Scale for Theological Conservatism, and its Personality Correlates

1970 ◽  
Vol 30 (3) ◽  
pp. 867-870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert A. C. Stewart ◽  
Alan C. Webster
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Single Factor ◽  
Personal Preference ◽  
Personal Orientation Inventory ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule ◽  
Personal Orientation

15 conservative and 15 liberal theological items were administered to 77 Baptist ministers and deaconesses in New Zealand, along with the Rokeach Scale, Personal Orientation Inventory, General Conservatism Scale, N. Z. Ethnocentrism Scale, and Edwards Personal Preference Schedule. The theological conservative was significantly more dogmatic, conservative, ethnocentric, and non-self-actualizing than the theologically liberal minister. Factor analysis yielded a single factor on the Scale for Theological Conservatism.

COMPARISON OF PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS: HIGH AND LOW ABILITY STUDENT NURSES AND YEAR OF TRAINING IN NEW ZEALAND

1976 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-169
Author(s):  
Robert A. C. Stewart ◽  
Jane M. Liddell
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Student Nurses ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Student Nurse ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Personal Orientation Inventory ◽  
High Ability Student ◽  
Personal Orientation ◽  
Ability Student ◽  
Low Ability

Seventy-five student nurses at the Southland Hospital, Invercargill, New Zealand, were assessed independently by ward and tutorial staff on a 5-point scale rating the quality of their work. Comparisons of high and low ability students were then made on scores from the following instruments: Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, Wilson-Patterson Conservatism Scale, Allport-Vernon-Lindsey Study of Values, Cattell 16 Personality Factors Test, Shostrom Personal Orientation Inventory. “t” tests of significant differences between means revealed the following profiles for the high ability student nurse: (a) Comparison based on ward staff ratings of ability: conservative, religious, dogmatic, and low on political and economic values: (b) comparison based on tutorial staff ratings of ability: relaxed, higher on social values, and tends to live in the past or future rather than the present. A comparison of the three years showed that the student nurse most likely to stay in the program had the following profile: more political, less religious, less acceptant of aggression, and higher ward rating.

Age, Sex, and Personality Correlates of Self-Actualization in Elderly Adults

1989 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 643-647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louise Plouffe ◽  
François Gravelle
Keyword(s):  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Intimate Contact ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Personal Orientation Inventory ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Main Effect ◽  
Self Actualization ◽  
Older Subjects ◽  
Personal Orientation

The present study examined age, sex and personality correlates of self-actualization among older adults. The Personal Orientation Inventory and Personality Research Form were administered individually to 80 community men and women aged 56 yr.—84 yr. No main effect for sex was observed on inventory scores, but younger subjects (56 yr.—67 yr.) obtained higher scores than older subjects (68 yr—84 yr.) on four subscales: Existentiality, Feeling Reactivity, Acceptance of Aggression and Capacity for Intimate Contact. Age was negatively correlated with Feeling Reactivity in both sexes; Inner-directedness decreased with age in men and Capacity for Intimate Contact diminished with age in women. For men, inventory scores were positively associated with the traits of Change and Endurance and negatively correlated with Abasement, Order and Succorance. For women, Impulsivity correlated positively and Order was associated negatively with scores on the inventory. These results suggest that the components of self-actualization are differentially influenced by age for men and women and that the traits accompanying self-actualization are sex-linked.

Some Personality Correlates of Obese Persons

1973 ◽  
Vol 32 (3_suppl) ◽  
pp. 1267-1277 ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Wunderlich ◽  
William G. Johnson ◽  
Michael F. Ball
Keyword(s):  
Weight Reduction ◽  
Self Control ◽  
Obese Patients ◽  
Check List ◽  
Personal Preference ◽  
Volunteer Program ◽  
Adjective Check List ◽  
Personal Adjustment ◽  
Personality Correlates ◽  
Edwards Personal Preference Schedule

16 obese patients in a volunteer program of weight reduction were given the Adjective Check List (ACL) and the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) prior to beginning weight reduction. The patients were from 64.6% to 214.7% overweight. It was predicted that they would score lower than the normative group on the Achievement, Affiliation, Dominance, Endurance, Order, Personal adjustment, and Self-control scales, while higher scores were predicted for the Aggression, Exhibitionism, Heterosexuality, and Intraception scales. The predictions were upheld. In addition, the obese sample checked a significantly fewer number of Favorable Adjectives than did the normative group and more descriptive adjectives pertaining to Autonomy.

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