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Jones, Robert Stephen. "Personality disorders and interpersonal traits /." Access abstract and link to full text, 1989. http://0-wwwlib.umi.com.library.utulsa.edu/dissertations/fullcit/8914322.
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Warner, Megan Beth. "Personality traits, traitedness, and disorders: towards an enhanced understanding of trait-disorder relationships." Texas A&M University, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/4238.
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Traitedness has been described as the âÂÂthe degree to which a particular trait
structure is approximated in a given personâ (Tellegen, p. 28, 1991) and has been
hypothesized as one explanation for findings of weak trait-behavior relationships. That
is, if traits are differentially applicable to different individuals, then trait-behavior
relationships may be moderated based on the strength with which an individual fits with
a given trait model. This study used moderated multiple regression to test the
moderating effects of four different traitedness indicators to increase the prediction of
diagnostic consistency in four personality disorders, and also tested the main effects of
traitedness estimates to predict cross-situational consistency of functional impairment.
Traitedness estimates performed better in the prediction of increased diagnostic
consistency, though there were some isolated findings of traitedness increasing crosssituational
consistency of functional impairment.
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Auton, Heather. "Paranormal Beliefs and Personality Traits." TopSCHOLAR®, 2001. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/677.
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The current study examined the non-skeptic view of paranormal belief, suggesting that belief in the paranormal does not indicate psychopathology. 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 personality traits of high and low paranormal believers. High and low paranormal belief was determined by the participants overall score on the Paranormal Belief Scale. The results indicated that there were only two significant personality differences among high and low paranormal believers. High believers scored significantly higher on the PRF scales of Aggression and Defendence. However, there were no differences on any other scales. The current results indicate that high and low believers do not differ on traits considered non-pathological.
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Cecchini, Marco <1986>. "Personality Traits and Investment Behaviour." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7363/1/Cecchini_Marco_tesi.pdf.
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In this thesis I construct a unique dataset to test the role of individual characteristics in affecting the investor behaviour. In particular, I present two empirical research papers that investigate trading patterns unlikely to be driven by rational models, and a literature review in which are summarized the main findings within the new field of “personality finance”. Using an experimental analysis that combine a trading simulation with a Big-Five personality questionnaire, Paper 1 and Paper 2 illustrate how personality affects the individual level of disposition effect and trading volume respectively. In detail, among a sample of 230 students, in the first paper I find strong heterogeneity in the level of disposition effect recorded. In explaining these differences and controlling for demographic variables, I show that the trait of extroversion is positively related with tendency to sell stocks at gain rather than at loss, while subjects with high conscientiousness and openness to experience are less biased. In a different sample of 176 students, from Paper 2, I demonstrate that emotionally stable investors are more likely to exhibit higher trading volume, while high-conscientiousness seems to weaker it. Demographics and risk-attitude measures moderate the individual in- vestment choices. Finally, in the third paper I introduce a literature review on those works in which the personality of the investors is used to explain subjects trading performance and specific financial phenomena. I try to organize the main findings from this new field, named “personality finance”, identifying the psychological sources that can predict the heterogeneity in the individual investment behaviour.
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Cecchini, Marco <1986>. "Personality Traits and Investment Behaviour." Doctoral thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016. http://amsdottorato.unibo.it/7363/.
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In this thesis I construct a unique dataset to test the role of individual characteristics in affecting the investor behaviour. In particular, I present two empirical research papers that investigate trading patterns unlikely to be driven by rational models, and a literature review in which are summarized the main findings within the new field of “personality finance”. Using an experimental analysis that combine a trading simulation with a Big-Five personality questionnaire, Paper 1 and Paper 2 illustrate how personality affects the individual level of disposition effect and trading volume respectively. In detail, among a sample of 230 students, in the first paper I find strong heterogeneity in the level of disposition effect recorded. In explaining these differences and controlling for demographic variables, I show that the trait of extroversion is positively related with tendency to sell stocks at gain rather than at loss, while subjects with high conscientiousness and openness to experience are less biased. In a different sample of 176 students, from Paper 2, I demonstrate that emotionally stable investors are more likely to exhibit higher trading volume, while high-conscientiousness seems to weaker it. Demographics and risk-attitude measures moderate the individual in- vestment choices. Finally, in the third paper I introduce a literature review on those works in which the personality of the investors is used to explain subjects trading performance and specific financial phenomena. I try to organize the main findings from this new field, named “personality finance”, identifying the psychological sources that can predict the heterogeneity in the individual investment behaviour.
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Bergsten, August. "Personality Traits and Ad-block Use : A descriptive investigation of personality traits among ad-block users." Thesis, Luleå tekniska universitet, Institutionen för ekonomi, teknik, konst och samhälle, 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:ltu:diva-85375.
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Advertisements have been in digital media for most of its lifetime. They have, however, been increasing with the years and more people are finding the number of advertisements to be excessive. Online users have therefore taken to avoiding advertisements by installing ad-blockers. There have been multiple studies on how ad-blockers work and why people use them. There have also been studies on which demographics mostly use ad-blockers. Younger men are generally seen as the typical ad-block user. However, none have seen if certain personality traits are more common amongst ad-block users. The purpose of this research is therefore to investigate if there are any differences in personality traits amongst ad-block users and non-ad-block users. The Big Five Inventory with 10-questions (BFI-10) personality test is used in an online survey to get an understanding of participants ad-block usage and personality traits. The personality traits that stood out were among females ad-block users with the personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism. The purpose of the study is to indicate a possible way for advertisers to prohibit their message to fall on uninterest and ad-avoiding recipients, and to provide some insights regarding ad-block user segmentation among Swedish ad-block users.Reklamer har funnits i digitala medier i stort sett hela dess livstid. De har däremot ökat med åren och fler finner att antalet reklamer är överdrivet. Online användare har därför börjat undvika reklam genom att installera ad-blockers. Flertal studier har gjort på hur ad-blockers fungerar och varför de används. Det har även gjorts studier på vilken demografi som mestadels använder ad-block. Unga män är generellt det som ses som den typiska ad-block användaren.Ingen har däremot forskat på om något särskilt personlighetsdrag är vanligare bland ad-blockanvändare. Syftet med denna forskning är därför att utforska om det finns några skillnader i personlighetsdrag mellan ad-blockanvändare och användare utan ad-block. Personlighets testet,The Big Five Inventory bestående av 10 frågor (BFI-10), används i en online undersökning för att få en förståelse om deltagares ad-block användande och deras personlighetsdrag. Personlighetsdragen som stod ut var bland kvinnliga ad-blockanvändare extraversion och neurotisicm. Syftet med studien är att ange ett möjligt sätt för annonsörer att undvika att deras meddelande faller på ointresserade och reklamundvikande mottagare, och att ge insikt gällandesegmentering av ad-blockanvändare bland Svenska ad-blockanvändare.
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Elliott, Leslee A. Williams Stephen L. Rowatt Wade C. Charlton Thomas L. "Personality traits in the museum community." Waco, Tex. : Baylor University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/2104/4213.
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Webster, Cathleen. "Personality Traits Related to Vengeance Propensity." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2006. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/1011.
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Andersson, Michelle, and Therese Ohlsson. "PERSONALITY TRAITS AND WOMEN’S ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION." Thesis, Örebro universitet, Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-82295.
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Women are a particularly vulnerable group when it comes to victimization while intoxicated. Personality traits and characteristics have been shown to have an impact on alcohol consumption. Previous research regarding the Big Five Personality Traits indicates higher drinking levels if a person scores high within “Extraversion” and “Neuroticism”, or scores low within the traits of “Agreeableness” and “Conscientiousness”. Concerning women, “Openness” seems to be the only personality related to alcohol consumption, but previous research is scarce. The main focus of previous research has been on the Big Five Personality Traits, people in general and alcohol consumption. Our focus was Swedish women, age range 18-50 years. We proposed that personality traits could affect alcohol consumption and because of the lack of research we specifically wanted to examine women. The results showed that personality traits have an impact on women’s alcohol consumption. In conclusion, women tend to drink more alcohol if they score high on “Extraversion” and “Neuroticism”, and, if they scored low on “Agreeableness” and “Conscientiousness”. This could mean that personality traits serves as risk factors for alcohol consumption. “Openness” and alcohol consumption showed no association. Future research should investigate how other factors combined with personality traits might affect alcohol consumption.Kvinnor är en extra utsatt grupp när det kommer till viktimisering i samband med alkoholkonsumtion. Fortsättningsvis, vissa personlighetsdrag och karaktärsdrag har visats påverka alkoholkonsumtion. Tidigare forskning gällande Big-Five-teorin och dess personlighetsdrag indikerar vanligtvis högre nivåer av alkoholkonsumtion om en person skattar högre inom dragen “Utåtriktning” och “Känslomässig instabilitet”, eller skattar lägre inom dragen “Vänlighet” och “Målmedvetenhet”. Gällande kvinnor, draget “Öppenhet” verkar vara det enda som är kopplat till alkoholkonsumtion, men tidigare forskning är begränsad. Huvudfokuset inom tidigare forskning har varit på Big-Five-teorin, människor överlag och alkoholkonsumtion, vi ville därmed specifikt undersöka kvinnliga vanor. Vårt fokus har legat på svenska kvinnor i åldrarna 18- 50 år. Vi menade att personlighetsdrag kunde ha en påverkan på alkoholkonsumtion och ville undersöka specifikt kvinnor vad gäller detta då befintlig forskning ansågs bristfällig. Resultatet visade att olika personlighetsdrag påverkar alkoholkonsumtionen hos kvinnor. Sammanfattningsvis, kvinnor tenderar att dricka mer alkohol om de skattar högt inom “Utåtriktning” och “Känslomässig instabilitet”, och om de skattar lågt inom “Vänlighet” och “Målmedvetenhet”, vilket skulle kunna innebära att olika personlighetsdrag fungerar som riskfaktorer för alkoholkonsumtion. Dock visade “Öppenhet” inte på något samband med alkoholkonsumtion. Framtida forskning bör undersöka hur eventuellt andra faktorer kombinerat med personlighetsdrag kan ha en effekt på alkoholkonsumtion.
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Wuertz, Tara Rae. "Personality Traits Associated with Environmental Concern." ScholarWorks, 2015. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/308.
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The 5 factor model of personality, including the traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, is a well-established theoretical model for describing how personality is structured. Hirsh (2010) demonstrated the big 5 personality traits, excluding extraversion, were correlated with pro-environmental attitudes. The purpose of this quantitative study was to replicate previous findings, and discover if there was a correlation with a person's pro-environmental behaviors and the big 5 personality traits. A total of 100 participants from an online participant pool completed a survey, which included the Environmental Concern Scale to measure concern and attitudes about the environment, and the General Ecological Behavior scale and the Self-Reported Pro-environmental Behavior Scale to measure participants' pro-environmental behaviors. Bivariate correlations and multiple regression were performed to determine the predictive relationship between personality traits and pro-environmental attitudes and behaviors. The trait of openness was significantly correlated with both pro-environmental attitudes, r(91) = .36, p < .01, and behaviors r(93) = .41, p < .01. Agreeableness was also significantly correlated with pro-environmental behaviors r(93) = .26, p <. 05. Multiple regression revealed that trait of openness was found to be a significant predictor of pro-environmental concern F(5, 87) = 3.69, p < .005, and behaviors F(5, 89) = 4.04, p < .002. The implications for positive social change include a better understanding for psychologists of which of the Big 5 personality traits are more likely to contribute in the participation preserving the environment.
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Silveira, Netto Nunes Maria Augusta. "Recommender Systems based on Personality Traits." Diss., Montpellier 2, 2008. http://www.theses.fr/2008MON20139.
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Internet est une source énorme de produits et services disponibles pour les utilisateurs. Il existe un grand effort de la part des chercheurs pour créer des stratégies destinées à personnaliser ces produits/services pour chaque utilisateur. Cette personnalisation peut être fournie par les Systèmes de Recommandation capables de répertorier les préférences des utilisateurs avec des produits ou services spécifiques. Les chercheurs dans la cadre de la psychologie, de la neurologie et de l'informatique affective sont accord pour affirmer que le raisonnement humain et la prise de décision dans les systèmes informatiques sont difficilement affectées par les aspects psychologiques. Ainsi, pour maintenir le même niveau de personnalisation assuré par les humains, les ordinateurs devraient " raisonner " de la même façon, en prenant en compte les aspects psychologiques des utilisateurs. Néanmoins, ces aspects psychologiques ne sont malheureusement pas considérés dans la plupart des modèles de Profils d'Utilisateurs utilisés dans les Systèmes de Recommandation. Par conséquent, les Systèmes de Recommandation existants n'utilisent pas les caractéristiques psychologiques comme les traits de Personnalité au cours du procédé de prise de décisions caractéristiques. Dans cette thèse, nous proposons d'implanter des traits de Personnalité dans les Profils d'utilisateurs dans le but d'être capable d'obtenir quelques éléments sur l'utilisation de ces aspects psychologiques dans les Systèmes de Recommandation peuvent être cohérents et efficacesThe World Wide Web is a great source of products and services available to people. Scientists have made a huge effort to create effective strategies to personalize those products/services for anyone willing to use them. The personalization may be provided by Recommender Systems which are able to match people's preferences to specific products or services. Scientists from different research areas such as Psychology, Neurology and Affective Computing agree that human reasoning and decision-making are hardly ever affected by psychological aspects. Thus, to maintain the same level of personalized service provided by humans, computers should also ``reason", taking into account users' psychological aspects. Nevertheless, the psychological aspects have, unfortunately, not been highly applied in most models of User Profiles used in Recommender Systems. As a result, the existing Recommender Systems do not actually use psychological aspects such as Personality Traits during their decision-making process in order to generate their recommendations. In this thesis we propose the implementation of the Personality Traits in User Profiles so it is possible to obtain evidence that the use of Personality Traits in Recommender Systems might be coherent and effective for the improvement of the recommendations for users and, therefore, act proactively towards users' needs, offering more adaptable products and services according to their future needs
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Silveira, Netto Nunes Maria Augusta. "Recommender Systems based on Personality Traits." Diss., Université Montpellier 2 - LIRMM, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/71621.
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The World Wide Web is a great source of products and services available to people. Scientists have made a huge effort to create effective strategies to personalize those products/services for anyone willing to use them. The personalization may be provided by Recommender Systems which are able to match people’s preferences to specific products or services. Scientists from different research areas such as Psychology, Neurology and Affective Computing agree that human reasoning and decision-making are hardly ever affected by psychological aspects. Thus, to maintain the same level of personalized service provided by humans, computers should also “reason”, taking into account users’ psychological aspects. Nevertheless, the psychological aspects have, unfortunately, not been highly applied in most models of User Profiles used in Recommender Systems. As a result, the existing Recommender Systems do not actually use psychological aspects such as Personality Traits during their decision-making process in order to generate their recommendations. In this thesis we propose the implementation of the Personality Traits in User Profiles so it is possible to obtain evidence that the use of Personality Traits in Recommender Systems might be coherent and effective for the improvement of the recommendations for users and, therefore, act proactively towards users’ needs, offering more adaptable products and services according to their future needs.CAPES - URI
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Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas. "Personality traits and intellectual competence : the relationship between personality traits, academic performance, psychometric and subjectively-assessed intelligence." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2003. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1383229/.
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This thesis concerns the relationship between personality traits and intellectual competence. It contains five chapters and ten independent but related empirical studies. Chapter one presents a review of the salient literature in the area. It is divided into three sub-sections: personality and psychometric intelligence, personality and academic performance (AP), and personality and subjectively-assessed intelligence (SAI). Chapter two (studies 1 to 4) examines the relationship between the Big Five personality traits with several psychometric intelligence tests, SAL and gender. Results indicated that personality traits (notably Neuroticism and Agreeableness) are significantly related to SAI, but not to psychometric intelligence. Since SAI is also significantly related to psychometric intelligence, it is suggested that SAI may mediate the relationship between personality and psychometric intelligence. Chapter three (studies5 to 8) examines the relationship between psychometric intelligence and personality (the Big Five and the Gigantic Three) with AP. Results indicate that personality traits (notably Conscientiousness and Psychoticism) are significant predictors of AP, accounting for unique variance in AP even when psychometric intelligence and academic behaviour are considered as predictors. Chapter four (studies 9& 10) looks at the relationship between personality and psychometric intelligence with a measure of art judgement as well as several indicators of previous art experience. Results indicate that art judgement is related to both personality and intelligence, and may therefore be considered a mixed construct. Chapter five presents a brief summary of the results and conclusions.
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Butrus, Ninawa. "The relationships between personality traits, dysfunctional schemas and personality disorder features." Phd thesis, Australian Catholic University, 2012. https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/download/cfcbd9baef7fb82248e291131e028a661dc2b23ef137eb5c81c0a940196f34c8/4783816/Butrus_2012_The_relationship_between_personality_traits.pdf.
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The overall aim of this thesis was to explore the relationships between personality traits, dysfunctional schemas and personality disorder (PD) features. Previous research has established that personality traits and dysfunctional schemas are associated with personality disorders (PDs). However, comparatively little research has examined the relationships between personality traits and dysfunctional schemas or explored whether dysfunctional schemas have incremental validity in the prediction of PD features over and above personality traits. Thus, three studies were conducted to understand PD features from an integrated perspective that incorporates some of the key elements from both trait and cognitive-behavioural theories of PDs. Study 1 (N = 313) and Study 2 (N = 269) investigated the relationships between personality traits, dysfunctional schemas and PD features in non-clinical analogue samples through the use of several self-report measures. Correlational analyses in Study 1 and Study 2 revealed that general personality traits from the Five-Factor Model (FFM) and maladaptive personality traits from the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) model, respectively, were meaningfully correlated with: (a) dysfunctional schemas conceptualised as either early maladaptive schemas (EMSs) or dysfunctional PD beliefs; and (b) theoretically-relevant PD features. Further, correlational analyses in Study 1 revealed a large number of positive zero-order correlations between EMSs, dysfunctional PD beliefs and PD features. (...)
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Lau, Katherine S. L. "Big Five Personality Traits, Pathological Personality Traits, and Psychological Dysregulation: Predicting Aggression and Antisocial Behaviors in Detained Adolescents." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2013. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/td/1747.
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This study tested the utility of three different models of personality, namely the social and personality model, the pathological personality traits model, and the psychological dysregulation model, in predicting overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency in a sample of detained boys (ages 12 to 18; M age = 15.31; SD = 1.16). Results indicated that the three personality approaches demonstrated different unique associations with aggression and delinquency. The psychological dysregulation approach, composed of behavioral dysregulation, emotional dysregulation, and cognitive dysregulation, emerged as the overall best predictor of overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency. After controlling for the Big Five personality traits, psychological dysregulation accounted for significant variance in overt aggression and delinquency, but not relational aggression. After controlling for callous-unemotional traits and narcissistic traits, psychological dysregulation also accounted for significant variance in overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency. Psychological dysregulation did not account for significant variance in aggression or delinquency after controlling for borderline traits. The pathological personality traits approach, comprised of callous-unemotional traits, narcissistic traits, and borderline traits performed second best. In particular, within this approach borderline traits accounted for the most unique variance, followed by narcissistic traits, then callous-unemotional traits. Borderline traits accounted for significant variance in overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency when controlling for the Big Five traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. Narcissistic traits only accounted for significant variance in overt aggression and relational aggression after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. CU traits only accounted for significant variance in overt aggression after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. The social and personality model, represented by the Big Five personality traits accounted for the least amount of variance in the prediction of aggression and delinquency, on its own, and when pitted against the other two personality approaches. The exception was that the Big Five personality traits accounted for significant variance in relational aggression beyond narcissistic traits, as well as psychological dysregulation. These findings have implications for assessment and intervention with aggressive and antisocial youth.
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Pedersen, Carsten. "Informativeness and accuracy in personality appraisal." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.298645.
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Conlin, A. (Andrew). "Essays on personality traits and investor behavior." Doctoral thesis, Oulun yliopisto, 2017. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9789526216232.
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Abstract This dissertation contributes to the understanding of investor behavior by using personality traits to help explain investor decision-making. The work is novel, as personality traits have not been used much in finance research. The data used in this dissertation is also new to the field, consisting of observations on personality traits and socioeconomic variables combined with official records of investors’ stockholdings. The first essay provides evidence that personality traits significantly affect the stock market participation decision. The essay shows that subscales of traits (i.e., lower-level traits or facets) can provide a better model of behavior, with some subscales of a single higher-level trait having opposite effects on behavior. The novelty seeking subscales exploratory excitability and extravagance have positive and negative effects, respectively, and the reward dependence subscales dependence and sentimentality have positive and negative effects, respectively. The magnitudes of the effects are large, with marginal effects on the probability of being a stock market participant of up to four percentage points. The second essay explores the relationship between personality traits and risk aversion. We estimate risk aversion from equity holdings and from survey measures. The traits display a distinctive pattern of correlations with the estimates of risk aversion. Some traits are significantly related to observed portfolio characteristics such as portfolio volatility, number of stocks held, and trading frequency. The pattern of the traits’ relationships with the various measures of risk aversion indicates that personality traits should not be considered as merely drivers of risk aversion but as preference parameters distinct from risk aversion. The third essay shows that personality traits are related to an investor’s preferences for value versus growth stocks and for small capitalization stocks versus large capitalization stocks. We find more extravagant individuals favor large capitalization growth stocks; more impulsive people favor small capitalization growth stocks; more sentimental investors prefer small capitalization value stocks; and more social investors prefer small capitalization stocks with a tilt towards valueTiivistelmä Tämä tutkimus auttaa ymmärtämään sijoituskäyttäytymistä selittämällä sijoittajien päätöksentekoa heidän luonteenpiirteillään. Tutkimustuloksilla on uutuusarvoa, sillä luonteenpiirteiden merkitystä ei ole juurikaan tutkittu rahoitustutkimuksessa. Tutkimusaineisto on sekin luonteeltaan tavanomaisesta poikkeava, koostuen yksityishenkilöiden luonteenpiirteitä ja sosioekonomista asemaa kuvaavista muuttujista sekä heidän osakeomistustaan koskevista virallisista rekisteritiedoista. Tutkimuksen ensimmäinen essee osoittaa, että luonteenpiirteillä on merkittävä vaikutus yksityishenkilön päätökseen toimia osakemarkkinoilla. Tutkimustulosten mukaan osallistumispäätöstä kyetään ennustamaan paremmin käyttämällä luonteenpiirteiden pääluokkia mittaavien muuttujien sijasta luonteenpiirteiden alaluokkia mittaavia muuttujia. Tämä selittyy sillä, että alaluokkia mittaavilla muuttujilla on eräissä tapauksissa vastakkaismerkkisiä, pääluokkaa mittaavassa muuttujassa toisensa peittäviä, yhteyksiä osallistumispäätökseen. Tämä voidaan havaita muun muassa pääluokkaan ”elämyshakuisuus” kuuluvien ”kokeilunhalun” (+) ja ”tuhlaavaisuuden” (-) kohdalla, samoin kuin pääluokkaan ”palkkioriippuvuus” kuuvilla ”riippuvuudella” (+) ja ”sentimentaalisuudella” (-). Kaiken kaikkiaan luonteenpirteitä mittaavien muuttujien vaikutuksen suurusluokka on korkea, vastaten yksittäisen muuttujan kohdalla jopa neljän prosentin marginaalivaikutusta osakemarkkinoille osallistumisen todennäköisyyteen. Toinen essee tarkastelee luonteenpiirteiden ja riskinkarttamisen asteen välistä yhteyttä. Tutkimuksessa mitataan yksityishenkilön riskinkarttamisen astetta toisaalta hänen osakeomistuksensa rakenteen perusteella ja toisaalta kyselytutkimuksen avulla. Sijoittajien luonteenpiirteiden ja muodostettujen riskinkarttamisen astetta mittaavien muuttujien väliset korrelaatiot muodostavat selkeän rakenteen. Eräät luonteenpiirteet ovat merkitsevässä riippuvuussuhteessa muun muassa sijoittajan osakesalkun volatiliteettiin, salkkuun sisällytettyjen osakesarjojen määrään ja sijoittajan kaupankäyntiaktiivisuuteen. Luonteenpiirteitä kuvaavien muuttujien ja riskinkarttamisastetta kuvaavien muuttujien välisen yhteyden perusteella luonteenpiirteitä tulisi tarkastella enneminkin erillisinä sijoittajien preferenssejä kuvaavina muuttujina kuin riskinkarttamisasteen taustalla olevina perustekijöinä. Kolmas essee osoittaa, että luonteenpiirteet ovat yhteydessä siihen, suosiiko sijoittaja arvo- vs. kasvuosakkeita ja/tai alhaisen markkina-arvon vs. korkean markkina-arvon yhtiöiden osakkeita. Tutkimustulokset osoittavat, että ”tuhlaavammat” sijoittajat suosivat korkean markkina-arvon omaavia kasvuosakkeita, kun taas ”impulsiivisemmat” sijoittajat suosivat alhaisen markkina-arvon omaavia kasvuosakkeita. Vastaavasti ”sentimentaalisemmat” sijoittajat suosivat ylipäätään alhaisen markkina-arvon omaavia arvo-osakkeita, ”sosiaalisten” sijoittajien suosiessa heidänkin alhaista markkina-arvoa, suunnaten kiinnostustaan samalla arvo-osakkeisiin
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Holtgrave, Vanessa M. "Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Traits in Law Enforcement." Thesis, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3673014.
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This research provides original data on the study of obsessive-compulsive personality traits in law enforcement. The study explored prevalence of obsessive-compulsive personality traits (OCPT) in law enforcement (compared to the general population) in association with the occupational need for such characteristics in that profession (orderliness, organized, attentive to detail, display restricted affect, adhere to laws and regulations, and assume leadership roles). While many studies seek to explain police personality, no literature could be found regarding prevalence of OCPT in sworn peace officers. Degree of OCPT was measured by the total mean score on the Five Factor Obsessive-Compulsive Inventory (FFOCI) and compared using a one-tailed independent samples t-test. Differences between two groups across 12 subscales were analyzed retroactively using a MANOVA for qualitative descriptions of each group. Research revealed, with statistically significant results (p<.01), that prevalence of OCPT is significantly higher overall in law enforcement peace officers when compared to non-law enforcement participants. Results from this study contribute meaningfully to police psychology within the field of forensic psychology. Results have the potential to influence supplemental assessment for peace officer candidacy screening.
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Atli, Gulgunes. "CRITICAL PERSONALITY TRAITS IN SUCCESSFUL PAIR PROGRAMMING." Bowling Green State University / OhioLINK, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1150232487.
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Bobowicz, William J. Jr. "Older Adults Personality Traits and HIV Risk." Xavier University / OhioLINK, 2002. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xavier1382969624.
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Rea, Andrew J. Insko Chester A. "Affordance of personality traits in interdependence situations." Chapel Hill, N.C. : University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009. http://dc.lib.unc.edu/u?/etd,2244.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2009.Title from electronic title page (viewed Jun. 26, 2009). "... in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the Department of Psychology." Discipline: Psychology; Department/School: Psychology.
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Callicrate, Taylor Eilers. "Personality traits in the budgerigar (Melopsittacus undulatus)." College Park, Md.: University of Maryland, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/1903/8980.
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Thesis (M.S.) -- University of Maryland, College Park, 2008.Thesis research directed by: Dept. of Animal and Avian Sciences. Title from t.p. of PDF. Includes bibliographical references. Published by UMI Dissertation Services, Ann Arbor, Mich. Also available in paper.
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Barca, Tara Brook. "Predicting Maritime Pilot Selection with Personality Traits." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7459.
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Maritime pilots provide a vital service in facilitating the safe and efficient passage of vessels into and out of ports and waterways worldwide. Lack of effective selection of maritime pilots can jeopardize the welfare of people, property, and marine ecosystems. Based on Edwards' conceptualization of person-job fit theory, this quantitative, ex post facto study was an examination of whether personality traits, as measured by the Personality Research Form E (PRF-E), could predict maritime pilot selection. The research questions were: (a) Is there a significant relationship between respondents' PRF-E scale ratings and selection for a maritime pilot job and (b) How significant is the relationship between each of the 22 PRF-E scale ratings and selection for a maritime pilot job. Using a sample of 328 maritime pilot applicants, binary logistic regression was conducted to determine if any of the PRF-E variables were significant predictors of pilot selection. The results of the logistic regression analysis illustrated a significant predictive relationship between 9 of the 22 PRF-E scales and maritime pilot selection, specifically the traits of abasement, achievement, change, cognitive structure, dominance, harmavoidance, sentience, desirability, and infrequency. Future research should examine the relationship between selected maritime pilots' personality traits and job performance. Potential contributions to positive social change include improving the capability of maritime pilot commissions and associations to make more informed and effective selection decisions. The continued assessment of maritime pilot candidates' personality traits could support the prevention of future vessel accidents, ecological damage, human injuries, and fatalities.
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IUSO, SALVATORE. "Personality traits, anxiety, depression in gynecological cancer." Doctoral thesis, Università di Foggia, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11369/369206.
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Fino al 30% -40% delle persone affette da neoplasia riportano sintomi di ansia sufficientemente gravi da raggiungere i livelli clinici, esacerbando i sintomi fisici e compromettendo la qualità della vita. Il polimorfismo genetico del trasportatore della serotonina (SERT) assume un ruolo rilevante nell’aumento del rischio di depressione in soggetti che subito un evento stressante. La neurotrasmissione della serotonina (5-HT) influenza un'ampia varietà di processi fisiologici e psicologici, comprese le differenze individuali nei tratti della personalità. In questo studio, 40 pazienti oncologici ginecologici sono state reclutate dal Dipartimento di Ginecologia dell'Università di Foggia tra gennaio 2014 e dicembre 2016. Il Dipartimento di Genetica Medica Dipartimento di Scienze Mediche dell'Università di Foggia si è occupato dell'analisi del DNA. Le analisi dei gruppi genotipici 5HTT-LPR (gruppo S (s / s + s / l); l / 1; l / s; s / s) hanno indicato un significativo effetto principale del genotipo s / s sul nevroticismo (p = .0096), sui sintomi depressivi (p = 0.0407), sulla dimensione caratteriale della cooperatività (p = 0.0064). Abbiamo trovato un effetto principale del nevroticismo sui sintomi depressivi (r = 0,7988, p ˂ 0,0001), sull’ansia di stato (r = 0,7343, p ˂ 0,0001) e sullo stress percepito (r = 0,5863, p ˂ 0,0001 ). La correlazione tra neuroticismo e qualità della vita è negativa (r = -0,3190, p = 0,0421). Neuroticismo e sintomi depressivi prevalgono nella popolazione del cancro della cervice. Sintomi depressivi e stati emotivi negativi (Tensione-Ansia, Affaticamento-inerzia, Confusione-Sconcerto) prevalgono nella popolazione sottoposta alla chemio-radio. I disturbi dello spettro depressivo nei pazienti oncologici dovrebbero essere presi seriamente in considerazione, poiché depressione ha l'effetto peggiorativo sulla qualità della vita e sull'incremento della disabilità rispetto alle altre condizioni croniche. Pertanto, è opportuno che gli operatori sanitari che lavorano in oncologia, come oncologi, chirurghi, oncologi delle radiazioni, medici di base, infermieri, assistenti sociali e psicologi, ricevano una formazione nella diagnosi e nella gestione dei disturbi dello spettro depressivo, dato il diverso intervento approcci secondo il tipo di disturbo depressivo.Up to 30%–40% of individuals with advanced cancer report anxiety symptoms that are sufficiently severe to reach clinical levels, exacerbating physical symptoms and impairing quality of life. The genetic polymorphism of serotonin transporter (SERT) in causing an increased risk of depression in subjects who experienced stressful life. Serotonin (5-HT) neurotransmission has a key role in the regulation of the activity of the central nervous and influences a wide variety of physiological and psychological processes including individual differences in personality traits. In this study forty gynecological oncological patients were recruited from University Gynecology Department in Foggia between January 2014 and December 2016. Medical Genetics Unit Department of Medical Sciences University of Foggia took care of the DNA analysis. The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between personality, polymorphisms of the serotonin transporter (5HTT) with the appearance of anxiety and depressive symptoms in patients with gynecological neoplasia; to investigate the anxiety-depressive symptomatology, neuroticism and coping strategies in two different populations for the oncological manifestation in gynecology (cervix-endometrium); if there are differences about anxious-depressive symptomatology, neuroticism and coping strategies in different oncological treatments (pharmacological vs. chemo-radio). The analyses across the 5HTT-LPR genotype groups (group S (s/s + s/l); l/l; l/s; s/s) indicated a significant main effect of the s/s genotype on neuroticism (p = .0096), depressive symptoms (p = 0.0407), Cooperativeness character dimension (p = 0.0064). We found a main effect of Neuroticism on depressive symptoms (r = 0.7988, p ˂ 0.0001), state anxiety (r = 0.7343, p ˂ 0.0001) and perceived stress (r = 0.5863, p ˂ 0.0001) according PSS. The correlation between Neuroticism and EORTC QLQ-C30 scores is negative (r = -0.3190, p = 0.0421). Neuroticism and depressive symptoms prevail in the cervix cancer population. Depressive symptoms and negative emotional states (Tension-Anxiety, Fatigue-Inertia, Confusion-Bewilderment) prevail in the population subjected to chemo-radio. Depressive spectrum disorders in cancer patients should be taken into serious consideration since in patients with medical diseases, depression has the largest effect on worsening mean health scores and on increasing disability compared with the other chronic conditions. Thus, it is mandatory that health care professionals working in oncology, such as oncologists, surgeons, radiation oncologists, primary care physicians, nurses, social workers, and psychologists, receive training in the diagnosis and management of depressive spectrum disorders, given the different intervention approaches according to the type of depressive disorder.
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Usala, Paul D. "The state-trait distinction : an analysis of conceptual and psychometric properties of states and traits." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28755.
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Hartmann, Michael. "PERSONALITY AND ETHICAL DECISION: AN EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY." OpenSIUC, 2011. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/414.
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The main objective of this project is to identify whether personality traits relate to the major moral categories of Deontology and the two subcategories of Teleology, namely Egoism and Utilitarianism. Chronological Age, the three personality traits of Allocentrism, Machiavellianism and Long-Term Orientation, and the moderating variable of Biological Sex were analyzed with multinomial logistic regression to predict a respondent's justification of moral philosophy across three different scenarios. Although none of the variables were significant predictors across all three scenarios, Machiavellianism significantly predicted a respondent's choice in a confidentiality scenario, and the interaction between Allocentrism and Biological Sex were partially significant predictors for a personal income tax evasion scenario, and Chronological Age was a significant predictor for a bribery scenario and a partially significant predictor for the personal income tax evasion scenario. The results suggest that personality traits can act as significant predictors for the justification of moral acts in specific situations, but the significance of predictability depends on difference contexts.
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Kjellvertz, Katarina. "Personality traits and cognitive abilities A correlational study on facet level of traits." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Psykologiska institutionen, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-166106.
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The relation between Personality and Intelligence has interested researchers for decades. This study considers the relationship between the two constructs on a facet level. A nonclinical sample (N = 130) completed Swedish University Scale of Personality (SSP) (Gustavsson, 2000b) and Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale, forth edition (WAIS-IV) (Wechsler, 2010). The result indicated only a modest significant negative correlation between the personality dimension Neuroticism and Verbal comprehensive index. The modest result might be explained by the informal test-taking situation, since test anxiety has been suggested to be a mediator for neuroticism and cognitive abilities. Further, on a facet level, a significant negative correlation was found between the trait somatic anxiety and to verbally express and understand vocabulary. Additionally, findings implied that the variable year of education was the most powerful predictor for verbal comprehension, which suggests the importance of a simultaneous examination of mediators.
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Torrance, Tracy A. "Music Ensemble Participation: Personality Traits and Music Experience." Scholar Commons, 2017. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/7100.
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The personality of musicians, artists, and other creative persons is of considerable interest to researchers and educators who seek to identify traits associated with musical behaviors. Personality traits can influence music behaviors such as instrument choice, ensemble choice, practice habits, and musical experience, which may contribute to continued music participation. The purpose of this study is to explore the relationships between personality type, music ensemble section, instrument choice (vocal or instrumental), and musical experience in college students and individuals who choose to continue participation after college. Few studies have concentrated on personality characteristics of ensemble members at the collegiate level and after formal education ceases. This is particularly relevant as personality characteristics may not be stable with age. This study examined the following questions: 1) To what extent do personality traits (Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience) relate to ensemble choice (instrumental, vocal no musical ensemble participation) and gender?; and 2) To what extent do personality traits (Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience) relate to ensemble section (e.g., brass, alto voice)? Participants were given a survey containing demographic questions and the Big Five Personality Inventory IPIP (Goldberg, 1992). Results showed that vocalists scored higher in Extroversion and Agreeableness compared to instrumentalists, and Instrumentalists scored higher in Neuroticism than vocalists. These results are consistent with previous research findings. This study has many implications for ensemble directors, such as rehearsal structure and repertoire choice. Music educators could also benefit from this knowledge when developing lesson plans and group assignments. Understanding different personality traits would also help ensemble members with communication within the ensemble.
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Chatwin, Nicole Erica. "Personality Traits and Leadership Style among School Administrators." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10744834.
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Educational administrators are expected to provide guidance to various stakeholders within the school environment. Educational administrator personality traits and leadership style were the focus of this study. Two research questions guided the focus of the current study. The first question examines the association between the degree of the transformational leadership style, the transactional leadership style and the laissez-faire leadership/non-leadership style and the magnitude of the Big Five personality traits of California unified school district administrators. The second question explored the relationship between educational administrator school type (elementary, middle and high school) with leadership style as well as personality traits. Although several studies focus on leadership style and personality traits independently, little is known about the interaction between school administrator’s leadership style in relation to their personality traits. Additionally, few studies have investigated the relationship between administrator school type (elementary, middle and high school) with leadership style as well as personality traits. This quantitative study utilizes a self-report survey design with a sampling of 376 California unified school district educational administrators. Study data was collected using the Multi-Factor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ:5X – Self) to measure leadership style as well as the Tem Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) used to measure personality traits. Findings from this study indicate a statistically significant relationship between educational administrators’ leadership style and personality traits. Furthermore, results indicate a statistically significant difference detected between the educational administrators’ school type (elementary, middle, high school) and leadership style in relation to their personality traits.
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Larstone, Roseann Marie. "Personality disorder traits and antisocial behaviour in adolescents." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/39783.
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In an effort to further understand the contribution of maladaptive personality characteristics to the expression of distinct forms of antisocial behaviour during adolescence, this study examined links between personality disorder traits, physical and social aggression, and nonaggressive antisocial behaviour over one year. A community sample of adolescents (n=182) completed self-reports of physical and social aggression and nonaggressive antisocial behaviour during the summer between the 10th and 11th grades. Participants’ parents (n=192) completed a measure assessing the adolescents’ personality disorder traits when the youths were 15 years of age in 2009, and their teachers (n=154) completed measures of the frequency of adolescents’ perpetration of physical and social aggression during the following academic year. Analyses, conducted separately for boys and girls, explored the links between broad personality disorder factors and facet-level traits as predictors of teacher- and self-rated physical and social aggression, and nonaggressive antisocial behaviour. Results of a series of multiple regression analyses revealed that disagreeableness emerged as a strong predictor of teacher-rated social aggression, self-rated physical aggression and nonaggressive antisocial behaviour in girls but not boys. Broad personality disorder traits did not predict self-rated social aggression. Findings from the facet level revealed that, in contrast with previous research, associations were not found between aspects of disagreeableness, emotional instability, compulsivity and nonaggressive antisocial behaviour in boys. Further, facets within the introversion factor strongly predicted self-rated physical and teacher-rated social aggression for girls only. Findings highlight the importance of examining both higher- and lower-order maladaptive personality traits and considering gender differences in trait expression, in understanding the perpetration of distinct forms of adolescent antisocial behaviour.
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Schäfer, Konrad Carsten [Verfasser]. "Personality traits in labor economics / Konrad Carsten Schäfer." Hannover : Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB), 2017. http://d-nb.info/1131188012/34.
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Dobrow, Jason A. "The Relationship between Psychopathic Personality Traits and Lying." Thesis, University of South Florida, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10112575.
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The current study examined the relationship between psychopathic personality traits and various forms of deception. Through the use of the Elemental Psychopathy Assessment to measure psychopathy, and several different assessment tools to measure deception, including the Multidimensional Deception Inventory (MDI), the relationship between psychopathic personality traits and deception was examined. Using an undergraduate sample of 261 participants at a large research university in the Southeastern United States, the relationship between the aforementioned constructs was explored. Results indicated that the overarching personality traits of Antagonism and Disinhibition were positively related to multiple dimensions of lying behavior. Frequency of lies told, Duping Delight (lies told for enjoyment), and lies told for personal gain/impression management and to avoid disclosing pertinent information were positively related to both Antagonism and Disinhibition. Results point to the need for future study in this area, as limited previous research has looked at the overlap between psychopathic personality traits and deception.
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MacKay, Jill Rowan Deans. "Characterising personality traits in cattle using biotelemetry systems." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/8282.
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On-farm assessment of cattle health, behaviour and welfare is often a logistical challenge but necessary for ensuring high standards of welfare and production. Recently, technological advances in engineering have allowed the mass manufacture of biotelemetry systems for use in research and industry. A commercial dairy farm may now have many different systems recording information about each individual animal in the herd. One such biotelemetry system is the collection of activity data via activity monitors. These devices were initially used by farmers to detect oestrus bouts through the resulting rise in activity and over the years have been improved to collect highly accurate and specific data about lying, standing and steps recorded over long periods of time. Long term, unobtrusive recording of individual cattle activity patterns is now becoming a reality on several farms. This raises the possibility of utilising sensors to remotely quantify aspects of cattle behaviour and welfare across different farms relatively quickly, allowing for the improvement of management and breeding strategies. Before this can be achieved, there needs to be a solid understanding of how behaviour affects activity patterns and how such data should be handled. In this project, the IceTag (IceRobotics Ltd., South Queensferry, UK), was used as a biotelemetry system for recording the activity of cattle. The IceTag is a tri-axial accelerometer activity monitor with a sample rate of 16Hz which has been shown to be sensitive (i.e. few false negatives) and specific (i.e. few false positives) when recording lying and standing behaviour on adult cattle. Cattle’s individual variation in behaviour was used as a case study to investigate the usage of this type of biotelemetry system. There were two phases to the study. In the first phase, the capabilities and limitations of the IceTag sensor were investigated. This involved assessing the extent of behavioural reactions to the IceTag in cattle. The behaviour of 28 lactating dairy cattle at the SRUC Dairy Research Centre was assessed for an adverse behavioural effect of the tags. The results of this study recommended a period of 48 hours from attachment before cattle grew accustomed to wearing the tag. Following this, the capabilities of the tags were assessed. Activity traits calculated directly from the tag and derived from tag data were analysed with respect to performance in four short term tests of temperament in 67 beef steers at the SRUC Beef Unit. From this work, the good repeatability of activity traits including average bout length, daily MotionIndex and daily step count encouraged their further usage. Steers which responded fearfully in a temperament test had higher MotionIndex in the home pen (rs = 0.35, P = 0.004) and steers which were more capable of displacing other steers at feeding stations also had longer average standing bouts (rs = 0.26, P = 0.036) and were more variable in their total daily standing duration (rs = 0.27, P = 0.030). This suggested that fear and sociability related behaviours can be detected through analysis of activity patterns. This work was continued at Wageningen University’s Dairy Research Centre where activity was recorded in over 100 dairy cattle. Activity recorded over a forty day period could explain some of the variation in behaviours seen during a subsequent fear test, but not in a social motivation test. The trait ‘neophobia’ was associated with more lying bouts and a greater variation in lying bout duration in dairy cows (R2 adj = 0.15, F3,75 = 5.32, P = 0.002) and bold cows also showed less variation in their lying bout durations (R2 adj = 0.11, F2,75 = 5.63, P = 0.005). In conclusion, remote sensors are a useful addition to the ethologist’s toolbox, enabling researchers to gain some insight into how fearfully a cow may react without assessing this through on-farm behavioural testing. Moreover, this work has found that the effects of personality which can be observed in behavioural testing can also be observed in spontaneous behaviour in the home pen away from testing environments. Biotelemetry systems can be utilised as a welfare assessment tool as they record repeatable activity traits which relate to underlying behavioural dimensions linked to the cow’s behavioural response to stimuli.
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Schoeler, Lieselotte Maria. "Personality traits and cognitive performance in elite athletes." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6056.
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Mental performance consists of cognitive components, such as memory capacity, motor function, or decision making, and psychological components, such as personality traits, psychological well-being, or coping strategies. While certain personality traits have been shown to be associated with specific strengths and weaknesses in an individual’s cognitive abilities only few studies have been done to investigate this relationship in athletes. Our study therefore aims to investigate the correlations between certain personality traits and cognitive performance in a sample of elite hockey players. 25 male athletes completed the ‘WebNeuro Sport’ assessment by the Brain Resource Company.
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Mould, Carol. "Do personality traits predict entrepreneurial intention and performance?" Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/8539.
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Includes bibliographical references.This study examined the effectiveness of using personality traits to predict entrepreneurial intention and performance. The participants in the study (N = 113) were all members of an Enterprise Development programme based in Cape Town in the Western Cape. The personality variables under investigation included proactive personality, self-efficacy, perseverance and control aspiration. Standard multiple regression analysis revealed that an overall model incorporating all four of the above personality variables explained approximately 25 of the variance in entrepreneurial intention. After controlling for age and education, the model explained approximately 30 of the variance. However, of the four independent variables, only proactive personality explained unique variance in entrepreneurial intention.
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Johnson, Aaron D. "The effects of personality traits on general disclosiveness." Morgantown, W. Va. : [West Virginia University Libraries], 2001. http://etd.wvu.edu/templates/showETD.cfm?recnum=2015.
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Norris, Christine F. "THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND CAREER ADAPTABILITY." OpenSIUC, 2016. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/theses/1912.
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As it becomes more common for individuals to work in many different jobs throughout their lives, career adaptability becomes more important to understanding how individuals deal with this changing environment. This study examined the history and background of career adaptability and personality, as well as current research in the field. A total of 196 students from a large Midwestern university completed the Career Futures Inventory – Revised and a Big Five measure from the International Personality Item Pool to examine potential relationships between individual personality traits and career adaptability. Pearson correlations, linear and hierarchical regression analyses, and analysis of variance were used to analyze possible relationships. The results of the study indicated that 39.7% of career adaptability was accounted for by the Big Five personality traits. All five personality traits and career adaptability were moderately correlated and neuroticism, conscientiousness, and extraversion predicted participants’ overall career adaptability. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that career adaptability and career agency both predicted major satisfaction above and beyond personality. Key words: career adaptability, Big Five personality, major satisfaction
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Waddell, Jason J. "The personality traits and skills of Australian pharmacists." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2021. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/213206/1/Jason_Waddell_Thesis.pdf.
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This study evaluated the personality traits and skills of Australian Pharmacists to better understand factors that may influence the implementation of pharmacy practice change. Using theoretical frameworks of personality and advanced practice, this research evaluated the personality traits of Australian Pharmacists and pharmacy students, evaluated the leadership domain of an advanced pharmacy practice framework, and included interviews of pharmacists implementing prescribing models of care in the Queensland public hospitals. Implementing new pharmacy practice models of care is complex and is the confluence of a pharmacist’s personality, skills and the context in which they are working.
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Weber, Melvin R. "Relationships between selected personality traits and judgments of performance /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2002. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3074452.
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Graceffo, Robert Anthony. "Explicitly and Implicitly Assessed Personality Traits of Practicing Clinicians." University of Toledo / OhioLINK, 2015. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1437134039.
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Wareham, Jennifer J. "Strain, Personality Traits, and Deviance among Adolescents: Moderating Factors." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2005. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0001212.
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Neuger, Jolanta. "Platelet serotonin function and personality traits in affective disorder /." Stockholm, 2002. http://diss.kib.ki.se/2002/91-7349-181-0.
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Dunlop, William Lewis. "Personality traits, motivation, and the making of modern identity." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/44543.
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What is the nature of personhood? How is identity best understood? In this dissertation, these questions are explored. Drawing upon a conception of personality in which behavioral traits, goal motivation, and identities are recognized as equal and complementary partners, two proposals are considered. First, it is argued that insights into many psychological phenomena can be enhanced through tandem consideration of the aforementioned personological elements. Second, it is argued that personal identity is manifest within both narrative and non-narrative (i.e., paradigmatic) forms. Support for the first proposal is garnered over the course of three empirical studies. In each of these studies—which consider context variability in the manifestation of personality attributes (i.e., self-concept differentiation), the interplay between the meta-concepts of agency and communion in moral motivation, and the relation between personality and culture, respectively—the predictive ability of traits, goals, and identities is examined. Considerable gains in predictive power are made through consideration of these elements of personality. Support for the second proposal is garnered through the undertaking of the third study, wherein a method for assessing personal identity in its narrative and paradigmatic forms is adopted and applied to a cross-cultural examination of personality. The current endeavor thus aims to apply a necessary corrective to the field of personality psychology (wherein personality and personality traits are often equated) and developmental psychology (wherein identity has increasingly come to be construed solely in narrative terms).
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Schwarz, Colleen. "The extent to which personality traits predict service orientation." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 1999. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/90.
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Bieber, Luke J. "Anaclitic-Introjective Personality Traits and Client Outcomes in Psychoanalysis." Xavier University Psychology / OhioLINK, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=xupsy1597811975774862.
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Ishikawa, Lindsey Tomi. "LAY ASSESSMENTS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND DEPRESSION IN MYSPACE." Thesis, The University of Arizona, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/192487.
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Gashi, Flora. "Sugar Intake and the Five Personality Traits of Millennials." ScholarWorks, 2017. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/3606.
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Sugar intake continues to be connected to an increased risk of heart diseases, diabetes, arthritis, and certain forms of cancers, depression, and schizophrenia. The purpose of the study was to examine if sugar intake is related to personality traits in the Millennial population. The health belief model was used as the theoretical framework for conducting the study. The research questions addressed in the current study were in regards to the relationships between Millennials daily sugar intake and openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. This study was a cross-sectional design in which a panel of randomly selected United States Millennials (N = 106) between the ages of 18-34 were requested to complete a demographic questionnaire and the Big Five Inventory. The survey was conducted online using SurveyMonkey. Multiple linear regression was used to test the five stated hypotheses. Study results indicated no significant relationship between sugar intake and the five personality traits (p > .05). A sequential multiple regression model after controlling for age and gender indicated no significant relationship between the five personality traits and Sugar Intake (p > .05). In effecting positive social change, further investigations are warranted to establish the relationships between personality traits and sugar intake which may help to inform policy to reduce the associated health risks of consuming high sugar.
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Chen, shang-Ren, and 陳尚任. "The Discussion of DISC Personality Traits and Five Personality Traits on Workers." Thesis, 2013. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/u4fzb7.
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In recent years, there have been a lot of studies for personality traits, especially in human resources, marketing, management, interpersonal communication ...etc. In these studies, the basis of management and communication is always on the personal characteristics. For example, in terms of human resources, the improvement of recruitment, training, and performance is conducted through personality traits. In the field of marketing, through personal preferences, product or customer preferences are analyzed to be the reference index of the customer relationship management. However, the domestic industry is mostly the small and medium-sized enterprises. In the absence of strong financial support, it is unable to conduct the management analysis related to personality traits but to understand personality traits by referring to news media or by erroneous messages. People often determine other people’s personality traits according to individual traits, such as blood type. Constellations and blood types are the traits used most commonly to judge the personality traits, so that people often take out of context or are biased for the results of something due to media reports. Therefore, the study of personal traits is conducted by discussing demographic data based on individuals in the manner of science; besides, the correlation analysis of the test results between two different personality traits to understand if the various dimensions of different personality traits in the test are correlated, so as to allow industries to apply the findings of this study in various fields. In this study, the six most common demographic items, gender, age, blood type, workplace seniority, constellations, and education, the DISC personality traits, and the five personalities which are most commonly explored in academia were tested by the subjects. The analysis examining results are as follows: 1.There are significant differences on personality traits between different genders, including: of which the dominance and influence in DISC personality traits; and the openness to experience, neuroticism, and emotional stability in big five personality traits. 2.There are significant differences between personality traits among different ages, including: dominance and influence in DISC personality traits; and the extraversion, neuroticism, and emotional stability in big five personality traits. 3.There are significant differences between personality traits among different blood types, including: neuroticism, and emotional stability in big five personality traits. 4.There are significant differences between personality traits among different seniorities, including: extraversion、neuroticism, and emotional stability in big five personality traits. 5.There are no significant differences between personality traits among different constellations. 6.There are significant differences between personality traits among different academic qualifications,including:openness to experience and conscientiousness in big five personality traits. 7.There are typical relationship between DISC personality traits and big five personality traits. Keywords: Big Five personality traits, personality traits, constellation,blood type ,DISC
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King, Christopher Ronald. "Personality Traits and User Behavior." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/ETD-TAMU-2011-12-10361.
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Psychologists and human resources personnel have used personality profiling as a predictor of human behavior in various environments for many decades. Knowing the personality traits of a particular individual allows management to tailor an environment ideally suited for an individual, attempting to maximize a person's productivity and job satisfaction. Measurements of personality are classically achieved through a self-reporting survey. This method has a potential inaccuracy due to its lack of objectivity and a bias due to cultural influences. This research explores the relationships between specific computer user behavior patterns and personality profiles. The results may provide a partial map between personality profile traits and computer user behavior.
In an attempt to discover such correlations, forty-five fraternity and sorority students from Texas A&M University were selected to participate in a personality survey and three computer based tests. One test measured the subject's perceptive abilities, another measured their decision-making requirements, and a third measured their methods employed in organizing a task.
The results show conclusively that some personality profile traits do influence how people visually interpret information presented on a computer screen. Individuals who exhibit high conscientiousness or agreeableness scores on a personality assessment survey take less time to find an icon among a collection during an icon search test.
However, the results also show a significantly large variability in individuals, indicating that many other factors may influence attempts to measure an individual's personality traits. This indicates that the tests presented in this study, even though they show that behavior is related to personality traits, cannot be used as diagnostic tools. Further research will be required to obtain that goal.
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Chen, Kin Jan, and 陳金真. "Single Persons' Personality Traits and Loneliness." Thesis, 2014. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84307164339685574196.
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生活應用科學系碩士在職專班
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Abstract Are single person’s personality traits and loneliness related? What kind of personality traits will generate loneliness? Based on this, the study aimed to explore the differences of single persons’ personal background on loneliness, the correlation between personality traits and loneliness as well as the impact of personal background and personality traits on loneliness. This study used questionnaires on single people which aged between 30 to 64 in Taiwan and obtained 802 valid samples by purposive and snowball sampling. Research tools cover three sections, namely, “personal basic information”, “NEO-FFI personality self-report scale” and “Third Edition of UCLA Loneliness Scale”, in order to understand whether single persons’ personal background, personality traits and loneliness are related and affect mutually. This study conducted data analysis by SPSS 18.0 (statistical packages software), including such multiple regression analysis as descriptive statistics, one sample t-test, Independent-Samples t-test, one-way ANOVA, Scheffe’s and LSD method, Pearson product-moment correlation and forced entry. The results were as follows: I. The total average of single persons’ loneliness was 2.1 points and was significantly lower than the theoretical midpoint, which means that single persons rarely feel lonely. Single persons’ personality traits are rarely liable to neuroticism; their conscientiousness is the highest, followed by extraversion, agreeableness and openness. II. Age, socioeconomic status, professional degree, monthly income, living arrangement and religious beliefs were significantly different in single persons’ loneliness. The study showed that adults perceived more intense loneliness than middle-aged people; those with lower “socioeconomic status”, “professional degree” and “monthly income” perceived higher loneliness; those living with their families perceived lower loneliness; those with no religion perceived higher loneliness. III. It’s found by regression analysis that single persons with low socioeconomic status perceived more intense loneliness than that with high socioeconomic status; those with monthly income of less than $ 26,300 perceived higher loneliness than those with monthly income of more than $ 65,501. Those whose personality traits are liable to “neuroticism” perceived higher loneliness; those liable to “extraversion” and “agreeableness” perceived lower loneliness. These five variables could explain 56% of the variables of single persons’ “loneliness”. Though age, living arrangement and religious beliefs were significantly different in the difference analysis of loneliness, it’s found that personality traits were the most important key factor influencing loneliness. IV. According to the findings of this study, specific recommendations were proposed to single persons, family education and counseling related units and future follow-up study as the reference for all circles. 1. Single persons need to have steady income and make good use of community resources to enhance socioeconomic status, such as a second expertise, prudent finance and proper career planning. 2. Single persons whose personality traits are liable to high neuroticism should learn to relax and interpersonal social skills, such as participation in community or religious activities so as to have spiritual sustenance and build confidence. Those with low “extraversion” and “friendliness” should try to make more friends, praise more and criticize less and maintain good family relations to avoid causing loneliness. 3. It’s recommended that family education and counseling related units should incorporate the concepts of “how to overcome loneliness” and “personality traits” into the curriculum or counseling focus so as to make single persons lead a better single life and enhance their psychological well-being. 4. It’s suggested that follow-up studies should be conducted by case study, in-depth interviews, focus groups and other qualitative methods or consider making comparison between urban and rural areas in order to understand the overall situation of single persons’ personality traits. Keywords: Single Persons; Personality Traits; Loneliness