Psychogenic needs in a 70‐year‐old urban population NORMS FOR THE CMPS AND SEX AND AGE RELATIONS

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Abstract
Psychogenic needs according to Murray were measured by means of the Cesarec‐Marke Personality Schedule on representative samples of men and women taking part in a health control in Gothenburg, Sweden. Means, standard deviations, stanine scores and a comparison with results from 50‐year‐old men and women and with 16‐year‐old boys and girls with regard to sex differences are presented. Men in all three agegroups scored higher than women on achievement and dominance, and women in all three age‐groups scored higher than men on nurturance and sociability. Seventy‐year‐old men and women scored lower than the 50‐year‐olds on exhibition and higher on order and acquiescence. The difference between the sexes was smaller in 70‐year‐olds than in 50‐year‐olds with regard to nurturance. The standard deviations were generally smaller in 70‐year‐olds than in 50‐year‐olds. Four out of the 11 subscales had distributions that were skewed in the 70‐year‐olds.

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