title: Haitian adolescent personality clusters and their problem area correlates.
abstract: This study identified personality clusters among a community sample of adolescents of Haitian decent and related cluster subgroup membership to problems in the areas of substance abuse, mental and physical health, family and peer relationships, educational and vocational status, social skills, leisure and recreational pursuits, aggressive behavior-delinquency, and to sexual risk activity. Three cluster subgroups were identified: dependent/conforming (N = 68), high pathology (N = 30); and confident/extroverted/conforming (N = 111). Although the overall sample was relatively healthy based on low average endorsement of problems across areas of expressed concern, significant physical health, mental health, relationship, educational, and HIV risk problems were identified in a MACI identified high psychopathology cluster subgroup. A confident/extraverted/conforming cluster subgroup revealed few problems and appears to reflect a protective style.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational and Psychological Studies, University of Miami, Miami, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: McMahon
authors.forename: Vaughn E
authors.initials: VE
authors.lastname: Bryant
authors.forename: Jessy G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Dévieux
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jean-Gilles
authors.forename: Rhonda
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Robert M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Malow
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000294:Adolescent Behavior / Q000523:psychology; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006205:Haiti / Q000208:ethnology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010555:Personality Inventory