An Attempt to Obtain Configural Correlates for the California Psychological Inventory

The study was designed to obtain empirical correlates of previously defined California Psychological Inventory profiles. Undergraduate females took the inventory and a biographical questionnaire. Those 54 whose profiles could be classified into groups of 10 or more were each rated by two female friends using Wiggins' Interpersonal Adjective Scales. Type 1 (“anti-social”) profiles were significantly associated with having been in trouble with the law. Subjects with Type 3 (“neurotic”) profiles obtained higher scores on the aloof-introverted scale. Few other findings were noted. Problems with the types and the study were discussed. Future work might more profitably focus on potential correlates of code-types for the inventory

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• A psychological taxonomy of trait-descriptive terms

  Jerry S Wiggins•Journal of Personality and Social…•1979

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