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Showing 1 to 20 of 261 for “"Personality and Social Contexts"”.
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A mixed-method analysis of women's intimate partner violence
… analysis of individual differences in attachment and personality and social contexts. Findings suggest that the Conflict Tactics Scales led to inflated estimates of women’s violence through the misidentification of play as violence and through the categorization of a range of behaviors, called …
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Moderation of Personality Test Validity
Personality testing can be an adequate instrument for prediction of future job performance. However, the predictive ability of these tests has been only moderate at best. This researcher attempted to determine if feedback would help improve the predictive ability of personality tests. The results …
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A Study of Highly and Moderately Gifted Students in Mixed-Age Settings and the Effect on Social Status and Self-Concept
This research addresses issues of self-concept, social status, and relative age as they relate to moderately (n=146) and highly (n=161) gifted students. Previous research regarding self-concept and giftedness yielded mixed results. The majority of social status research had not been conducted with …
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The relationship between adult attachment theory, jealousy, and attitudes towards monogamy
… manifests through different attachment styles, and whether an individual’s attachment style was related to their attitude toward monogamy. The participants consisted of undergraduate psychology students at Eastern Washington University. Participants were assessed and put in to categories based …
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Relationship Between Four Temperament Types and Nineteen Spiritual Gifts
… the possible relationship between temperament and spiritual gifts. Traditionally they have been seen as offspring of discrete disciplines, the former belonging to the realm of psychology and the latter to theology. When some writers recently hypothesized a possible correlation between …
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The Relationship Between Need Trait and Temperament Type
… Need trait -- as motivation for behavior -- and temperament type -- as emotional disposition and affective mood -- are understood to be interacting major components of the structure of personality. Past observation, speculation, and study of these constructs have lacked the psychometric and …
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Validation of the Portuguese Version of the Temperament Inventory
… the TI with the Portuguese population in mainland Portugal and to obtain norms on the TI for this population.</p> <p>Methodology. A factor analytical research design was used to determine whether the items selected to measure a particular temperament in the original American version did, in …
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The Effectiveness of Rating Scales and Semi-Structured Interview in Diagnosing Adult Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
<p><em>Problem and purpose.</em> There are few standardized tools for diagnosing ADHD in adults. The purpose of this study was to compare a standardized rating scale (CAARS) used by different observers, with a comprehensive diagnostic interview (CAADID) with respect to their ability to diagnose …
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Personality Types of Registered Nurses Employed in a Rural Community Hospital
The purpose of this study was to identify the personality types of registered nurses in a rural community. An extensive literature review revealed that no studies, utilizing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to identify personality types, had been conducted with rural nurses. Jung's …
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Psychometric And Experimental Investigation Of Impulsivity, Rumination, Revenge, And Forgiveness
<p>Revenge and forgiveness are commonplace aspects of social interaction. Past research has emphasized that rumination is an important cognitive correlate of both revenge and forgiveness. In the present research, we examined whether revenge attitudes and motivations, as well as forgiveness …
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