Advances in Personality Assessment: Volume 9 (Advances in Personality Assessment Series)

In keeping with the goals of this series, which are to facilitate the rapid dissemination of important new developments in theory and research on all aspects of personality assessment, the eight chapters in this volume examine a wide range of topics. These include research investigations and clinical applications involving traditional assessment techniques -- such as the Rorschach and the MMPI-2 -- and promising but less known procedures. Specific topics examined in the individual chapters range from the assessment of appreciation of humor to assessment of marital distress. A review of the con. Read more... Abstract: In keeping with the goals of this series, which are to facilitate the rapid dissemination of important new developments in theory and research on all aspects of personality assessment, the eight chapters in this volume examine a wide range of topics. These include research investigations and clinical applications involving traditional assessment techniques -- such as the Rorschach and the MMPI-2 -- and promising but less known procedures. Specific topics examined in the individual chapters range from the assessment of appreciation of humor to assessment of marital distress. A review of the con Content: Cover Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Preface 1. The Nature of Perceived Social Support: Findings of Meta-Analysis Studies Reliability Validity Construct Validity Discussion Summary 2. Assessment of Appreciation of Humor: Studies with the 3 WD Humor Test Theory and Research on the Nature and Assessment of Humor Construction and Psychometric Properties of the 3 WD Findings of Published and Unpublished Studies Using the 3 WD Discussion and Conclusion Summary 3. The Construct of Machiavellianism: Twenty Years Later Personality Correlates. Behavioral ValidationPsychometric Issues 4. Personality and Perception: Rorschach and Luescher Correlates of Jungian Types as Measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Method Results Discussion Summary 5. Susceptibility of the Rorschach to Malingering: A Schizophrenia Analogue Method Results Discussion Conclusions Summary 6. Empirical Assessment of Marital Distress: The Marital Distress Scale for the MMPI-2 Method Results Conclusion 7. Angina Pectoris and Personality: Development and Validation of the Anginal Syndrome Questionnaire. Anginal Symptoms, Neurotic Traits, and Coronary DiseaseDevelopment of the Anginal Syndrome Questionnaire Discussion and Conclusions Summary 8. Trait Anger: Theory, Findings, and Implications Relation of Trait Anger to Style of Anger Expression Tests of Trait-State Anger Theory Implications for Anger Theory and Future Research Implications for Clinical Assessment and Treatment Summary and Conclusions Author Index Subject Index. In keeping with the goals of this series, which are to facilitate the rapid dissemination of important new developments in theory and research on all aspects of personality assessment, the eight chapters in this volume examine a wide range of topics. These include research investigations and clinical applications involving traditional assessment techniques -- such as the Rorschach and the MMPI-2 -- and promising but less known procedures. Specific topics examined in the individual chapters range from the assessment of appreciation of humor to assessment of marital distress. A review of the contents of this volume once again demonstrates the diversity in assessment philosophy, theoretical orientation, and research methodology that characterizes the field of personality assessment. This text reports on recent developments in theory and research on all aspects of personality assessment. It includes chapters devoted to scale construction, theoretical interpretation and empirical analysis.