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Dynes, Morgan. "Neuroticism and emotion regulation success." Connect to resource, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1811/45449.
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Dreves, Parker A. "Neuroticism and Ego Depletion Patterns." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/3190.
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Self-control has been defined as the ability to override or alter an automatic response. Past research has suggested that those who are higher in the personality trait neuroticism display poorer self-control. Based on theory suggesting that self-control is a limited resource, the present study attempts to explain the relationship between neuroticism and self-control. Understanding that neuroticism is characterized by emotional instability, it follows that individuals high in neuroticism must exert more self-control in managing their negative moods, thus leaving them depleted for future acts of self-control. Participants (n = 84) completed measures of trait self-control, engaged in an emotional regulation task, and then completed measures of state self-control, affect, and rumination. Results revealed no significant effect of emotional regulation on state self-control, nor a significant effect of neuroticism on state self-control. The implications of these findings are discussed.
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Andersson, Anders, and Christofer Stenström. "Emotionell priming och neuroticism - En studie om hur priming och neuroticism påverkar tolkningen av neutrala ansikten." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-2052.
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<p>Syftet med föreliggande studie är att undersöka hur olika typer av känslomässig</p><p>priming påverkar bedömningen av neutrala ansikten. I studien undersöks också hur</p><p>personlighetsegenskapen neuroticism påverkar denna bedömning, både enskilt och i</p><p>kombination med känslomässig priming. 82 försökspersoner deltog i undersökningen.</p><p>Primingen sker i form av emotionella ord som är positiva, negativ eller neutrala.</p><p>Tidigare studier har visat att neuroticism favoriserar negativa affekter, och hypotesen</p><p>i studien var att den negativa primingen ska ha större effekt på individer som ligger</p><p>högt på skalan som mäter neuroticism än på de som ligger lågt på skalan. Resultaten</p><p>av denna studie visade inga signifikanta huvudeffekter av vare sig priming eller</p><p>neuroticism, även signifikanta interaktionseffekt mellan dessa faktorer uteblev. En</p><p>förklaring till uteblivna resultat kan vara att neuroticism grupperna inte skilde sig</p><p>markant från varandra på just denna variabel och därför inte heller uppvisade några</p><p>skillnader i bedömningen av ansikten. En möjlig orsak till uteblivna primingeffekter</p><p>kan vara att bedömningsstimulit (ansiktena) visades under så lång tid att</p><p>försökspersonerna hann göra en medveten bearbetning av dessa.</p>
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Lodin, Maria. "Föräldrastöd, neuroticism och självkänsla : en sambandsstudie." Thesis, Högskolan Dalarna, Psykologi, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:du-4544.
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Gaffel, A. "Getting on the good side of neurotics : evidence in support of lateral preference and neuroticism predicting disinhibition /." [St. Lucia, Qld.], 2006. http://www.library.uq.edu.au/pdfserve.php?image=thesisabs/absthe19775.pdf.
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Teixeira, Rachel Coêlho Ripardo. "The influence of neuroticism in the relation between stressful events and adult attachment." Universidade de São Paulo, 2015. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/47/47132/tde-13112015-120618/.
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Events in the life history of an individual such as childhood stressful events alter the strategies that guide behavior, specifically sexual strategies. Evolutionary Developmental Psychology suggests that development must be studied through the integration of various aspects, such as Attachment, Sexual strategies, and Personality. Important and stable part of psychology, personalitys factor Neuroticism reflects how people react to stress. Considering this, in the present thesis we analyzed the relationship between childhood stressful life events, neuroticism and adult attachment. We interviewed 173 people, 99 women and 74 men, aged from 18 to 45 years old (M= 29.51; SD= 7.3), that had a family income range from 1 to 3 Brazilian MW. We applied a Stressful Events Inventory, a Neuroticism Test, and an Attachment Scale. It was found an average of 16,59 of occurrence of stressful events (SD = 5.82). In addition to this high frequency, it was found that the greater the number of stressful events, the greater the perceived stress; and participants perceived the events as more stressful than expected. There were sex differences, with men experiencing more events related to violence and authority, and women, more events that are social. Women also tended to perceive all events as more stressful and to have higher Neuroticism. 42% of the sample had a secure attachment style, less than expected. Lastly, occurrence of stressful events, neuroticism, age, and income explained 46% of variance of this sample attachment style. A structural model analysis showed that neuroticism mediates the relationship between occurrence of stressful events and attachment, without the role of perception. This means that Neuroticism has a much larger role than previously credited, and its study in research on development can explain the high variation found when examining the relationship between childhood and adulthood<br>Eventos na história de vida de um indivíduo, tais como eventos estressores da infância alteraram as estratégias que orientam o comportamento, especificamente as estratégias sexuais. A Psicologia Evolucionista do Desenvolvimento sugere que o desenvolvimento deve ser estudado através da integração de vários aspectos, como apego, estratégias sexuais, e personalidade. Parte importante e estável da psicologia, o fator de personalidade Neuroticismo reflete como as pessoas reagem a eventos de vida. Considerando isso, na presente tese foi analisada a relação entre eventos estressores da infância, neuroticismo e apego adulto. Foram entrevistadas 173 pessoas, 99 mulheres e 74 homens, com idades entre 18 a 45 anos (M = 29,57; DP = 7,35), com renda familiar de 1 a 3 SM. Foi aplicado o Inventário de Percepção de Eventos Estressores, a Escala Fatorial de Neuroticismo, e a Escala de Estilo de Relacionamento. Foi encontrada uma média de 16,59 eventos estressores ocorridos (DP= 5,82). Além dessa alta frequência, encontrou-se que quanto maior o número de eventos estressores, maior foi o estresse percebido, e os participantes perceberam os eventos como mais estressantes do que o esperado. Houve diferenças sexuais, com homens relatando mais eventos ligados à violência e autoridade, e as mulheres, mais eventos sociais. Elas também tendiam a perceber todos os eventos como mais estressantes e a ter escores mais altos de Neuroticismo. 42% da amostra tinha um estilo de apego seguro, menos do que o esperado. Por fim, a ocorrência de eventos estressores, o neuroticismo, idade, e renda explicaram 46% da variância do estilo de apego desta amostra. Uma análise de modelo estrutural mostrou que o neuroticismo mediava a relação entre ocorrência de eventos estressores e apego. Isso significa que o Neuroticismo tem um papel muito maior do que o anteriormente creditado, e seu estudo em pesquisas com desenvolvimento pode explicar a alta variabilidade encontrada quando se examina as relações entre infância e vida adulta
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Svensson, Ulrika, and Jasmina Manojlovska. "Sambandet mellan stress och neuroticism ur ett könsperspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-17218.
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Stress är ett aktuellt ämne i dagens samhälle. Tidigare forskning har påvisat en koppling mellan stress, personlighet och kön. Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka om det fanns något samband mellan upplevd stress och karaktärsdraget neuroticism, med hänsyn till kön bland studenter. PSS och SGC-1 formulären delades ut till 109 studenter, varav 62 män och 47 kvinnor. Resultatet av studien visade att det fanns ett positivt samband mellan upplevd stress och neuroticism, när det kontrollerades för kön. Resultatet visade även en signifikant könsskillnad, där kvinnor upplevde mer stress och var mer neurotiska än män.<br>Stress is a current topic in today's society. Previous research has demonstrated a link between stress, personality and gender. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there was any connection between perceived stress and neuroticism, according to gender among students. PSS and SGC-1 forms were distributed to 109 students, of whom 62 men and 47 women. The results of the study showed a positive correlation between perceived stress and neuroticism, when it was controlled for gender. It also showed a significant gender difference, with women experiencing more stress and were more neurotic than men.
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Malmkvist, My, and Kristin Witalisson. "Neuroticism i relation till motivation, självkänsla samt affektivitet." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för psykologi (PSY), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-31932.
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Tidigare forskning har visat att det finns ett samband mellan personlighetsdraget neuroticism och yttre motivation, a-motivation, låg självkänsla samt negativ affekt. Syftet med studien var att öka förståelsen för neuroticism som personlighetsdrag utifrån individernas motivationstyp, självkänsla samt individernas affektiva tillstånd. Studien undersökte även reliabiliteten hos instrumentet Mini-IPIP som har undersökt personlighetsdrag inom Big-five-teorin. Syftet testades med hjälp av fyra självskattningstester. Dessa var Mini-IPIP, Situational Motivation Scale (SIMS), Positive Affect and Negative Affect Scale (PANAS) samt Rosenbergs Self-esteem Scale (SES). I studien deltog N=110 deltagare i åldrarna 19-53 år. I avsikt att bättre förstå neuroticism och dess relation till motivation, självkänsla samt affekt genomfördes statistiska analyser såsom korrelation och regressionsanalys. Resultatet visade, med hjälp av en korrelation, att det fanns ett samband mellan negativ affekt och neuroticism som personlighetsdrag. Regressionsanalysen bekräftade samband mellan neuroticism som personlighetsdrag och motivationstyperna a-motivation samt yttre motivation. Dock kunde inget samband mellan neuroticisms och självkänsla bekräftas.
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Stewart, M. E. "Neuroticism, prediction of mood, and 5-HT function." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2002. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.662471.
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Two personality traits, Neuroticism and Extraversion can be reliably extracted from self-report personality questionnaires, whether the questionnaire has been devised from animal behavioural models, psychiatric observation or from adjectives found in the English (or other) language. Neuroticism correlates positively with low mood, Extraversion with high mood in healthy volunteers. Scores on personality factors, such Neuroticism (from the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire), are increased in unipolar depressed patients. Harm Avoidance and Neuroticism are highly correlated. Cloninger (1987) suggests that Harm Avoidance is related to brain serotonin mechanisms. Affective disorders and function of the 5-HT system have been linked through (1) clinical patients recovered from depressive disorder. The central hypothesis of this study is that high scores on the personality trait Neuroticism predispose to depressive mood changes following tryptophan depletion. Individuals who scored at the extreme ends of this scale were selected from a sample of 1031 volunteers to be compared in a case control design. Analysis of the whole sample confirms that Neuroticism and Extraversion can be extracted from Eysenck’s Personality Questionnaire-Revised (EPQ-R) alone and from the EPQ-R and the Tri-dimensional Personality Questionnaire (TPQ) when combined, in a sample of 897. Furthermore, Harm Avoidance and Neuroticism positively correlate with low mood measured by the Total General Health Questionnaire-28 (Spearman’s rho=.548, n=899, p<.01 and .515, n=899, p<.01 respectively), and Extraversion correlates with high mood measured by the Oxford Happiness Inventory (Pearson’s r=.495, n=896, p<.01). Participants who scored at the extreme ends of the Neuroticism scale (17 high and 15 low scorers) took part in a controlled double-blind cross-over study of tryptophan depletion. Before and 5 hours after amino-acid drinks a detailed assessment of mood, neuropsychological function and resting EEG was carried out. Scores on Neuroticism scale did not predict mood change. The effect size for change on the Befindlichskeitskala (a self-report mood measure sensitive to clinical change) between depletion and non-depletion days compared between high and low scorers was 0.39. This means that 210 subjects will be required to achieve a power of 80% with a two-tailed alpha of p<0.05. Neuroticism is, therefore, not an important predictor of individual serotonergic function in healthy volunteers, as assessed by tryptophan depletion.
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Bailey, Tom James. "Executive functions as moderators of the neuroticism-burnout relationship." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2017. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/42041/.
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Whilst the positive relationship between neuroticism and burnout is well-established within the extant literature, it is also acknowledged that neurotic individuals may differ in the extent to which they experience such detriments in well-being. In concordance with dual-processing theories of behaviour, it was suggested in this thesis that executive functions may enable one to enact in a ‘goal-orientated’ manner, and thus overcome one’s instinctive neurotic tendencies towards burnout. Through the four studies of this thesis, a research model was constructed and examined in which the core executive functions of working memory, active inhibition and task switching were proposed to reduce the extent to which neuroticism positively predicted burnout (which in studies 2 and 3 was suggested to occur via negative affect). Although the overall neuroticism-burnout relationship was not found to be conditional upon any of the three executive functions, there was some evidence that the constituent paths of an indirect neuroticism-burnout model (via negative affect) were moderated by executive functions. Specifically, active inhibition significantly decreased the negative affect-burnout relationship in study 2, and this relationship was found to be conditional on task-switching in study 3, to the extent that lower task-switching reduced the moderating effect of active inhibition on the relationship between negative affect and burnout. In study 3 it was also found that higher levels of working memory capacity were associated with a reduction in the neuroticism-negative affect relationship. The findings of this research did not support an overall moderating effect of executive functions, whilst only partly supporting the broader suggestion that executive functions may regulate the negative outcomes that occur when vulnerable individuals experience stressors. In light of the results of this thesis, limitations of the research were discussed (including methodological differences across studies and the use of unitary executive function measures) and suggestions made for future research (e.g. longitudinal study designs).
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Saylik, Rahmi. "Neuroticism related differences during porcessing of controlled congnitive tasks." Thesis, Brunel University, 2017. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/14594.
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It is suggested that neuroticism impairs cognitive performance mostly in difficult tasks i.e. WM tasks, but not so much in easier tasks. However, behavioural, and functional neuroanatomical correlates of detrimental effect of neuroticism in relation to central executive system (CES) during cognitive tasks particularly in multitasking still unknown. I aim at investigating behavioural and functional neuroanatomical correlates of single- and dual-task performance in high and low neurotics. The general hypothesis is that high neurotics will show a poorer performance on processing of cognitive tasks as compared to low neurotics. From a screened population, I select low neurotics (below 6) and high neurotics (over 16) on 24 item Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) neuroticism scale. First empirical study was consisted of three standard WM tests. The result of this study showed that high neurotics had lower performance when the task heavily requires CES such as switching and inhibition. Next empirical studies were consisted of dual tasks based on PRP paradigm. In dual task studies, in addition to SOA manipulation SOA (0 and1000ms), task demand manipulated either by presentation of task order or task set maintenance. The results show that high neurotics considerably slower when SOA is short. Further, it has been observed dual task cost differences between high and low neurotics increase as the demand increase either by random tasks or task set maintenance as evident by lower processing efficiency in high neurotics. Also, high neurotics perceived higher stress level as the task demand increase. In the final study, I assessed brain activity by means of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) in low and high neurotics while they were performing a demanding dual-task and the less demanding component tasks as single-tasks. Imaging data showed that high neurotics showed less dual-task specific activation in lateral and medial prefrontal cortices. In conclusion, I conclude that high levels of neuroticism impair behavioural performance in demanding tasks with higher perceived stress level, and that this impairment is accompanied by reduced activation of the task-associated brain areas. Key words: Neuroticism, Personality, Multitasking, dual-task performance, prefrontal cortex attentional control theory, working memory.
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Boese, Glenna Ann. "Neuroticism and perfectionism as predictors of anxiety and depression." CSUSB ScholarWorks, 2001. https://scholarworks.lib.csusb.edu/etd-project/1921.
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Portella, Moll Maria J. "Neuropsychobiology of trait-state factors of depressive disorders and Neuroticism." Doctoral thesis, Universitat de Barcelona, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/2687.
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OF THE THESIS: <br/><br/>Major depressive disorder (MDD) is the most common of the affective disorders and ranks among the major causes of disability worldwide. Some vulnerability factors for the development of MDD have been proposed: neuroticism, stressful situations, comorbidity. However, to date it is not well established if MDD is a unique mental disorder or consists of several subtypes determined by age of onset, psychotic characteristics, melancholia, course of the illness, etc. <br/><br/>The general aim of this dissertation is to study the trait-state neurocognitive characteristics of major depressive disorders and neuroticism. For this purpose, different tools such as neuropsychological instruments and neuroimaging techniques are used in order to investigate the cognitive functioning and the brain characteristics of this illness and related issues. This dissertation consists of different studies designed to shed new light on MDD and neuroticism -taken as a known vulnerability factor for MDD-. First, we aim to assess the cognitive impairment in elderly depressed patients in a longitudinal study to determine whether this impairment remits after treatment. And next, the objective is to investigate those characteristics related to depressive disorders in healthy volunteers who might be at some risk for developing the illness. The challenge is to untangle the neuropsychological and biological mechanisms mediating the vulnerability and the development of depressive disorders. We investigate the neurocognitive functioning to determine the impact of enduring deficits of brain function.<br/><br/>The results show that cognitive impairment can be considered a trait characteristic of elderly major depression, regardless of the successful response to treatment. In terms of neuroticism, cognitive and emotional processing abnormalities in extremely high N healthy subjects are found, when compared with extremely low N subjects. Elevated morning salivary cortisol levels can exist in the absence of major depression, as they are observed in subjects with high N scores who have never experienced depression. High neurotic volunteers recruit a number of limbic areas when processing emotional stimuli. So, it is suggested that N would exert an influence on the emotional responses in a higher level, potentially operating as a protective mechanism to prevent over-stimulation of the limbic areas, and possibly to become definitely depressed.<br><i> NEUROPSICOBIOLOGIA DE FACTORS TRET-ESTAT EN ELS TRASTORNS DEPRESSIUS I EL NEUROTICISME <br/><br/>(RESUM DE LA TESI)<br/><br/>La depressió major (DM) és un dels trastorns afectius més comuns i se situa entre les principals causes de baixa o discapacitat arreu del món. Alhora també s'han proposat factors de vulnerabilitat per al desenvolupament del trastorn: neuroticisme, situacions estressants, comorbilitat amb altres trastorns psiquiàtrics... encara no hi ha acord sobre si la DM és un sol trastorn mental o si engloba diferents subtipus de la malaltia, determinats per l'edat d'inici, per característiques psicòtiques, presència de malenconia, curs de la malaltia, etc.<br/><br/>L'objectiu general d'aquesta tesi és estudiar característiques neurocognitives de tret i d'estat de la DM. Amb aquest propòsit, diversos instruments neuropsicològics i de neuroimatge s'han utilitzat per tal d'investigar el funcionament cognitiu i les característiques cerebrals d'aquesta malaltia i d'altres aspectes relacionats. Aquesta tesi està composta de diferents estudis dissenyats per a proporcionar noves perspectives de la DM i el N, pres com a factor de risc per a la malaltia. En primer lloc, es pretén avaluar la deterioració cognitiva en pacients amb DM d'inici tardà en un estudi longitudinal per a determinar si el deteriorament remet o persisteix després d'un any de tractament farmacològic. I en segon lloc, l'objectiu és investigar aquelles característiques de la DM en subjectes sans que podrien tenir cert risc de desenvolupar la malaltia. El repte és esbrinar els mecanismes neuropsicològics i biològics que mitjancen en la vulnerabilitat, el desenvolupament i el curs de la DM. Per tant, es té en compte el funcionament neurocognitiu per determinar el possible impacte de dèficits persistents en la funció cerebral.<br/><br/>Els resultats mostren que la deterioració cognitiva pot ser considerada una característica de tret de la depressió major d'inici tardà, tot i la resposta efectiva al tractament. D'altra banda, els subjectes amb altes puntuacions en neuroticisme presenten anormalitats en el processament cognitiu i emocional, quan són comparats amb subjectes amb puntuacions molt baixes en aquesta escala. També s'observa que es poden donar nivells incrementats de cortisol en saliva en absència de trastorn depressiu major. Dels resultats es podria suggerir que el processament de les persones altament neuròtiques activaria estructures cerebrals més superiors que exercirien una influència directa en les respostes emocionals. Les anormalitats observades podrien estar operant potencialment com a mecanisme de protecció per prevenir la sobreestimulació de les estructures límbiques, i possiblement de sofrir DM.<br/><br/>Tanmateix, no podem assegurar que els resultats demostrin que el neuroticisme és un factor de risc per a la DM. En qualsevol cas, aquests resultats desafien a trobar els mecanismes neuropsicològics que mitjançarien la vulnerabilitat dels individus amb altes puntuacions en neuroticisme a desenvolupar la malaltia.<br/><br/>En aquesta tesi s'han discutit diferents factors de tret-estat relacionats amb els trastorns depressius i el neuroticisme, i s'han deixat força punts oberts. En aquest sentit, s'estan realitzant nous estudis, com a continuació natural d'aquest treball. Per una banda, s'està portant a terme un estudi longitudinal de 3 anys en una mostra jove de subjectes amb puntuacions altes en neuroticisme, que estarien en una edat de major risc per a desenvolupar algun trastorn depressiu i/o ansiós, amb la intenció d'avaluar si s'observen els mateixos efectes descrits en aquesta tesi. Per altra banda, també s'estan ampliant els estudis descrits en aquesta tesi amb una mostra de subjectes amb neuroticisme alt amb història psiquiàtrica de trastorns depressius, per tal d'examinar el mecanisme de protecció discutit en aquesta tesi.</i>
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Calderwood, Charles. "The role of trait neuroticism in predicting subjective fatigue states." Thesis, Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/31728.
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Thesis (M. S.)--Psychology, Georgia Institute of Technology, 2010.<br>Committee Chair: Ackerman, Phillip; Committee Member: Kanfer, Ruth; Committee Member: Roberts, James. Part of the SMARTech Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Collection.
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Gunnarsson, Daniel, and Malkolm Karlsson. "Socialt stöd som moderator i relation mellan neuroticism och prestationsångest." Thesis, Högskolan i Halmstad, Akademin för hälsa och välfärd, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-36267.
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Syftet med studien var att undersöka (a) samband mellan variablerna neuroticism, socialt stöd och prestationsångest samt att (b) undersöka om socialt stöd modererar sambandet mellan neuroticism och prestationsångest. Insamlingen av data skedde via ett icke slumpmässigt bekvämlighetsurval. Studien var en kvantitativ tvärsnittsstudie där 120 manliga tipselitfotbollsspelare, i åldrarna 15-18 år (M=16.71, SD=0.74), deltog. Resultatet visade ett positivt statistiskt signifikant samband mellan neuroticism och prestationsångest (r = .62, p <.01) samt ett negativt statistiskt signifikant samband mellan socialt stöd och prestationsångest (r = -.21, p<.05). Däremot visade resultatet ingen statistiskt signifikant modererande effekt av socialt stöd på sambandet mellan neuroticism och prestationsångest. Resultatet belyser vikten av socialt stöd hos ungdomar i tipselitföreningar samt diskuteras utifrån ett neuropsykologiskt perspektiv. Det föreslås fler kvalitativa studier kring området och dess bakomliggande faktorer, samt hur spelare, ledare, föräldrar, föreningar och förbund kan applicera kunskapen i praktiken för att kunna förebygga förekomsten av höga nivåer av prestationsångest.
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Connor, Lora A. "The neuroticism personality trait and its relationship to menopausal symptoms." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1586498.
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<p> Virtually no research to date has investigated individual differences that might make women more or less susceptible to menopausal symptoms. This study hypothesized that high levels of the neuroticism personality trait render women more susceptible to severe menopausal symptoms. Neuroticism was assessed using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Brief Version (EPQ-BV), and menopausal symptoms were measured with the Menopausal Rating Scale (MRS). A total of 169 English speaking women <i>(M</i> = 50.74 years) were recruited through social media and flyers to complete an online survey. After controlling stressors, exercise, and income, a strong correlation between high neuroticism and more severe symptoms was found. This indicates that negative menopausal experiences can be predicted with individual difference measures. The utility of being able to predict difficult menopause experiences with individual difference measures in a clinical setting, as well as suggestions for future research of this type, are discussed.</p>
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Peters, Elizabeth. "Understanding outcomes of traumatic experiences : roles of neuroticism and coping /." Read thesis online, 2009. http://library.uco.edu/UCOthesis/PetersE2010.pdf.
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Jörgensen, Åsa. "Subjektivt välbefinnande : Betydelsen av extraversion, neuroticism och snabbheten i affektiva bedömningar." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3364.
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<p>Huvudsyftet med undersökningen var att utröna om det subjektiva välbefinnandet bättre prediceras av neuroticism än extraversion, samt om neuroticism och reaktionstiden för negativa bedömningar är mer betydelsefulla för det subjektiva välbefinnandet än extraversion och reaktionstiden för positiva bedömningar. Andra undersökningar har gett blandade resultat. I den första studien var deltagarna 184 personer i åldrarna 16-67 från en arbetsplats, två gymnasieskolor, två bibliotek samt en komvuxskola i södra Sverige. En enkät användes för självskattningar av neuroticism, extraversion samt det subjektiva välbefinnandet. Korrelationer och en multipel regressionsanalys visade att neuroticism var en starkare prediktor än extraversion till det subjektiva välbefinnandet. I den andra studien var deltagarna 31 personer från en högskola och ett universitet i södra Sverige. Ett reaktionstidsexperiment utfördes med affektiva bedömningar av ord. Välbefinnandet kunde inte prediceras av snabbheten i att göra affektiva bedömningar, men frågeformuläret som gavs till samma deltagare visade en korrelation mellan neuroticism och det subjektiva välbefinnandet. Med andra ord var neuroticism en starkare prediktor än extraversion till det subjektiva välbefinnandet. Frågefomulärsdata bekräftade förväntningarna i båda studierna, men reaktionstidsdata misslyckades med att replikera tidigare undersökningar, antagligen på grund av en brist av power. </p>
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Danielsson, Nanette. "The Role of Adolescent Neuroticism for Adult Partner Relationships and Happiness." Thesis, Örebro University, Department of Behavioural, Social and Legal Sciences, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-616.
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<p>Neuroticism and partner relationship quality are associated with happines. A Swedish longitudinal project was utilized to examine whether these two aspects together determine happiness. Adolescent neuroticism was measured at age 15 witht he High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ). Measurements of neurotic manifestations were adminstered at ages 15-18. Adult neuroticism was measured at age 37 using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-I). Measures of partner relationship quality and happiness were also administered. An adolescent neurotic dimension and partner relationship quality were related to happiness. Overall, neuroticism appears to be a better predictor of happiness with both direct and indirect effects through the influence on partner relationship quality.</p><br><p>Neuroticism och partnerrelationens kvalitet är två aspekter relaterade till människans livsglädje. Data från ett svenskt longitudinalprojekt användes för att undersöka om dessa tillsammans verkar avgörande för livsglädjen. Ungdomsneuroticism mättes vid 15 års ålder genom High School Personality Questionnaire (HSPQ). Neurotiska manifestationer mättes också mellan 15 och 18 års ålder. Den vuxnes neuroticism mättes sedan vid 37 års ålder med Eysencks Personality Questionnaire (EQP-I). Partnerrelationens kvalitet och livsglädje användes som utfallsmått. En neurotisk dimension från adolescensen och partnerrelationens kvalitet i vuxen ålder var relaterad till livsglädjen. Totalt sett tycks ungdomsneuroticism vara en av de tydligaste förutsägelserna för livsglädjen; dels genom direkt påverkan och dels genom indirekt påverkan via partnerreltionens kvalitet.</p>
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McBride, Nadine LeBarron. "Differential Item Functioning on the International Personality Item Pool's Neuroticism Scale." Diss., Virginia Tech, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/29999.
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As use of the public-domain International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) scales has grown significantly over the past decade (Goldberg, Johnson, Eber, Hogan, Ashton, Cloninger, & Gough, 2006) research on the psychometric properties of the items and scales have become increasingly important. This research study examines the IPIP scale constructed to measure the Five Factor Model (FFM) domain of Neuroticism (as measured by the NEO-PI-R) for occurrences of differential functioning at both the item and test level by gender and three age ranges using the DFIT framework (Raju, van der Linden, & Fleer, 1993) This study found six items that displayed differential item functioning by gender and three items that displayed differential item functioning by age. No differential functioning at the test level was found. Items demonstrating DIF and implications for potential scale revision are discussed.<br>Ph. D.
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Bergström, Elina, and Chantell Sundström. "Primärt träningsberoende och dess relation till Neuroticism, Psykologisk träningsmotivation och Stress." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-75843.
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Vila, Rovira Josep Maria. "Anàlisi de les relacions entre els trets de personalitat i la disfonia." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Ramon Llull, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/52678.
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En l'experiència clínica, els foniatres i logopedes especialitzats en trastorns de la veu han afirmat que les disfonies tenen relació amb la personalitat del pacient. Estudis previs de Roy i Bless indiquen una relació entre els trets de personalitat neuroticisme i extraversió, definits per Eysenck, i les disfonies funcionals i els nòduls vocals. Aquests estudis proposen que les teories de Gray poden explicar aquesta relació. Gray proposa l'existència de dos sistemes biològics d'activació i d'inhibició conductual que responen a una major sensibilitat del subjecte a les recompenses i els càstigs, respectivament. El 2011, Torrubia et al. presenten, un qüestionari per a la valoració d'aquests dos sistemes.
Partint dels treballs de Roy i Bless, l'estudi que presentem pretén aportar evidències sobre la influència dels trets de personalitat en la presència d'alteracions de la veu.
S'han administrat els qüestionaris EPQ-RS d'Eysenck i SCSRQ de Torrubia a un grup experimental de 141 pacients atesos per alteracions de la veu i ha un grup control de 99 persones sense alteracions vocals. A tots ells se'ls va administrar també el qüestionari Voice Handicap Index-10 i es van recollir diverses mostres de la seva veu que van ser analitzades amb el programa MDVP per obtenir el paràmetre Dysphonia Severity Index descrit per Wuyts, i van ser valorades amb el paràmetre Grade del GRBAS d'Hirano per cinc logopedes experts en alteracions vocals. Els resultats han estat analitzats amb el paquet estadístic PASW 18.
Els resultats mostren diferències estadísticament significatives entre el grup experimental i el grup control en relació al tret neuroticisme en el test EPQ (z = 6.951, p <.01) i en relació a la sensibilitat al càstig en el test SCSRQ (z = 2.207; p <.05). Les dades mostren també diferències estadísticament significatives entre els dos grups pel que fa als valors del DSI (z = 9.320, p <.01). Per a aquesta mesura s'ha establert un valor de tall, amb la corba ROC, en la puntuació 3.7. També s'han obtingut diferències significatives en les puntuacions totals del VHI-10 (z = 10.351, p <.001) i un valor de tall de 7. El paràmetre G ha presentat diferències significatives (z = 10.959, p <.001) i un valor de tall en la puntuació 1. Les tres mesures de la disfonia correlacionen amb els resultats dels qüestionaris de personalitat per als trets neuroticisme (DSI rs = -. 437, p> .001; VHI-10 rs =.416, p> .001; paràmetre G rs = .446, p> .001) i sensibilitat al càstig (VHI-10 rs = .231, p> .01; paràmetre G rs = .144, p> .05).
Els resultats confirmen les informacions aportades per investigacions anteriors respecte a la influència del neuroticisme en la disfonia. En el mateix sentit, podem concloure que el tret introversió està més present en la població amb alteracions de la veu. Els resultats de l'escala de sensibilitat al càstig permeten pensar que les teories de Gray poden orientar sobre els factors emocionals en les alteracions vocals. Així mateix, els resultats permeten concloure que els instruments de mesura de la qualitat vocal són fiables, complementaris i vàlids per a la discriminació de persones que pateixen alteracions de la veu.<br>En la experiencia clínica, los foniatras y logopedas especializados en trastornos de la voz han afirmado que las disfonías tienen relación con la personalidad del paciente. Estudios previos de Roy y Bless indican una relación entre los rasgos de personalidad neuroticismo y extroversión, definidos por Eysenck, y las disfonías funcionales y los nódulos vocales. Estos estudios proponen que las teorías de Gray pueden explicar esta relación. Gray propone la existencia de dos sistemas biológicos de activación y de inhibición conductual que responden a una mayor sensibilidad del sujeto a las recompensas y los castigos, respectivamente. En 2011, Torrubia et al. presentaron un cuestionario para la valoración de estos dos sistemas.
Partiendo de los trabajos de Roy y Bless, el estudio que presentamos pretende aportar evidencias sobre la influencia de los rasgos de personalidad en la presencia de alteraciones de la voz.
Se han administrado los cuestionarios EPQ-RS de Eysenck y SCSRQ de Torrubia a un grupo experimental de 141 pacientes atendidos por alteraciones de la voz y a un grupo control de 99 personas sin alteraciones vocales. A todos ellos se les administró también el cuestionario Voice Handicap Index-10 y se recogieron diversas muestras de su voz que fueron analizadas con el programa MDVP para la obtención del parámetro Dysphonia Severity Index descrito por Wuyts, y fueron valoradas con el parámetro Grade del GRBAS de Hirano por cinco logopedas expertos en alteraciones vocales. Los resultados han sido analizados con el paquete estadístico PASW 18.
Los resultados muestran diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre el grupo experimental y el grupo control en relación al rasgo neuroticismo en el test EPQ (z = 6.951; p< .01) y en relación a la sensibilidad al castigo en el test SCSRQ (z = 2.207; p< .05). Los datos muestran también diferencias estadísticamente significativas entre los dos grupos con respecto a los valores del DSI (z = 9.320, p < .01). Para esta medida se ha establecido un valor de corte, con la curva ROC, en la puntuación 3.7. También se han obtenido diferencias significativas en las puntuaciones totales del VHI-10 (z = 10.351; p< .001) y un valor de corte de 7. El parámetro G ha presentado diferencias significativas (z = 10.959; p< .001) y un valor de corte en la puntuación 1. Las tres mediciones de la disfonía correlacionan con los resultados de los cuestionarios de personalidad para los rasgos neuroticismo (DSI rs = -.437, p>.001; VHI-10 rs = .416, p>0.001; parámetro G rs = .446, p>0.001) y sensibilidad al castigo (VHI-10 rs = .231, p>.01; parámetro G rs = .144, p>.05).
Los resultados confirman las informaciones aportadas por investigaciones anteriores respecto a la influencia del neuroticismo en la disfonía. En el mismo sentido, podemos concluir que el rasgo introversión está más presente en la población con alteraciones de la voz. Los resultados de la escala de sensibilidad al castigo permiten pensar que las teorías de Gray pueden orientar sobre los factores emocionales en las alteraciones vocales. Asimismo, los resultados permiten concluir que los instrumentos de medida de la calidad vocal son fiables, complementarios y válidos para la discriminación de personas que sufren alteraciones de la voz.<br>In clinical experience, phoniatricians and speech therapists who specialize in voice disorders have argued that dysphonia is related to the patient's personality. Previous studies by Roy and Bless indicate a relationship between the personality traits neuroticism and extraversion, defined by Eysenck, and functional dysphonia and vocal nodules. These studies suggest that Gray's theories can explain this relationship. Gray proposes the existence of two biological systems of activation and behavioral inhibition, which respond to increased sensitivity of the subject to reward and punishment, respectively. In 2011, Torrubia et al. presented a questionnaire for the assessment of these two systems.
Based on the work of Roy and Bless, the study presented aims to provide evidence on the influence of personality traits in the presence of voice disorders.
Administered questionnaires were Eysenck's EPQ-RS and SCSRQ of Torrubia to an experimental group of 141 patients with voice disorders and a control group of 99 people with no vocal alterations. All of them answered the Voice Handicap Index-10 questionnaire and several samples of their voices were analyzed with the MDVP program so as to obtain Dysphonia Severity Index parameter described by Wuyts. These samples were evaluated with the parameter Grade of Hirano’s GRBAS by five speech pathologists specialized in voice disorders. The results were analyzed using the statistical package PASW 18.
The results showed statistically significant differences between the experimental and control groups in relation to trait neuroticism on the EPQ test (z = 6951, p <.01) and in relation to sensitivity to punishment in SCSRQ test (z = 2207; p <.05). The data also showed statistically significant differences between the two groups regarding DSI values (z = 9320, p <.01). For this measure cutoff with ROC curve has been established in the score 3.7. Significant differences were also obtained in total scores of HIV-10 (z = 10,351, p <.001) and a cutoff value of 7. The parameter G has presented significant differences (z = 10,959, p <.001) and a cutoff in the score 1. All three measures of dysphonia correlated with the results of the questionnaires of personality traits neuroticism (r = -. 437 DSI, p> .001; VHI-10 r = .416, p> .001; parameter G r = .446, p <.001) and sensitivity to punishment (VHI-10 r = .231, p> 0.01; parameter G r = .144, p> .05).
The results confirm the information provided by previous research on the influence of neuroticism in dysphonia. Also, we can conclude that introversion trait is more present in people with voice disorders. The relationship between the results of the sensitivity scale to punishment suggests that Gray's theories can shed some light on emotional factors in voice disorders. Finally, the results suggest that measurement instruments used for voice quality are reliable, complementary and valid for the discrimination of people with voice disorders.
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Bjurhult, Christofer. "Överkonfidens - en fråga om ämnesområde, bedömningstyp och person." Thesis, Halmstad University, School of Social and Health Sciences (HOS), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hh:diva-4952.
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<p>Syftet med studien var att undersöka om grad av överkonfidens kunde variera mellan olika ämnesområden, med kontroll för svårighetsgrad. Ytterligare syfte var att undersöka hur överkonfidens varierar mellan olika bedömningstyper och personer. Mätinstrumenten som användes var dels frågeformulär om melodifestivalvinnare och nobelpristagare med självbedömningsfrågor om prestation, samt frågeformulär om extraversion och neuroticism. Totalt deltog 139 respondenter. Resultatet visade realistisk bedömning inom ämnesområdet melodifestivalvinnare och underkonfidens inom ämnesområdet nobelpristagare, med kontroll för svårighetsgrad. Det förelåg ingen skillnad mellan bedömningstyperna. Män visade överkonfidens medan kvinnor visade realistisk bedömning. Det förelåg negativa samband mellan extraversion samt neuroticism, och differens mellan bedömning och prestation. Förslag på framtida forskning är att vidare undersöka sambandet mellan extraversion och överkonfidens med frågeformulär konstruerade för att generera överkonfidens.</p><br><p>The aim of the study was to investigate if degree of overconfidence could vary between different subject fields with control for degree of difficulty. Further aim was also to investigate how overconfidence varies between different types of judgments and individuals. The instruments that were used were both a questionnaire about winners of the Swedish song contest and winners of the Nobel Prize including self-judgmental questions of performance, and a questionnaire about extraversion and neuroticism. A total of 139 respondents participated. The result showed realistic judgment in the subject field of the Swedish song contest and underconfidence in the subject field of the Nobel Prize, with control for degree of difficulty. There was no difference between the different types of judgments. Males showed overconfidence while females showed realistic judgment. There were negative correlations between extraversion and neuroticism and difference between judgment and performance. Suggestion on future studies is to further investigate the correlation between extraversion and overconfidence with questionnaires designed to generate overconfidence. </p>
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Wilson, C. Jacob. "The Effects of Personality on Workplace Bullying." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1511267002926255.
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Pantzar, Alexandra. "Neuroticism i relation till sångteknik och hälsa under 3.5 år hos operastudenter." Thesis, Stockholm University, Department of Psychology, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-6944.
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<p>Yrkesgruppen artister har tidigare rapporterat höga testpoäng vid mätning av neuroticism, vilket yttrar sig i upplevd sämre fysisk hälsa och låg självutvärdering av prestation. Den longitudinella populationsstudiens generella syfte var att undersöka neuroticism i relation till sångteknik och hälsa under 3.5 år hos operastudenter. Högre registret, lägre registret, sjunga piano, egalisering och uthållighet respektive röstlig-, fysisk- och mental hälsa undersöktes. Enkäter utformade för självrapportering användes (EPQ, KSP, STAI och 2 specialkonstruerade enkäter). Resultaten visade att rapportering av sångteknik och rösthälsa förbättrades signifikant, men att kroppshälsa och mental hälsa inte förbättrades signifikant över tid. Neuroticism och självutvärdering av sångteknik och hälsa gav inte signifikant interaktionseffekt. Rapporterad hög testpoäng av neuroticism gav inte signifikant lägre självutvärdering i jämförelse med rapporterad låg testpoäng av neuroticism. Potentiella felkällor är få antal undersökningspersoner och bortfall. Vidare intressant forskning är huruvida manliga artister rapporterar högre testpoäng vid mätning av neuroticism i jämförelse med kvinnor och varför detta i så fall kommer sig.</p>
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Wang, Fangning. "A Latent Growth Curve Analysis of Neuroticism In a U.S. National Sample." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1579707277442367.
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Johansson, Martin, and Anders Ölund. "Thinking about thinking : A study of anxiety, neuroticism and Need for Cognition." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-135853.
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Previous studies have shown that the FFM factor neuroticism was negatively correlated with Need for Cognition. Anxiety has been shown to be highly correlated with neuroticism. It has also been shown that women tend to score higher on both neuroticism and anxiety. Need for Cognition has been shown to predict long term academic success. This study aims to contribute to the current understanding of anxiety, neuroticism and Need for Cognition by examining these three constructs together. The study will also analyzes how gender can affect the relationships between the constructs. 272 participants responded to three questionnaires measuring the constructs. 86 were men, 183 were women and 3 defined themselves as "other". 246 of the respondents were university students and 26 responded did not currently study at university. Results indicate that anxiety is a negative predictor for Need for Cognition. This is speculated to be because anxiety has an effect on working memory which in turn is associated with Need for Cognition. Gender differences are significant regarding all three constructs. Findings are complicated by a negative suppressor effect. Results, limitations, and future research are discussed.<br>Tidigare studier har visat att FFM faktorn neuroticism var negativt korrelerad med Need for Cognition. Ångest har visat sig vara starkt korrelerat med neuroticism. Det har också visat sig att kvinnor tenderar att skatta högre på både neuroticism och ångest. Need for Cognition har visat sig förutsäga långsiktig akademisk framgång. Denna studie syftar till att bidra till aktuell kunskap om ångest, neuroticism och Need for Cognition genom att undersöka dessa tre konstrukt tillsammans. Studien analyserar också hur kön påverkar relationerna mellan konstruktionerna. 272 deltagare svarade på tre enkäter som mäter dessa konstrukt. 86 var män, 183 kvinnor och 3 definierade sig som "övrigt". 246 av de svarande var universitetsstuderande och 26 svarande studerade inte för närvarande på universitet. Resultaten tyder på att ångest kan vara en negativ prediktor för Need for Cognition. Detta spekuleras kunna bero på att ångest har en effekt på arbetsminnet, som i sin tur kan påverka Need for Cognition. Det fanns signifikanta könsskillnader gällande alla tre konstrukt. Resultaten kompliceras av en negativ suppressor effekt. Resultat, begränsningar och framtida forskning diskuteras.
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Nagle, Shandelle. "Predicting who will respond to nerve block therapy. Is neuroticism a factor?" Thesis, Nagle, Shandelle (2004) Predicting who will respond to nerve block therapy. Is neuroticism a factor? Masters by Coursework thesis, Murdoch University, 2004. https://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/56671/.
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The aim of the current research was to determine whether psychosocial variables predicted who would respond to nerve block treatment in 33 adults (11 males and 22 females) ranging from 20 to 79 years of age. Participants completed the NEO PI-R, General Health Questionnaire, Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire and Pain experience Visual Analogue Scales before and after nerve block treatment. Regression analysis indicated age was the only variable to predict response to nerve block therapy. Results showed neuroticism did not influence change in pain scores but did influence the affective stages of pain processing. Those responding to treatment reported reductions in pain, emotional and psychological distress and increased activities of daily living.
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Roundy, Garret Tyler. "The Relationship of Adult Attachment Dimensions and Neuroticism to Relationship Self-Regulation." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2011. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/3181.
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Self-regulation in the context of a relationship, described as relationship "work," is a powerful predictor of relationship satisfaction. Identifying individual characteristics that predict the practice of relationship self-regulation (RSR) can inform clinical and couple relationship education interventions. Anxious and avoidant attachment have been linked to shortcomings in self-regulation in various contexts, and were hypothesized to be negatively associated to individual practice of RSR; neuroticism, a personality trait characterized by negative emotionality, was also hypothesized to be negatively related to RSR. Neuroticism was also tested as a moderator of the relationship between attachment and RSR. Data from first-married men (589) and women (912) taking the RELATE online questionnaire was used in correlational and OLS multiple regression analyses to test hypotheses and a research question. Bi-variate correlations for all predictor variables and RSR were negative and statistically significant for women and men. Regression analyses echoed those associations. Moderated multiple regression analyses testing a moderator effect of neuroticism were significant for anxious attachment and RSR, but not for avoidant attachment. Results are interpreted as support for the theoretical model tested.
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Zanon, Cristian. "Relações da ruminação e reflexão com o bem-estar subjetivo, facetas do neurocitismo e sexo." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/15876.
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O objetivo desta dissertação é apresentar relações entre ruminação e reflexão com sexo, Neuroticismo/ajustamento emocional (vulnerabilidade, desajustamento psicossocial, depressão e ansiedade) e bem-estar subjetivo (BES) (satisfação de vida, afeto positivo e afeto negativo) e testá-las empiricamente. Participaram deste estudo 361 universitários que responderam coletivamente em sala de aula questionários de auto relato. Verificou-se que ruminação está relacionada com afeto negativo, depressão, ansiedade e vulnerabilidade. As implicações teóricas e clínicas destes resultados são discutidos a luz da literatura da área.<br>The aim of this thesis is to present relationships among rumination and reflection with sex, neuroticism (vulnerability, psychological maladjustment, depression and anxiety) and subjective well-being (SWB) (life satisfaction, positive affect and negative affect) and test them empirically. For this, 361 undergraduate students answered self-report questionnaires in groups. The results showed that rumination is related with negative affect, anxiety, depression and vulnerability. Theoretical and clinical implications of these results are discussed.
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Silva, Jussara Ramos da. "Traços de personalidade como preditores de ansiedade e agressividade em grupos contrastados: clínico e não clínico." Universidade Federal de Alagoas, 2013. http://www.repositorio.ufal.br/handle/riufal/1255.
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This work is the result of a correlational study and a comparison between participants in order to set dates in which were considered two main sets of variables: criterion (aggressiveness behavior) and background (clinical and non-clinical situation - anxiety diagnostic and neuroticism degree), and it aimed to investigate the influence of personality traits, especially neuroticism, in levels of anxiety and aggressiveness displayed in contrasted groups (clinical and non-clinical). This research relied on a sample of 113 subjects, 49 (43.4%) males and 64 (56.6%) females, aged from 18 to 57 years old (M = 25,32, DP = 8,80) and it was used three psychometric scales of measurement: IGFP-5, STAXI-2 and BAI. The data’s collection occurred in two Federal Public Universities from different Capitals, in Maceió city and Belo Horizonte city (non-clinical group), and also in School Clinics and Private Clinics in Maceió city (clinical group). On the personality traits theory, specifically the one of The Big Five Personality Factors (BFF) or Big Five, it’s focused, in special, the "neuroticism" trait, following with the correlation of this one and the constructs "anxiety", as an emotional modulation factor, and "aggressiveness." It is a study in the Cognitive Psychology area, through the integration of individual differences in relation to statistical and psychobiological factors, assuming that personality traits, having them genetic factors in connection with environmental aspects, overlap themselves and are responsible for the maturation and constant flexibility on the personality development, taking three important functions: summarize the way how individuals differ, to predict future behavior and to explain a person’s conduct, as an anxious or aggressive behavior, for example. The neuroticist trace predicts in the individual, in this context, at a high level, abrupt, frequent and dramatic mood changes, especially in negative character, possibly by being among other things related to insufficient function in some specific brain areas that are involved with negative emotion and emotional deregulation, anxiety, stress and depression, besides it provides the increase of sensitivity to the error possibility, threat and punishment. The conclusions point to the fact that neuroticism (IGFP-5) is positively correlated with anxiety (BAI) and some questions of the aggressiveness (STAXI-2) and especially (inversely) with the aggressive response control (outwards and inwards), which can be related to impulsivity, in other words, inability in the inhibitory control. It appears that despite advances on the studied area, new models of research with interdisciplinary protocols may bring new answers to this issue, seeking a larger field for the psychology professional about the differences, advantages and similarities between the personality theories presented and their role models, and a more powerful qualification with interconnection of knowledge focusing on this theme, such in neuropsychological, genetic, psychological and by functional imaging (neuroimaging), as in a bigger connection between executive functions, personality traits and behavioral changes, for example.<br>Fundação de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Alagoas<br>Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior<br>O presente trabalho é resultante de um estudo correlacional e de comparação entre participantes, em que foram considerados dois conjuntos principais de variáveis: critério (comportamento de agressividade) e antecedentes (situação clínica e não clínica – diagnóstico de ansiedade e grau de neuroticismo), e que teve por objetivo verificar a influência dos traços de personalidade, especialmente o neuroticismo, nos níveis de ansiedade e agressividade apresentados em grupos contrastados (clínico e não clínico). Contou-se com uma amostra de 113 indivíduos, 49 (43,4%) do sexo masculino e 64 (56,6%) do sexo feminino, com idade variando de 18 até 57 anos (M=25,32, DP= 8,80) e foram utilizados três escalas de medida psicométricas: IGFP-5, STAXI-2 e BAI. A coleta de dados ocorreu em duas Universidades Públicas Federais, nas Capitais Maceió e Belo Horizonte (grupo não clínico), e em Clínicas Escola e Particular, na Capital Maceió (grupo clínico). Na teoria dos traços de Personalidade, especificamente a dos Cinco grandes fatores de personalidade (CGF) ou Big Five, é enfocado, em especial o traço “neuroticismo”, seguindo-se com a correlação deste e os construtos “ansiedade”, enquanto fator de modulação emocional, e “agressividade”. Trata-se de um estudo na área de Psicologia Cognitiva, através da integração das diferenças individuais em relação a fatores estatísticos e psicobiológicos, partindo do pressuposto de que os traços de personalidade, por possuírem fatores genéticos em conexão com aspectos ambientais, se sobrepõem e são responsáveis pela maturação e flexibilidade constante no desenvolvimento da personalidade, assumindo três funções importantes: resumir o modo como os indivíduos diferem, prever o comportamento futuro e explicar a conduta de uma pessoa, como a conduta ansiosa ou agressiva, por exemplo. O traço neuroticista, neste contexto, em um nível alto, prediz no indivíduo mudanças bruscas, frequentes e dramáticas de humor, especialmente de cunho negativo, por estar possivelmente, entre outros aspectos, relacionado ao funcionamento insuficiente em algumas áreas cerebrais específicas, que são envolvidas com emoção negativa e desregulação emocional, ansiedade, estresse e depressão, além de propiciar o aumento da sensibilidade à possibilidade de erro, ameaça e punição. As conclusões apontam para o fato de que o neuroticismo (IGFP-5) se correlaciona positivamente com a ansiedade (BAI) e alguns quesitos da agressividade (Staxi-2) e principalmente (inversamente) com o controle de resposta agressiva (para fora e para dentro), o que pode estar relacionado com a impulsividade, ou seja, incapacidade no controle inibitório. Constata-se que apesar dos avanços na área estudada, novos modelos de pesquisa com protocolos interdisciplinares possam trazer novas respostas a esta temática, visando um maior domínio do profissional de Psicologia a respeito das diferenças, vantagens e semelhanças entre as teorias de personalidade apresentadas e seus modelos de atuação, e um maior fortalecimento na qualificação e interconexão de saberes com foco nesta temática, tanto nos estudos neuropsicológicos, genéticos, psicológicos e de imagens funcionais (neuroimagem), quanto em uma maior conexão entre funções executivas, traços de personalidade e alterações no comportamento, por exemplo.
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Garp, Duvall Carl. "Distress Proneness as a Personalized Indicator of Cognitive Decline: : results from the Swedish National Study on Aging and Care (SNAC)." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för pedagogik, psykologi och idrottsvetenskap, PPI, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-20549.
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Distress proneness, as indicated by the personality trait neuroticism, has been linked with increased rates of a variety of age-related cognitive pathologies. The current study examined changes in cognitive ability over a six-year period in a 66-year-old cohort of aging individuals classified as highly distress prone. The sample population was drawn from the Swedish National study of Aging and Care database. The results of this paper indicate that distress proneness did not significantly impact cognitive decline over a six-year period in old age. Accordingly, several important distinctions should be made in order to understand why these results differ from those of previous reports concerned with similar topics.
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Livingston, Mark Sutherland. "Self-injurious behaviour in prisoners." Thesis, University of Leeds, 1994. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.365665.
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Pistola, Aikaterini. "Curiosity seen as motivation for information gain in open and neurotic individuals." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Institutionen för psykologi, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-126127.
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The aim of the current study was to investigate if Openness – to – Experience and Neuroticism personality traits are associated with curiosity. This will help us to estimate whether knowledge expansion is dependent on a person’s personality and which trait is more willing to invest time on learning. The experiment consisted of two different sessions. To estimate curiosity, 40 subjects first performed a word-synonymy task, where Shannon’s (1948) entropy was estimated and the result of which lead to the measurement of uncertainty. Then in a second session, participants had the option to request for feedback between a few alternative options at a cost (time), and they were also required to estimate their satisfaction about the answer on a valence rating scale. Finally, participants were screened for personality traits. Neurotic individuals appeared to be more willing in investing time on feedback request, in contrast to open individuals.
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Hutchinson, James G. "The effect of neuroticism on reactivity and recovery during a paired cooperative task." Online access for everyone, 2009. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Dissertations/Fall2009/j_hutchinson_050808.pdf.
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Elmadani, K. "The impact of neuroticism on an individual's intelligence scores : a cross cultural study." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2010. http://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/257/.
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Intelligence scales have become a commonly used method for the prediction of human performance across a variety of occupations and settings. Nevertheless, there is still debate among researchers about whether the results of these scales can be considered an accurate indicator of an individual's true capability or whether they also reflect the impact of personality traits on intelligence scores. Researchers have begun to investigate connections between neuroticism and intelligence scores, but the results of studies are somewhat conflicting and inconclusive. Moreover, it is noteworthy that few studies have considered cross-cultural differences in this relationship, and have systematically examined age and sex differences when explaining the relationship between intelligence scores and neuroticism. To replicate and extend previous work, four independent but related studies were conducted to explore the empirical relationship between neuroticism and intelligence scores, and the mediation effect of sex, age and cultural differences in this association. Study 1 investigated the psychometric properties of an English version of the Neurotic Behaviour Scale (NBS) among a student population of undergraduate students (N = 177). The NBS is a specifically-designed test by the author to measure the neuroticism trait among the Libyan population. The results confirmed the validity and reliability of using the English version of the NBS for the remaining studies in the thesis. Study 2 examined the relationship between intelligence and neuroticism scores using the Arabic version of the NBS and the Wechsler -Bellevue Intelligence Scale (WBIS) among a sample of Libyan students (N = 75). The findings revealed that while differences between the intelligence scores of the levels of neuroticism scores were not statistically significant, the scaled scores of the high-neuroticism group on the WBIS subtests were more scattered than other groups, and the differences were clinically significant on the Arithmetic, Information and Digit Symbol subtests. In Study 3, the English version of the NBS and the Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS-III) were administered to 77 British students, ages between 16 to 26 years. The main finding of this study was that the effect of the high level of neuroticism on an individual’s performance on the Performance scale of the WAIS-III was higher than its effect on the Verbal scale. Finally, Study 4 provided an aggregated analysis of the data from Studies 2 and 3 to systematically compare the effect of cultural differences in explaining the relationship between neuroticism and intelligence scores (alongside age and sex differences). The results revealed that while sex and age differences in students’ neuroticism scores were similar across Libyan and British samples, there were differences in the relationship between neuroticism and intelligence scores across the two cultures. Findings are evaluated in light of recent empirical and theoretical developments relating to neuroticism and intelligence.
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Lindstrom, Rachel A. "Cyclicality and the relationship between neuroticism, communication, and relationship satisfaction in cohabiting couples." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15573.
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Master of Science<br>Department of Family Studies and Human Services<br>Jared R. Anderson<br>Amber V. Vennum<br>The present study sought to extend the research on cyclical, or on-again/off-again relationships, by examining whether a history of cyclicality moderated the association between neuroticism and relationship satisfaction. A second goal of this study was to examine the direct and indirect effects of neuroticism on relationship satisfaction through communication. The sample consisted of cohabiting cyclical (n = 1,055) and noncyclical (n = 2,527) couples from a larger dataset collected by the RELATE Institute. Results showed that cyclical partners reported higher levels of neuroticism, higher levels of conflict, lower levels of positive communication, and lower levels of relationship satisfaction than noncyclical couples. Direct actor paths from neuroticism to satisfaction were significant for cyclical and noncyclical females and males. Only the direct partner path from female neuroticism to male satisfaction was significant, and was only significant for cyclical couples. All indirect actor and partner paths were significant for cyclical and noncyclical females and males. Further, a history of cyclicality significantly moderated the direct paths from male communication to male and female relationship satisfaction, indicating this relationship is stronger for cyclical couples.
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Shahid, Hira. "Association between neuroticism and risk of incident cardiovascular disease in UK Biobank cohort." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-19330.
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Myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke are the major causes of cardiovascular related morbidities and mortalities around the world. The prevalence of cardiovascular diseases has been increased in last decades and it is vital need of time to investigate this global problem with focus on risk population stratification. The aim of the present study is to investigate the association between individualized personality trait that is neuroticism and risk of MI and stroke has been investigated in a large population-based cohort of UK biobank.375,713 individuals (mean age: 56.24 ± 8.06) were investigated in this longitudinal study and were followed up for seven years to assess the association between neuroticism and risk of MI and stroke incidence. The neuroticism score was assessed by a 12-item questionnaire at baseline, while information related to MI and stroke events was either collected from hospital records and death registries or was self-reported by the participants. Cox proportional hazard regression adjusted for age, gender, BMI, socioeconomic status, lifestyle factors and medical histories for hypertension, diabetes and depression was used. All statistical analyses were performed using R software. In fully adjusted model, a one standard deviation increase in neuroticism score was associated with 1.05-fold increased risk for MI. (HR=1.047(1.009-1.087), p=0.015). However, no significant association was observed between neuroticism score and incident stroke as well as between neuroticism score and overall cardiovascular disease (MI and stroke combined). Results from the present study indicate that neuroticism is a risk factor for MI but not for stroke. These findings suggest that personality traits such as neuroticism may prove to be helpful in efficient risk stratification and pre-clinical diagnosis of individuals at risk for MI.
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Crostley, Jeremy T. "Neuroticism and Religious Coping Styles as Mediators of Depressive Affect and Perceived Stress." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2005. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4889/.
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Previous researchers have shown that the collaborative, self-directing, and deferring styles of religious coping result in different outcomes of depression under different levels of perceived stress. Neuroticism has also been shown to affect coping effectiveness overall or choice of coping method. However, little work has been done to investigate the association between neuroticism and the choice or effectiveness of religious coping styles in particular, or on the association of neuroticism and perceived stress. The present study addressed research questions by examining relations among neuroticism, perceived stress, objective life events, religious and non-religious coping styles, effectiveness of coping styles, and depression. Hierarchical multiple regression and correlational techniques found that religious coping styles predict depression, religious and non-religious coping correspond, and neuroticism predicts perceived stress beyond situational stressors. Neuroticism did not predict use of religious coping styles, but remaining personality factors were successful in predicting coping. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
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Hutchinson, James. "Neuroticism, daily hassles, and depressive symptoms an examination of moderating and mediating effects /." Online access for everyone, 2004. http://www.dissertations.wsu.edu/Thesis/Fall2004/J%5FHutchinson%5F102704.pdf.
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Walker, Kristin L., Edward C. Chang, and Jameson K. Hirsch. "Neuroticism and Suicidal Behavior: Conditional Indirect Effects of Social Problem Solving and Hopelessness." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2017. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/856.
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Individuals with problem solving deficits, and higher levels of neuroticism and hopelessness, are at increased risk for suicide, yet little is known about the interrelationships between these vulnerability characteristics. In a sample of 223 low-income, primary care patients, we examined the potential mediating role of hopelessness on the relation between neuroticism and suicidal behavior, and the potential moderating role of social problem solving ability. Participants completed self-report questionnaires: Suicidal Behaviors Questionnaire-Revised, Social Problem Solving Inventory-Revised, Beck Hopelessness Scale, and NEO Five Factor Inventory. Models were tested using bootstrapped moderated mediation techniques. There was a significant indirect effect of neuroticism on suicidal behavior through hopelessness, and this indirect effect was moderated by social problem solving ability. Patients with greater neuroticism also manifest greater levels of hopelessness and, in turn, more suicidal behavior, and these relations are strengthened at lower levels of social problem solving. Interventions that increase social problem solving ability and reduce hopelessness may reduce suicide risk.
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Wiklund, Carina, and Catharina Lövqvist. "Hur ungdomars välmående, neuroticism och extroversion hänger samman med en livsstil med självdestruktivt beteende." Thesis, Kristianstad University College, Department of Behavioural Sciences, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hkr:diva-3987.
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<p>Studiens syfte var att undersöka om det fanns samband mellan ungdomars inställning till självdestruktivt beteende, välmående, neuroticism samt extroversion och sätt att leva. Genom en faktoranalys skapades en livsstils variabel som sammanfattades till variablerna medveten och konsument. En stor del av studien behandlar ungdomar då de kan vara välmående men ändå skada sig själva på grund av den livsstil de har. I studien har 96 ungdomar deltagit. Undersökningen har utförts på tre olika gymnasieskolor i Skåne. Det är en kvantitativ undersökning som har utförts genom enkätformulär. Formuläret har berört aspekterna välmående, extroversion, neuroticism och livsstil. Resultatet visade ett samband mellan välmående och extroversion samt en livsstil som uteslöt självskada. Ungdomarna trodde de vanligaste orsakerna till självdestruktivt beteende berodde på depression, uppmärksamhet, konflikt i hemmet och i skolan.</p>
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Stewart, Mary Elizabeth. "Personality and mood : is neuroticism a predictor of negative mood change via serotonergic function?" Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/25221.
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Barron, Lainie J. "Effects of Social Anxiety and Tone of Text-Message Interaction on Metaperceptions of Neuroticism." Thesis, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10147042.
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<p> Cognitive models of social anxiety (SA) suggest that an individual’s negative beliefs about the way they are perceived by others (metaperceptions) are an important feature of the disorder (Christensen et al., 2003). As technology has continued to change, communication among others has also changed from using face-to-face interaction (FtF) to using computer-mediated communication (i.e. texting or instant messaging). While incorporating metaperceptions, the present study used “positive” and “neutral” vignettes to analyze opinions about metaperceptions of a vignette character engaged in a text conversation. Results suggested that there was a significant main effect for tone of text message interaction: those that read a neutral text message vignette thought that the receiver of the text message would think they were perceived as more neurotic in comparison to participants who read the positive text message. The main effect for level of SA and the interaction effect between level of SA and tone of text message interaction did not reach statistical significance.</p>
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Simanski, John. "The Facets Beyond Neuroticism: Anxiety as a Moderator of Reactivity to Daily Negative Events." W&M ScholarWorks, 2003. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1593092169.
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Rampersad, Dara N. "The role of coping resources and neuroticism in predicting female aggression in intimate relationships." unrestricted, 2008. http://etd.gsu.edu/theses/available/etd-06262008-181148/.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Georgia State University, 2008.<br>Title from file title page. Kenneth B. Matheny, committee chair; Yiu-Man B. Chung, William L. Curlette, Gregory L. Brack, committee members. Description based on contents viewed Aug. 20, 2009. Includes bibliographical references.
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Gaylord, Terrance Wayne. "Feedback acceptance within leadership development : effects of self-other rating discrepancies, conscientiousness & neuroticism /." Search for this dissertation online, 2003. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/ksu/main.
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Lee, Felissa K. "Conscientiousness, neuroticism, and self-management strategies : a process model of personality and achievement outcomes /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2004. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3144434.
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Jedbäck, William. "Personality and Neurobiology : A Review of Fronto-Limbic Structural and Functional Connectivity in Neuroticism." Thesis, Högskolan i Skövde, Institutionen för biovetenskap, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-17458.
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Background: The five-factor model is the most prominent theory in personality science which aspire to understand the thoughts, feelings and behavior of individuals, determined by five relatively stable domains. Neuroticism, defined as a higher threat reactivity and susceptibility to negative affect, is one domain which has proven problematic for well-being, and has estimated societal costs of approximately 2.5 times that of common mental disorder per 1 million inhabitants. Problem: The neural correlates of neuroticism could supply research with a fundamental base of understanding the trait, however, due to scattered founding’s of segregated activity in brain structures relative to neuroticism, meta-analyses argue that increased understanding of global rather than local organization, could be more fruitful for the investigation. Methodology: Since neuroticism is convergent with emotional instability, two structures of interest with regards to global organization are the amygdala, crucial for emotion generation, and the prefrontal cortex (PFC), responsible for emotion interpretation and emotion regulation. Reviewing brain imaging research conducted with emphasis on integrative communication between the amygdala and the PFC in individuals with high trait neuroticism has therefore been the main objective of this thesis. Results/conclusion: According to the investigated research there is compromised structural integrity correlated with neuroticism, while the research on functional communication between the structures explored is not yet sufficiently covered to supply a satisfactory answer. Some of these neurobiological findings are in line with personality science observation in neuroticism, and could hence contribute to the investigation. However, more research is warranted in this field of neuroscience.
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Malmbring, Gustav. "Personlighet och preferens för mobiltelefon respektive portabelt ljud." Thesis, Högskolan i Gävle, Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hig:diva-11012.
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Tidigare studier har indikerat att extroverta personer använder mobiltelefoni mer än vad introverta personer gör (Inyang et al. 2010). En enkätstudie genomfördes för att testa sambandet mellan personlighetstyp och huruvida en frekvenspreferens gällande brukandet av mobiltelefoni eller portabelt ljud förelåg. Hundra stycken deltagare svarade på enkäten som bestod av tre delar. Fyra hypoteser var formulerade; extroverta förutspåddes vara flitigare brukare av mobiltelefon än introverta, medan introverta förutspåddes vara flitigare i brukandet av portabelt ljud. Personer med social fobi förutspåddes använda mindre mobiltelefoni, men mer portabelt ljud, än personer utan social fobi. Neurotiker förutspåddes använda portabelt ljud i större utsträckning än de brukar mobiltelefoni. En skillnad förutspåddes finnas mellan män och kvinnor gällande användande av mobiltelefoni och portabelt ljud. Resultaten visade inte på något samband mellan extraversion eller social fobi och användningsfrekvens gällande mobiltelefon, eller portabelt ljud vilket inte stöder hypotesen, däremot så fanns ett samband mellan neuroticism och användningsfrekvens vilket delvis stöder hypotesen och förövrigt indikerar resultaten att kvinnor jämfört med män föredrar mobiltelefon framför portabelt ljud i detta avseende.<br>Previous studies have indicated that extroverts use mobile cell phones more than introverts (Inyang et al. 2010). A survey was carried out to test the relationship between personality type and frequency preference for mobile cell phones and portable sound use. A hundred individuals participated in the survey containing three parts of questions. It was predicted that extroverts will be more active users of mobile phones than introverts, while introverts were predicted to be more active users of portable sound. People with social phobia were predicted to use less of mobile telephony, but more of portable sound, than people lacking social phobia. Neurotics were predicted to use less of mobile telephony, but more of portable sound, than non-neuritics. A gender effect was also predicted. The result did not show any relation between extraversion or social fobia, and mobile phone or portable sound usage, which doesn’t support the hypothesis, on the other hand a relation between neuroticism and mobile phone usage and portable sound usage was supported and women compared to men were also shown to prefer mobile phone to portable sound.