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Individual personality differences in adjustment to retirement
… results suggest the possibility of individual differences in retirement adjustment that may not be accounted for with aggregated data. Wang, Henkens, and Shultz (2011) proposed a comprehensive framework of retirement adjustment: the resource-based dynamic perspective, which reasons that …
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Gender and personality differences in coping in sport
… be equivocal. Some studies have reported gender differences in coping preferences (e.g., Hammermeister & Burton, 2004; Nicholls, Polman, Levy, Taylor, & Cobley, 2007) whereas other studies did not find differences between male and female athletes in coping preferences (e.g., Bebetsos & Antoniou, …
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Personality differences between talented high school achievers and underachievers
… intellectual potentials. Research on the differences between achieving and underachieving talented students, has left unanswered many important questions concerned with this area of educational psychology.</p>
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The Attitudinal and Motivational Consequences of Personality Differences in Teams
… work, understanding the effects of team member differences is critical. This research examined the effects of personality congruence (i.e., (dis)similarity) on individual team members’ satisfaction with the team and autonomous motivation. The potential role of psychological need fulfillment as a …
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Personality differences of sophomore junior college talented achievers and underachievers
<p>Are there personality characteristics statistically significant and of relatively large enough differences to make distinctions between talented achievers and underachievers? Would an identification of those personality characteristics be a necessary value to the institution of remedial …
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AVERSIVE RACISM AND POLITICAL IDEOLOGY: CONTEXT-DEPENDENT DECISIONS AND PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CONSERVATIVES AND LIBERALS
… blatant racists, and non-racists. Although differences were not found between the racism groups, the pattern of findings is suggestive of aversive racism. Furthermore, the finding that aversive racists were predominantly liberal supported previous findings concerning aversive racists' …
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Personality Differences in Never-Married Versus Divorced Individuals In Later Life Using the NEO PI-R
Previous research has shown that personality disorder symptoms are significantly higher in divorced and never-married individuals compared to married individuals. Although personality pathology is elevated in these two groups, specific trait differences between the two are still unclear. In a large …
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Personality differences of three groups of college freshmen rated high, average, and low on study habits and attitudes
… Is there any significant difference in the personality variables, between groups of college freshmen rated high, average, or low in study habits and attitudes? Study habits and attitudes were measured by the Survey of Study Habits and Attitudes by W. H. Brown and W. F. Holtman.
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Personality differences in terms of temperament between teachers of regular education students and teachers of developmentally disabled students
… study was to identify the components of human personality in terms of temperament that are similar and different between individuals who teach regular education students and individuals who teach special education, specifically in the area of developmental disabilities. This study examined the …
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A study of personality characteristics which distinguish between achievers and underachievers in a talented group of eighth grade pupils
… study an attempt is made to discover some of the personality differences which contribute to the underachievement of certain talented pupils. Perhaps, by investigating the presence of such characteristics, it will be possible to develop curricula to assist these talented pupils in the fullest …
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Mountains, cities, random forests: new and old frontiers in geographical psychology
… the causes and consequences of geo- graphical differences in personality. After an initial introduction to the field and a broad over- view of the relevant literature (Chapter 1), I present an applied tutorial, that describes the typical analytical process when addressing psychological research …
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Personality profiles of a hierarchy of female high school athletes from various socioeconomic groups
The general problem was to determine personality differences among a hierarchy of high school female athletes in various socio-economic groups. The specific problems were: (1) To determine if there were any significant personality trait differences among three socio-economic groupings of superior …
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Eye Accommodation, Personality, and Autonomic Balance
… systems has been linked to individual differences in personality characteristics, especially introversion (PNS-dominant) and extraversion (SNS-dominant). Since the balance mediates accommodation, the similar personality differences between near- and far-sighted individuals may be …
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Myers-Briggs personality types of students who seek various counseling and psychological services : a loglinear analysis
This study investigated personality differences among students who seek personal, career, and academic counseling and students who do not seek counseling. Students in the 1983 freshman class (N = 3,245) at Ball State University were administered various tests including the Myers-Briggs Type …
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Paranormal Beliefs and Personality Traits
… This study examines the non-pathological personality traits present in paranormal believers by using a broad personality test. One hundred and one participants completed the Paranormal Belief Scale (PBS) and the Personality Research Form (PRF) in order to examine the differences among the …
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