers). Results indicated that personality characteristics commonly ascribed to reentry women as group were not same as those found to be significant among subgroups. Found significant differences among subgroups on…

Brief intervention designed to promote symptom management was completed by 41 women with bulimia nervosa. Findings revealed diversity of outcomes that individuals reported following participation in intervention. Found differential reporting of clinically significant change in favor of specific eating psychopathology relative to personality…

Correlational analyses of data from 185 college students showed that vocational certainty and career indecision were significantly related to self-deception and impression management. More likely individuals were to distort information about self and to deny psychologically threatening thoughts, more likely they were to report high levels of…

The current study investigated whether acute alcohol intoxication produces impaired decision-making on tasks assessing ventromedial prefrontal (VMF) cortex functioning and impulsive responding. Participants completed the Iowa Gambling Task (IGT), a decision-making test targeting the VMF, and the Newman Perseveration Task (NT), a measure of…

Using the Jesness Inventory (JI), personality patterns of delinquents were compared with a socially acting-out group and a control group. The Asocial Index was significant across and between all groups with a progressive increase in T scores directly related to delinquent involvement. (Author)

Used confirmatory factor analysis to investigate validity of Holland's model for 155 Canadian high school students. Analysis revealed that Holland's model was quite appropriate in explaining relationships among six personality types: Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional across the areas of Activities,…

Examined work-to-retirement process, using quantitative and qualitative evaluations to verify whether pre-, intra-, and postretirement periods are different from one another when individual's internal organization is examined. Findings from 17 experimental and 22 control subjects, aged 65, revealed that at quantitative level retirement transition…

The Psychosocial Inventory of Ego Strengths was developed to measure the ego strength concepts of E. Erikson. Two studies, involving 244 and 153 undergraduates in Canada, found evidence for the internal consistency of the eight ego strengths and the overall score, and convergent validity with some other measures of personal characteristics was…

Determined if there are differences in the assessed abilities of Canadian engineers based on length of tenure as an engineer. Also determined if there are differences in abilities between Canadian engineers who have a basic engineering degree and those who have a graduate degree in addition to the basic requirements. (JN)

Studied the influence of sex-typed trait description on ratings of likeableness. Results showed female students (N=90) rated masculine role descriptions less favorably than female or androgynous descriptions regardless of gender ascribed to the stimulus person. Males (N=90) were influenced by gender appropriateness. (WAS)

Methadone clients scored higher than controls on measures reflecting boredom, desire for change and attraction to physically thrilling activities. Correlations of these measures with length of most recent dependency before treatment, time on program, and time since initial dependency suggest peculiarities of methadone clients antedated involvement…