Advances in Personality Assessment : Volume 9

233 Pages·2013·4.953 MB·English

by  Spielberger, Charles D., Butcher, James N

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PERSONALITY
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Volume 9
Edited by
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James N. Butcher
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ADVANCES IN
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
Volume 9
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ADVANCES IN
PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT
Volume 9
Edited by
Charles D. Spielberger
University of South Florida
James N. Butcher
University of Minnesota
Routledge
R
Taylor & Francis Croup
NEW YORK AND LONDON
First Published by
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. Publishers
365 Broadway
Hillsdale, New Jersey 07642
Transferred to Digital Printing 2009 by Routledge
270 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
27 Church Road, Hove, East Sussex BN3 2FA
Copyright © 1992 by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in
any form, by photostat, microform, retrieval system, or any other
means, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
ISSN 0-278-2367
ISBN 0-8058-1226-1
Publisher’s Note
The publisher has gone to great lengths to ensure the quality
of this reprint but points out that some imperfections in the
original may be apparent.
Contents
Preface ix
1. The Nature of Perceived Social Support:
Findings of Meta-Analysis Studies Î
Mary E. Procidano
Reliability 4
Validity 5
Construct Validity 8
Discussion 18
Summary 21
2. Assessment of Appreciation of Humor:
Studies with the 3 WD Humor Test 27
Willibald Ruch
Theory and Research on the Nature and
Assessment of Humor 28
Construction and Psychometric Properties of
the 3 WD 35
Findings of Published and Unpublished
Studies Using the 3 WD 45
Discussion and Conclusion 67
Summary 72
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CONTENTS
The Construct of Machiavellianism:
Twenty Years Later
Beverley Fehr, Deborah Samsom, and
Delroy L. Paulhus
Personality Correlates 78
Behavioral Validation 88
Psychometric Issues 100
Personality and Perception: Rorschach and
Luescher Correlates of fungian Types as
Measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Benjamin J. Porter and Samuel Roll
Method 119
Results 121
Discussion 122
Summary 124
Susceptibility of the Rorschach to Malingering:
A Schizophrenia Analogue
Glenn C. Perry and Bill N. Kinder
Method 128
Results 129
Discussion 134
Conclusions 138
Summary 139
Empirical Assessment of Marital Distress:
The Marital Distress Scale for the MMPI-2
Stephen Hjemboe, James N. Butcher, and
Moshe Almagor
Method 142
Results 145
Conclusion 148
Angina Pectoris and Personality: Development
and Validation of the Anginal Syndrome
Questionnaire
Anthony F. Greene, Douglas D. Schocken,
and Charles D. Spielberger
Anginal Symptoms, Neurotic Traits, and
Coronary Disease 155
CONTENTS Vii
Development of the Anginal Syndrome
Questionnaire 158
Discussion and Conclusions 164
Summary 166
8. Trait Anger: Theory, Findings, and Implications 177
jerry L. Deffenbacher
Relation of Trait Anger to Style of
Anger Expression 178
Tests of Trait-State Anger Theory 180
Implications for Anger Theory and
Future Research 192
Implications for Clinical Assessment and
Treatment 195
Summary and Conclusions 198
Author Index 203
Subject Index 211
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List of Contributors
Almagor, Moshe, University of Haifa, ISRAEL
Butcher, James N., University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN USA
Deffenbacher, Jerry L., Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO USA
Fehr, Beverly, The University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, CANADA
Greene, Anthony F., University of Florida, Gainesville, FL USA
Hjemboe, Stephen, University of Haifa, ISRAEL
Kinder, Bill, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
Paulhus, Delroy L., University of British Columbia, CANADA
Perry, Glenn G., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
Porter, Benjamin J., Unversity of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USA
Procidano, Mary E., Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Fordham
University, Bronx, NY USA
Roll, Samuel, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM USA
Ruch, Willibald, Universität Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, GERMANY
Samson, Deborah, University of British Columbia, CANADA
Schocken, Douglas D., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
Spielberger, Charles D., University of South Florida, Tampa, FL USA
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