Browsing by Subject "Personality"
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(2009-05-15)The dyadic-interactional perspective of personality suggests that behavior is a function of both stable personality traits and the dynamic interpersonal environment. According to this theory, interpersonal behavior generally ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1962)[Purpose] The purpose of this study was to investigate whether the performance of an anaerobic task was affected by selected motivational techniques and whether the performance scores are related to selected personality ...
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(2012-07-16)Behavioral approach sensitivity (BAS) has been found to relate to anger contrary to perspectives positing that BAS is only involved in positive emotions. The present study extends this work by examining relations between ...
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(2012-12-04)Researchers and practitioners continue to be concerned about the magnitude, extent, and effects of response distortion when self-report personality measures are used in high-stakes testing. One method for mitigating response ...
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(2013-04-25)Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is one of the most studied psychological disorders in psychology, and it is also one of the most detrimental to the individual. Research on BPD has consistently found that those with ...
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(2018-08-06)The prevailing categorical system of classifying personality disorders in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) demonstrates serious weaknesses in conceptual precision and clinical utility. To ...
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(2010-10-12)Kant’s idea of the person and its place within his so-called “Formula of Humanity” has taken on an important role in contemporary discussions of normative ethics. Yet, despite its popularity, confusion remains as to what ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1993)Two studies investigated the relationship between personality variables and the accuracy of confidence judgments (calibration). The personality variables were openness (from the NEO-FFI, Costa & McCrae, 1985), authoritarianism ...
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(2015-09-21)In an attempt to better understand relationships between birth weight, birth order, and later psychological adjustment, three scales were administered to a sample of 192 undergraduate students (53 males, 139 females), ...
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(2012-10-19)Personality prototypes have gained more attention as a unit of personality analysis in the past decade. However, relatively few studies have looked at the personality structure of ethnic minorities in general and Black/African ...
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(2014-04-24)There is compelling evidence that personality is linked to disease and health-related behaviors. There is also emerging research which suggests that personality disorders (PDs) are related to health. Most assessments of ...
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(2014-08-11)This research into Reverse Auction Bidding (RAB) is the first of the twenty four studies completed to this time to use an individual with personality type Idealist specifically against other personality types. Amongst all ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )This study was designed to determine the ideal role (optimum program of involvement) and the existing role students play in the administrative decision making process as perceived by the administrative hierarchy of selected ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, 1981)Synthesizing the components of good teaching at the university level has been a problem for educators. Although some commentators offer insight into particular skills that characterize effective teachers, no one has presented ...
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(Texas A&M University. Libraries, )The purpose of this study was to assess the divergent and convergent validity of Levenson's multidimensional and Rotter's unidimensional approaches to the measure of Locus of Control (LOC) within the context of personality ...
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(Texas A&M University, 2004-11-15)The purpose of this study was to explore the issues that are typically encountered when using personality instruments for personnel selection. Cattell's Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF) was used in the ...
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(2011-08-08)This study utilized the meta-theoretical framework developed by McCrae and Costa in 1996 that explains individual differences in human nature and the theory regarding the role of individual differences in task performance ...