23 super-obese males (M = 341 lb.) and females (M = 263 lb.) in a 6-mo. weight reduction program were compared with normative groups on the California Psychological Inventory. Females scored significantly different from the norm group on 6 of the 15 predicted scales, males on 9. A characteristic personality of the obese could not be described from the data.
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