This study considered the relationship between psychopathology and love. Agape love was defined as spontaneous and selfless love. The hypothesis tested was that people demonstrating psychopathology would make fewer positive responses to statements reflecting love than people free of psychopathology.
The MMPI was utilized to measure the presence of psychopathology. The Atkinson A Scale (developed for this study) measured agape responses. Both these instruments were administered to 102 subjects in three groups: hospital patients, seminary students, and psychology students.
Mean agape scores were subjected to a one-way analysis of variance, Significant difference among the group means was detected at the p <.05 level. A Scheffe test showed hospital patients' agape scores significantly lower than scores of seminary and psychology students. The initial hypothesis was confirmed,
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504487 |
| Date | 08 1900 |
| Creators | Atkinson, Stephen E. |
| Contributors | Black, Charles J., Jr., Stricklin, Annie B., Sininger, Rollin Albert |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | iv, 38 leaves, Text |
| Rights | Public, Atkinson, Stephen E., Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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