Blar i BI Open på forfatter "Furnham, Adrian"
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A Bibliometric Review of Self-Compassion Research: Science Mapping the Literature, 1999 to 2020
Swami, Viren; Andersen, Njål; Furnham, Adrian (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Objectives Science mapping is a methodology that combines quantitative analysis, classification, and visualisation to identify the composition and inter-relationships between bibliographic objects. Although science mapping ... -
The Big-Five personality factors, cognitive ability, health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of self-efficacy: A longitudinal study
Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)This study set out to examine to what extent a set of psychological, health and socio-demographic factors are associated with self-efficacy (SE) in a large sample of over 12,000 participants over a two-year period. We were ... -
The Big-Five personality factors, mental health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of gratification delay
Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This paper reports on a study testing over 12,000 adults. We were interested in the correlates of gratification delay (GD) (as criterion variable) with gender, age, education and occupation, the Big-Five personality factors, ... -
Birds of a feather work together: The role of emotional intelligence and cognitive ability in workplace interaction and advice networks
Treglown, Luke; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The study investigated whether cognitive ability or trait emotional intelligence impacted the formation of task-contingent communication and advice seeking in the workplace. Contrary to the theory driven hypothesis, an ... -
Body acceptance by others: Refinement of the construct, and development and psychometric evaluation of a revised measure – The Body Acceptance by Others Scale-2
Swami, Viren; Todd, Jennifer; Stieger, Stefan; Furnham, Adrian; Horne, George; Tylka, Tracy L. (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The Body Acceptance by Others Scale (BAOS) measures the degree to which individuals perceive body acceptance by others, but its factor structure is questionable. Here, we developed a revision of the BAOS (i.e., the BAOS-2) ... -
Body appreciation around the world: Measurement invariance of the Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) across 65 nations, 40 languages, gender identities, and age
Swami, Viren; Tran, Ulrich S; Stieger, Stefan; Aavik, Toivo; Ranjbar, Hamed Abdollahpour; abedayo, sulaiman; Afhami, Reza; Ahmed, Oli; Aimé, Annie; Akel, Marwan; Halbusi, Hussam; Alexias, George; Ali, Khawla F.; Alp-Dal, Nursep; Alsalhani, Anas B.; Álvares-Solas, Sara; Amaral, Ana Carolina Soares; Andrianto, Sonny; Aspden, Trefor; Argyrides, Marios; Aruta, John Jamir Benzon R.; Atkin, Stephen L.; Ayandele, Olusola; Baceviciene, Migle; Bahbouh, Radvan; Ballesio, Andrea; Barron, David; Bellard, Ashleigh; Bender, Sóley S.; Beydag, Kerime; Birovljević, Gorana; Blackburn, Marie-Eve; Borja-Alvarez, Teresita; Borowiec, Joanna; Bozogáňová, Miroslava; Bratland-Sanda, Solfrid; Browning, Matthew H. E. M.; Brytek-Matera, Anna; Burakova, Marina; Çakır-Koçak, Yeliz; Camacho, Pablo; Camilleri, Vittorio Emanuele; Cazzato, Valentina; Cerea, Silvia; Chaiwutikornwanich, Apitchaya; Chaleeraktrakoon, Trawin; Furnham, Adrian; Otterbring, Tobias; Borgen, Christine Sundgot; Trangsrud, Lise Katrine Jepsen; Voracek, Martin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Body Appreciation Scale-2 (BAS-2) is a widely used measure of a core facet of the positive body image construct. However, extant research concerning measurement invariance of the BAS-2 across a large number of nations ... -
Breast size dissatisfaction, but not body dissatisfaction, is associated with breast self-examination frequency and breast change detection in British women
Swami, Viren; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Studies examining associations between body image and breast self-examination (BSE) have returned mixed findings, but this may be a function of focusing on global body image. Here, we examined the impact of breast size ... -
Bright and Dark-Side Traits Associated With Interests in Commerce vs Science: Different Personality Profiles of the Scientist-Practitioner
Furnham, Adrian; Treglown, Luke (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study focused on the idea that there are predictable differences between those individuals who opt for Scientific rather than the Commerce/Practitioner jobs and consulting assignments. A total of 2278 adults from a ... -
Childhood Cognitive Ability Predicts Adult Financial Well-Being
Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study set out to investigate to what extent childhood cognitive ability, along with personality traits, education and occupational status, as well as marital status influence adult financial success. Data were drawn ... -
Childhood heart problems, adulthood emotional stability, and sex associated with self-report heart conditions in adulthood
Cheng, Helen; Montgomery, Scott; Green, Andy; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)The present study investigated biomedical, social, and psychological factors associated with self-reported heart conditions in adulthood in a British cohort. In total, 5697 (50.7% males) participants with data on parental ... -
Childhood locus of control and self-esteem, education, psychological distress and physical exercise as predictors of adult obesity
Cheng, Helen; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Objective To investigate to what extent locus of control, self-esteem, psychological distress, physical exercise, as well as socio-demographic factors are associated with obesity in 42-year-old adults in a longitudinal ... -
Childhood onset of migraine, gender, parental social class, and trait neuroticism as predictors of the prevalence of migraine in adulthood
Cheng, Helen; Treglown, Luke; Green, Andy; Chapman, Benjamin P.; Kornilaki, Ekaterina N.; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This study investigated the effects of socio-demographic and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood on the prevalence of migraine in adulthood using data from The National Child Development Studies (NCDS), a birth ... -
Childhood onset of migraine, gender, psychological distress and locus of control as predictors of migraine in adulthood
Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study explored a set of psychological and socio-demographic factors in childhood and adulthood associated with migraines assessed at age 42 years. Data were drawn from a large, nationally representative, prospective ... -
Choosing a coach: the influence of age, gender and experience in shaping preferences for business coaches
Furnham, Adrian; Grover, Simmy; McClelland, Alastair (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The present study examined people’s preference for an executive coach. A sample of 504 participants completed a questionnaire in which they were asked to rate eight potential coaches stratified by sex (male vs. female), ... -
Chopping and Changing: Demographic, Bright and Dark Side Trait Correlates of Job Changes
Furnham, Adrian (Journal article, 2020)The aim of this study was to explore personality correlates of those who frequently change, as opposed to remain for longer periods, in their jobs. Over 6000 adult managers (Mean Age 43.83 years) attending an assessment ... -
Cognitive style and competence motivation in creative problem solving
Martinsen, Øyvind L.; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study was conceived by the idea that there exist different kinds of cognitive style-based, task competencies that have implications for task motivation and cognitive performance on creative problem-solving tasks/insight. ... -
Comparing mental health literacy and physical health literacy: an exploratory study
Wickstead, Robert; Furnham, Adrian (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Background: This study compared mental health and physical health literacy using five health problems from each area. Aims: The aim was to determine whether the same group had better physical than mental health literacy ... -
Conscientiousness and occupational prestige as independent predictors of the change of tobacco use in adulthood
Furnham, Adrian; Cheng, Helen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study investigated the association between childhood intelligence, personality traits, parental social class, maternal smoking, educational qualifications and occupation prestige, and smoking status assessed at different ... -
Consensual ideas for prioritizing patients: correlates of preferences in the allocation of medical resources
Furnham, Adrian; Robinson, Charlotte; Grover, Simmy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Five hundred adults indicated their preferences about the fairness and ethics of allocating scarce medical interventions. They also completed an IQ test, a measure of self-esteem and the extent to which they believed in a ... -
Corporate social and environmental responsibility advertising: Advertising effectiveness as a function of viewing context
Pyle, Emily; Furnham, Adrian; McClelland, Alastair (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study investigated the effects of corporate social and environmental responsibility (CSER) advertising, and programme-advertisement congruency, on advertising effectiveness. In a between-subjects design, participants ...