This study hypothesized that individuals in unstable marriages were more dogmatic, more externally controlled, and evidenced more dissimilarity in life-motivating goals than those in stable marriage. Two groups of 22 married couples (designated married-stable and married-unstable) were administered the Rokeach Dogmatism Scale, the Rotter I-E Scale, and the Hahn California Life Goals Evaluation Schedules. Although results did not support any of the three hypotheses stated, the findings led to three significant conclusions. First, dogmatic traits that were expected to be predominant in unstable marriages actually were seen as a stabilizing factor when demonstrated by the female spouse. Second, wives in unstable marriages demonstrated greater external locus of control than their husbands. Third, dissimilarities in life goals do not necessarily contribute to marital discordance, but actually are associated with marital stability unless they include the motivational areas of leadership and independence.

PROBLEMIt is recognized that the majority of hemodialysis patients undergo psychological strcss of one form or another due to the nature of their illness and that in many cases these psychological factors influence successful adjustment or rehabilitation. Several investigators", 11-13) have offered clinical reports that outline the psychosexual immaturity, depression, anxiety, and minimal interest in environment of these paticnts, but little attention has been directed to the difficulty of testing them due to their intense denial and distrust of psychological tests and examiners in general. De-Nour, Shaltiel, and Czackes@, 1'. 5 2 6 ) madc reference to the difficulty that, thcy encountered in testing their Ss . They related that the necessary testing

The field of nursing in the past has been considered a stereotypically feminine vocation, but in recent years an increasing number of men have begun to enter. The present study shows the present day men entering the nursing profession as possessing adequate self-concept, level of ego strength, self-esteem, and male sexuality. They are comparable to other men in the various areas of personality explored and have less need to rely upon fantasy in their everyday functions than control peers in this study.

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Norms and reliability data were established for 296 land grant university freshmen on the Fundamental Interpersonal Relations Orientation-Behavior (FIRO-B). Means and reliability coefficients were lower than those given for a comparable group in the FIRO-B manual. Additional analyses of the overall scores, sum of all six scales, and the sums across the need areas provided the highest reliability coefficients. It seems that researchers can best use the FIRO-B by taking advantage of the higher correlations found in the overall scores (r = .81) and the sums of the wanted and expressed scales (T = .75). PROBLEMPreliminary research inaicates that the 71-item form of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory called the Mini-Mult, designed by Kincannon@), has essentially the same predictive capabilities with certain populations as the much longer, standard form of the MMPI. Kincannon's research with admissions to acute psychiatric services indicated rather high correspondence between the Mini-Mult and the full MMPI. Other studies@' 4 , investigated the relationship between the two forms of the test in a personnel screening technique and with patients a t an acute, intensive treatment center. Results of both of these studies indicated that the Mini-Mult does indeed predict results of the full MMPI with a high degree of accuracy. Less significant results were obtained in two additional studies (1, 5 ) when the Mini-Mult was employed in a nonpsychiatric setting with college students.The reliability of the Mini-Mult can be established only by its comparison with the MMPI in a wide variety of settings. Thus, the present study compared the two forms with patients in an inpatient adolescent unit of a Medical University Hospital. METHODThe 75 Ss were inpatients of an adolescent psychiatric unit that is part of the child and adult psychiatric units at the Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston. Forty-one were females (mean age 16.1 years) and 34 were males (mean age 15.9 years). Hospitalization ranged from 15 to 147 days (mean 43.8 days) with the period for the males slightly longer than the girls (mean 45.4 days for males and 41.9 days for females). Each S was interviewed to insure an adequate level of reading ability and comprehension. The completed MMPIs of all Ss first were scored in the usual manner, and then they were scored again by use of Mini-Mult templates with the raw scores converted into standard-scale raw scores according to Kincannon's conversion table.To determine whether the MMPI and Mini-Mult were compatible in clinical interpretive effectiveness, the twice-scored profiles were sorted into two sets by three experienced clinicians. One set comprised those profiles that agreed closely in profile patterning, diagnostic formulation and psychopathology. The other set contained those profiles that did not meet the three criteria.