Reference List for the BASIS-A Inventory

Many professionals using the instrument may be interested in the variety of ways the BASIS-A Inventory has been used in clinical, educational, and organizational settings. To follow are references that the consumer can consult to provide additional ideas for treatment planning, relationships with other psychological constructs, research possibilities, and business setting applications. Client populations that have been included in this reference list or dissertations include college students, parents, adjudicated youth, prisoners, sexually abused children, Latino adults, graduate Masters of Business Administration students, corporate leaders, teachers, diabetic clients, troubled children, substance abusers, sexual offenders, seminary students, and pre-marital couples. The reference list below does not include references to dissertations at the present time.

 

BASIS-A Reference List:  Professional Journals, Manuals, Book Chapters

 and the Mental Measurements Year Book

Appleton, B. A., & Stanwyck, D. (1996). Teacher personality, pupil control ideology, and

leadership style. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 52 (2), 119-129.

Butler, D.S., & Mullis, F. (2001) Forgiveness: Conflict resolution strategy in the

            workplace. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 57(3), 259-272.

Choca, J. P. (1998). Review of the BASIS-A Inventory. In J. C. Impara, & B.S. Plake

(Eds.), The Thirteenth Mental Measurements Yearbook. Lincoln, NE: Buros Institute of Mental Measurements. (Review of the BASIS-A Inventory)

Curlette, W. L., Kern, R. M., & Wheeler, M. S. (1996). Uses and interpretations of scores

on the BASIS-A Inventory. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 52(2), 95-103.

Curlette, W. L., Wheeler, M. S., & Kern, R. M. (1997). BASIS-A inventory technical

manual. Highlands, NC: TRT Associates.

Curlette, W. L., Kern, R. M., Gfroerer, K. P., & Whitaker, I. Y. (1999). A comparison of

two social interest assessment instruments with implications for managed care. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 55(1), 62-71.

Dinter, L. D. (2000). The Relationship between self-efficacy and lifestyle patterns. The

Journal of Individual Psychology, 56(4), 462-473.

Kemp, D. E., & Center, D. B. (2000). Troubled children grown-up: Antisocial behavior

in young adult criminals. Education and Treatment of Children, 23(3), 223-238.

Kern, R. M., & Riordan, R. J. (1995). Assessing family-of-origin issues in supervision.

Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy For Couples and Families 3(4),

350-355.

Kern, R., Gfroerer, K., Summers, Y., Curlette, W., & Matheny, K. (1996). Life-style,

personality, and stress coping. Individual Psychology, 52(1), 42-53.

Kern, R., Penick, J., & Hambry, R. (1996). Personality, stress and prediction of diabetic
           regimen compliance and BASIS-A personality indicators. The Diabetes Educator,
           22(4),
367-373.
Kern, R., Snow, J., & Ritter, K. (19). Making the lifestyle concept measurable. 
          Psychological Fingerprints: Lifestyle Assessments and Intervention.
In Eckstein,
          D., & Kern, R., (Eds.). Iowa, Kendall/Hurt Publishing Company. 68-78.

Kern, R., Wheeler, M., & Curlette, W. (1997) BASIS-A inventory Interpretative

              Manual.  Highlands, NC. TRT Associates.                 

Kern, R., Edwards, D., Flowers, C., Lambert, R., & Belangee, S. (1999). Teachers’

lifestyles and their perceptions of students’ behaviors. The Journal of Individual

Psychology, 55(4), 422-436.

Kern, R., Rassmussen, P., Byrd, S., & Wittschen, L. (1999). Life-style, personality, and

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in young adults. The Journal of Individual

Psychology, 55(2), 186-199.

Kutchins, K., Curlette, W. L., & Kern, R. M., (1997). To what extent is there a

relationship between personality priorities and lifestyle themes. The Journal of

Individual Psychology, 52(2), 373-387.

McGreevy, M. H., Newbauer, J. F., & Carich, M. S. (2001). Comparison of lifestyle

profiles of incarcerated sexual offenders with those of persons incarcerated for

other crimes. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 57(1), 67-77.

Miranda, A. O., Goodman, E. D., & Kern, R. M. (1996). Similarities between social

interest and contemporary definitions of corporate leadership. Individual

Psychology, 52(3), 261-267.

Miranda, A., Frevert, V., & Kern, R. (1998). Lifestyle differences between bicultural and

low-and-high acculturation-level Latino adults. The Journal of Individual

Psychology, 54(1), 119-134.

Morris-Conley, C., & Kern, R. (in press). The relationship between lifestyle and

conflict resolution strategy. The Journal of Individual

Psychology.

Peluso P., & Kern, R. (2002) An Adlerian model for assessing and treating the

            perpetrators of domestic violence. The Journal of Individual Psychology

           58(1), 87-103.

Peluso, P., Stoltz, K. (2002). Using the Adlerian Lifestyle Construct as a Strengths

Assessment Tool for Improving Employees’ Success. Counseling Employees: A
            Multifaceted Approach. Edited by: Daya Singh Sandhu. ACA.

Rassmussen, P. R., Martin, M. F., & Sorrow, D. L. (2001). BASIS-A lifestyle themes,

MMPI-A, and childhood sexual abuse: Conclusions from a residential sample.

The Journal of Individual Psychology, 57(1), 78-90.

Slaton, B. J., Kern, R. M., & Curlette, W. L. (2000). Personality profiles of inmates. The

Journal of Individual Psychology, 56(1), 88-109.

Smith, S., Kern, R., Curlette, W., & Mullis, F. (2001). Personality profiles

using Adlerian lifestyle themes among adjudicated adolescents. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 57(3). 224-245.

Snow, J.N., & Kern, R. (2001) Teacher in-service, experiential learning, and Individual

           Psychology. The Journal of Individual Psychology, 57(4), 400-410.

Snow, J.N., Frey, M., Kern, R. (2002). Attrition, financial incentives, and parent

education.  The Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy For Couples and

Families, 10(4), 373-378.

Snow, J. N., Kern, R. M., & Curlette, W. L. (2001). Identifying personality traits

associated with attrition in systematic training for effective parenting groups. The

Family Journal: Counseling and Therapy for Couples and Families 9(2),

102-108.

Wheeler, M. S. (1996). Using the BASIS-A Inventory: Examples from a clinical setting.

The Journal of Individual Psychology, 52(2), 104-118.