Treatment Implications Moderate scores suggest that the individual is insightful, sensitive, and introspective, all of which are qualities conducive to psychotherapy. A high 5 reduces the likelihood that any existing pathology will be acted out. However, with increasing elevations, there are l ike.ly to be important issues related to passivity, dependency, impracticality, problems dealing with anger, and difficulties with hetero- sexual adjustment. In contrast, low-scoring men may have difficulties with psychotherapy because they have low verbal skills, are not psychologically minded, have a narrow range of interests, and tend to be action oriented. The most successful approaches for working with low-scoring males involve clear behavioral descriptions with concrete, short-term goals.