16 PF PROFILES AND TYPOLOGIES FOR PATIENTS SEEN IN MARITAL-THERAPY

The purpose of this study was to examine and describe the personal ity characteristics of 145 patients seen in outpatient marital therapy in private practice. Cluster analysis of the entire sample resulted in f ive separate typologies which were statistically significant and clini cally meaningful and which suggested different goals for counseling. P atients seeking marital therapy were significantly more tense, anxious , worrisome, suspicious, hold, and shrewd than the normal persons in t he 16 PF standardization sample.