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A multi‐test alcoholic taxonomy: Canonical coefficient clusters
Author(s) -
Retzlaff Paul D.,
Bromley Susan
Publication year - 1991
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(199103)47:2<299::aid-jclp2270470218>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - psychology , taxonomy (biology) , clinical psychology , zoology , biology
Little convergence has been found in the area of subtyping alcoholic per sonalities. Prior work has suffered from the use of single inventories, inventories with large distress factors, or inventories that lack broad theoretical appeal. The present work ( N = 89) transcends idiosyncratic cluster solutions through the use of canonical correlation of the Basic Personality Inventory and the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory. The resulting global canonical variates are cluster analyzed to a six‐cluster solution. These subtypes are described through their scores on the canonical variates and the underlying psychometric inventories.