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Alcoholism/blood , Aminobutyrates/blood , Aminoisobutyric Acids/blood , Leucine/blood , Alcoholism/psychology , Behavior , Female , Humans , Male , Middle AgedABSTRACT
Two hundred nineteen male and female college students returned questionnaire measures relating to cognitive complexity, dogmatism, and repression-sensitization. Analyses revealed very complex interactions among the variables. Highly dogmatic repressors were low in cognitive complexity, and open- minded sensitizers were high in cognitive complexity. Ss exhibiting other combinations of dogmatism and repression-sensitization (e.g., highly dogmatic sensitizers, open-minded repressors) were moderate in cognitive complexity. Many of the conclusions about the behavioral correlates of cognitive complexity, dogmatism, and repression-sensitization may be confounded if these variables are not conjointly assessed.
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Authoritarianism , Cognition , Repression-Sensitization , Students , Female , Humans , MMPI , Male , Psychological Tests , Sex Factors , UniversitiesABSTRACT
Seventeen pre-delinquent, 17 mixed psychiatric, and 17 normal adolescents and their parents were compared for the possession of certain personality traits traditionally classified as masculine or feminine. The parents were also compared in regard to the characteristics they expected their sons to possess. The main findings centered around three personality traits that differentiated the adolescents, and also between the expectations of both the mothers and fathers. In general, the parents of the normal adolescents expected their sons to be more achieving, dominating, and enduring than the parents of the other adolescents, which is consistent in regard to the personality traits that differentiated the adolescents from each other. The results suggest that the possession of certain traits, such as dominance and endurance, appear to be important for adequate functioning in adolescent males.
