PROBLEMThe purposes of this investigation were twofold. The first was the identification of personality dimensions for a sample of men from the Oakland Growth Study, each of whom had several interviews with one of a group of clinicians. The dimensions were delineated by analyzing a large schedule of ratings made by clinicians who had access to the transcripts of these interviews.The second purpose was to examine these derived dimensions in relation to two established personality inventories (the MMPI and CPI), as a means of assessing the validity of the dimensions and augmenting their meaning. A by-product of this is an extended understanding of the inventory measures.The dimensions are ultimately to form the basis for deriving some personality types, which will be studied in relation to antecedent adolescent characteristics. A similar study is being conducted with adult and adolescent longitudinal data for the female sample. This project, involving the identification of adult personality types and their adolescent antecedents, was originally under the direction of the late Else Frenkel-Brunswik and then carried on by the late Suzanne Reichard. Following the untimely deaths of Dr. Frenkel-Brunswik and Dr. Reichard, the present authors assumed the responsibility of carrying out their general plan. The present study constitutes the first report on this project. METHOD As part of the Oakland Growth Study of development through adolescence to adulthood, intensive follow-up interviewing was conducted with the subjects, as adults.' The interviews were semi-struatured and based upon a schedule covering a broad spectrum of life experiences. These included the subjects' retrospective views of their childhood and adolescence in relation to their family, school life, peer attachments, as well as their physical and sexual development. -4lso included were inquiries about their adult years involving accomplishments and attitudes concerning work, marriage, and parenthood, their health, use of leisure time, values, and expectations for the future. Interview transcripts of 48 men were rated on 137 fivepoint scales of dynamic and cognitive personality traits. These constitute Suzanne Reichard's elaborated and modified version of the schedule of psychoanalytic and psychological ratings devised by Else Frenkel-Brunswik and her co-workers, Suzanne Reichard and Florine Livson. The earlier schedule was utilized in a study(" of personality and aging at the University of California Institute of Industrial Relations. Clarke B. Berry, Theodore C. Kroeber, and Norma S. Haan made contributions to the current schedule.The rating variables were grouped into general categories, as follows: defense mechanisms, coping mechanisms, attitudes toward self , drive organization, affective for their help in implementing this study. Our appreciation also is extended to Harrison G. Gough, Louis H. Stewart and Norman Livson for their helpful suggestions and advice. 'The subjects' series of interviews varied from 8 to 12 hours in length, and the subjects ra...
