CPI and Dogmatism scores for 150 each 1960 and 1970 junior college Ss were compared with those for 105 hippies living in a forest setting. Separate analyses were performed for the males (ns = 75, 75, and 79) and females (ns = 75, 75, and 26). The 1970 college Ss' and hippies' scores were more similar to one another than the scores of either group were to those of the 1960 college Ss. The CPI Responsibility scale strongly differentiated the 3 groups; about 30% of the score variance was associated with group membership. On the whole, the hippie sample's scores were interpreted as indicating exaggerated personality characteristics common to today's college youth.
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