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An examination of the internal structure of the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale (TSCS) and the interrelationship among the TSCS scales and the secondary dimensions of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) supported three conclusions: (a)The primary dimension underlying the TSCS is positive self-evaluation, freedom from neurotic symptoms, or the absence of anxiety, (b) this central dimension of the TSCS aligns with the 16PF secondary Anxiety vs. Adjustment, and is virtually independent of the other dimensions of the normal personality sphere, and (c) the mutual orthogonality of extraversion, anxiety or neuroticism, and an empirically derived psychoticism scale provided some support for Eysenck's PEN theory of personality organization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The Mini-Mult and 16PF-E were administered to a heterogeneous sample of 216 clients. Several multivariate analyses were conducted to specify the common and unique information that these two brief instruments generate. While the 16PF-E provides a global estimate of the client's overall level of emotional adjustment, as well as information regarding a wide range of non-pathological traits, the Mini-Mult focuses on subtle aspects of maladjustment corresponding to traditional psychiatric syndromes. For preliminary screening purposes the 16PF-E results in a broader assessment of personality functioning. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Using an index of aerobic conditioning 23 adult male exercisers and 23 nonexercisers were identified. During individual interviews with each subject basic demographic data were obtained and blood pressure, resting pulse rate, and body fat were measured. All subjects completed Form A of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF). Statistically significant differences occurred on six primary factors and four Secondary dimensions of the 16PF. In comparison to the inactive subjects the exercisers, all of whom were joggers or runners, were more reserved, expedient, suspicious, forthright, liberal, and self-sufficient on the primary traits, and were more alert and independent, less discreet, and evidenced lower super-ego strength on the broader secondary patterns. The statistically significant training effects were lower pulse rate and less body fat, but did not include blood pressure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The predictive validity of General Aptitude Test Battery and Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire scores were compared to standard training ratings made by vocational instructors against the criterion of work performance measured by the Minnesota Satisfactoriness Scales for a sample of 106 employees with severe handicaps. The psychometric test variables were not correlated with the criterion; however, the training ratings were consistently predictive of the job satisfactoriness scores. These results suggest that the employment potential of job applicants with disabilities can be assessed more accurately using situational training ratings, as opposed to standardized psychometric test scores. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article cites a study that was conducted to develop an objective scoring procedure for two tests popular with clinicians and apply it to protocols obtained from a sample of deaf clients and to validate the empirically derived scores against independent ratings and client progress in a rehabilitation program. In the study Bender-Gestalt and Draw-A-Person protocols of 57 deaf young rehabilitation clients were quantified on five factorially derived personality dimensions. Researchers revealed that resulting scores were reliable and independent of non-personality variables. The majority of those correlations with 10 independent criterion ratings and outcomes were insignificant.

As Samuel Krug indicates in his article, the development of the Adult Personality Inventory (API) was grounded firmly on the extensive research foundation of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (I6PF). The I6PF was the initial instrument in Raymond Cattell's milestone research program to measure comprehensively the domain of normal personality functioning across age levels and language cultures. The API manual reports a joint factor analysis of API and I6PF scales that "confirmed that the two instruments were structurally identical." An example of an issue that Krug overstates in pillorying the 16FF is that of internal consistency. Krug points out that the internal consistencies of the 16FF primary scales are typically fairly low, implying that this is a crucial defect. The major feature of the API is the inclusion of two new sets of scorable scales within the normal personality sphere. In addition to the five well-established I6PF second-order scales, eight interpersonal orientation scales and six career preference scales were developed. The development of the API career preference scales used an external strategy.

The article presents a discussion on the quantification of the Bender-Gestalt (BG) and Draw-A-Person (DAP) protocols for deaf clients. The factorially derived scoring variables were reliable and independent of non-personality variables, but also were uncorrelated with 10 criterion variables. As part of the intake psychological assessment, the BG and DAP were administered to 229 deaf clients of the Chicago Jewish Vocational Service Deaf Project. The BG and DAP protocols were quantified on 16 rating scales that were constructed after examination of several scoring systems.