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The personality of clinical types: An empirically derived taxonomy
Author(s) -
Magaro Peter A.,
Smith Philip
Publication year - 1981
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(198110)37:4<796::aid-jclp2270370419>3.0.co;2-m
Subject(s) - psychology , operationalization , personality , personality assessment inventory , personality test , psychometrics , clinical psychology , multivariate analysis , personality disorders , alternative five model of personality , developmental psychology , test validity , big five personality traits , social psychology , big five personality traits and culture , philosophy , epistemology , machine learning , computer science
Studied the development of a theory of multivariate personality styles that are considered to correspond to the character of specific diagnostic types. Theoretical descriptions of the personality styles of the hysteric, compulsive, character disorder, manic, and depressive were operationalized by predicting specific combinations of personality dimensions measured by previously validated personality measures. A test battery composed of scales hypothesized to operationalize these characteristics was administered to samples of male and female college students ( N = 95). A short scale, the Multivariate Presonality Inventory, was devised to measure these styles and was found to be reliable and to exhibit concurrent validity with the full test battery. A cluster analysis methodology isolated clusters of males and females who corresponded to the predicted profiles of the hypothesized personality styles. Strongest support was found for the female hysteric, the male and female compulsive, the female character disorder, and the male manic personality style.