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Is there an association between astrological data and personality?
Author(s) -
Hume Nicholas,
Goldstein Gerald
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(197707)33:3<711::aid-jclp2270330321>3.0.co;2-h
Subject(s) - minnesota multiphasic personality inventory , psychology , personality , association (psychology) , test (biology) , personality test , statistics , social psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , test validity , mathematics , paleontology , psychotherapist , biology
A test was made of the hypothesis that personality characteristics can be predicted on the basis of various features of the individual's astrological chart. Astrological charts were prepared for 196 college‐age S s who also were administered the MMPI and the Leary Interpersonal Check List. S s were divided into those who had extreme scores on any of the 13 personality variables studied and those who did not. For each personality variable, comparisons were made on a large number of astrological dimensions between distributions of S s with and without extreme test scores. Six hundred thirty‐two such comparisons were made and evaluated with chi‐square tests. In that the obtained number of statistically significant chi‐squares was less than what would be expected on a chance basis, the hypothesis was rejected.