Antanas Suziedelis

The Structure of Values. Conceptions of the Desirable.

Abstract The study aim was to define currently discernible conceptions of the desirable. An inventory of personal value statements was constructed, administered to two large samples, and factor analyzed. Twelve first order and four higher-level dimensions were identified in both samples. An hypothesis that liberal-conservative attitudes were predictable to a high degree from the authoritarian value orientation was tested and confirmed. Each of the four higher level dimensions was interpretable as a specific ethic or organized set of rules that guide conduct. The four ethics or value dimensions were labeled Acceptance of Authority, Work Ethic, Humanistic Orientation, and Hedonistic Orientation.

A Cluster Analytic Approach To MMPI Profile Types.

Aims were to identify the profile types present in MMPI scale scores using Wards hierarchical procedure and a nonhierarchical average linkage method. One data set consisted of the 35 code types developed by Gilberstadt-Duker and Marks-Seeman-Haller. Another data set consisted of Lanyons group profiles of 210 diagnostic classes. These profiles were subdivided into odd-even samples of 105. Analysis of the 35 code types disclosed four clusters by either procedure: neurotics, depressed psychotics, excited psychotics, and sociopaths. Analysis of the two Lanyon subsamples uncovered several normal subgroups as well as the clusters found among the code types. These results indicate that a relatively small number of homogeneous subtypes can account for most code types and diagnostic group profiles.

Conservative Attitudes and Authoritarian Values

Summary The aim of the study was to determine the structure and dimensionality of social-political attitudes. Also investigated was the hypothesis that the liberal vs. conservative attitude dimension was synonymous with the value dimension rule free vs. authoritarian. An attitude measure consisting of simply stated social-political issues and a personal values inventory were administered to a varied sample of 300 men and women. Analysis of the attitude items disclosed three factors—Liberal vs. Conservative, Freedom of Sex Expression, and Equalitarianism—whose intercorrelations indicated a common dimension of conservatism. The cross-correlations in both the male and female samples support the hypothesis that conservative attitudes and authoritarian values were essentially identical constructs. Groups ranked by conservativism and groups ranked as to age increased significantly in mean conservativism score as anticipated.

Occupational Differentiation by Typological Analysis.

Abstract The study aims were (a) to test by typological analysis whether members of six occupational groups could be distinguished on the basis of their interest profiles; and (b) to compare the relative effectiveness of summary scores and items in distinguishing among the six occupational groups. SVIBs were available on samples of artists, farmers, ministers, physicists, real estate salesmen, and newsmen. A typological analysis was applied separately to the 14 interest scores and the 198 item responses of 40 members of the six occupational groups. The analysis recovered all six occupational groups when total scores were used but only five groups when items responses were used as descriptors.

CHARACTERISTIC RESPONSE MODES TO INTERPERSONAL SITUATIONS.

The study sought to identify (a) the main interpersonal situation-dimen- sions that evoke interpersonal responses, and (b) the main manifest reaction modes. An inventory consisting of 4 blocks of stimuli and 4 blocks of responses was developed. Responses were obtained to each set of stimuli from 258 women and 253 men. The correlations among stimuli and among responses to the stimuli were factored separately by block for each sex. Three factors were isolated within each simulus sector of control, hostility, support, and help-seeking. Three o r four factors were isolated within each response block. Since the findings were consistent across sex, they provide a useful scheme for conceptualizing interpersonal behavior.

Profile patterns in the 16PF questionnaire

The study goal was to identify the main clusters of 16PF score profiles to be found in a mixed sample of students and adults. The 300 subjects represented, half male and half female, were subdivided into three equal subsamples. To demonstrate replicability, the three subsamples were cluster analyzed by three procedures: Nonhierarchical average linkage, minimum variance, and K-means. Four profile clusters were identified and replicated across two or three samples and for all three methods. The results were compared with those reported by other investigators.

Distinctive Personality Profiles of the Interpersonal Style Inventory

To identify a few homogeneous subgroups with distinct personality profiles, the Interpersonal Style Inventory (ISI) was administered to two samples, each composed of 100 university undergraduates. Wards hierarchical algorithm and the buildup nonhierarchical cluster analytic program was applied to measures of profile similarity among members of each sample. Of the six clusters that were isolated in the first sample, five were matched at significant levels across the two methods. In the second sample, six clusters were matched across clustering procedures at significant levels. Comparisons across samples disclosed five good matches between clusters generated by the Ward hierarchical algorithm, but only one for the nonhierarchical analytic procedures, These results indicate that most IS1 personality profiles can be classified into five or six categories for purposes of interpretation or prediction.

Changes in femininity, masculinity, and self-regard among women alcoholics in residential treatment

Specially designed scales of Self-Regard, Masculinity, and Femininity were administered to 31 women alcoholics at several times during the course of a residential treatment program and to a comparison group of recovered alcoholics with long records of sobriety. The results show that (1) there is a sharp and immediate increase among alcoholic women in self-esteem during the first 30 days of rehabilitation; (2) this restoration of self-esteem is closely linked with a reaffirmation of femininity in older, but not in younger, women; (3) women with histories of homosexual involvement demonstrate a notably different pattern of self-reassessment.

MODES OF INTERPERSONAL RESPONSE TO PEERS.

The study sought to (a) identify the main response patterns elicited by six types of interpersonal stimuli, and (a) test the effect of varying the sex of the agent and the age of the respondent. A Schedule of Interpersonal Response (SIR) designed to reflect the six classes of stimuli and two to four possible response modes was constructed. A factor analysis of 70 homogeneous subtests yielded five interpretable factors. Samples of working adults, college students and high school students of both sexes were compared as to response pattern. Evidence of concurrent validity was found in scores on Sterns Activities Index.

Patterns of Personal Values Among Men and Women

From a large pool of statements, culled from the literature and written by a number of contributors, an initial inventory was assembled, consisting of 235 statements arranged in random order. The instructions called for the S to indicate on a five-point scale the importance of the goal or behavior in his (her) life. The preliminary form was administered to 365 mean and women who varied widely in educational level and occupational status. After