title: 16 PF profiles and typologies for patients seen in marital therapy.
abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the personality characteristics of 145 patients seen in outpatient marital therapy in private practice. Cluster analysis of the entire sample resulted in five separate typologies which were statistically significant and clinically meaningful and which suggested different goals for counseling. Patients seeking marital therapy were significantly more tense, anxious, worrisome, suspicious, bold, and shrewd than the normal persons in the 16 PF standardization sample.
authors.affiliation: Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago 60603, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Craig
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Olson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D004644:Emotions; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008388:Marital Therapy; D008875:Middle Aged; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D012016:Reference Values; D012919:Social Behavior