title: Further research on personality organization using the Differential Diagnostic Technique.
abstract: Two recent studies utilizing the Differential Diagnostic Technique as a primary means of assessment delineated several personality dimensions that reflect the over-all functioning of children in various placement settings. Ammons' 1991 study involved a young offender population of 110 males aged 12 to 17 years. Erdman (1992) looked at 691 children in residential care, both male and female, who ranged in age from 7 to 16 years. Despite different populations and statistical analyses, the personality dimensions produced in the different studies reflected a similar type of personality organization. In assessing personality, the Differential Diagnostic Technique is shown to be consonant with more traditional, empirically based modes of symptom and behavioral classification.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Psychology, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Weininger
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Erdman
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Ammons
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000987:Antisocial Personality Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011386:Projective Techniques / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics