PERSONALITY AND INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES

This study evaluated Eysenck's antisocial behavior (ASB) hypothesis. Eysenck's ASB hypothesis pre-dicts that individuals high on P, E, and N with poor socialization are at the greatest risk for the devel-opment of serious conduct problems. The participants were students receiving services in Emotional and Behavior Disorders (EBD) (n=75) and general education (GED) students (n=75) matched for age, eth-nicity, and sex. Participants were enrolled in middle and high schools in five counties in a large South-eastern state in the United States. Participants were administered three questionnaires; the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, the Basic Adlerian Scales for Interpersonal Success-Adult (BASIS-A), and the externalizing scale of the Youth Self-Report (YSR). Participants were compared by educational placement and by the seriousness of self-reported behavior problems. Students with EBD were sig-nificantly higher on the N scale and lower on the E scale in comparison to their GED peers indicating greater risk for emotional disorders. Their assessment also suggested greater socialization difficulties than the GED participants. Elevated P and N scores were found in students reporting serious levels of conduct problems on the YSR in comparison to those reporting average difficulties. Students reporting seriou