Browsing Publikasjoner fra CRIStin - BI by Journals "Personality and Individual Differences"
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The Big-Five personality factors, mental health, and social-demographic indicators as independent predictors of gratification delay
(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, ... -
Cognitive style and competence motivation in creative problem solving
(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. ... -
Conscientiousness and occupational prestige as independent predictors of the change of tobacco use in adulthood
(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 ... -
Dark side correlates of job reliability and stress tolerance in two large samples
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study set out to examine how dark-side traits (derailers) are related to Stress Tolerance and Job Reliability. Over 8000 adult Britons from two separate assessment centres completed two validated questionnaires: the ... -
Early indicators of self-esteem in teenagers: Findings from a nationally representative sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study explored a longitudinal data set of 3096 British sixteen year olds with data collected in 1970, 1980, and 1986. It examined how parental social status at birth; intelligence, locus of control and behavioural ... -
Educational achievement and traits emotional stability and agreeableness as predictors of the occurrence of backache in adulthood
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study investigated the associations between psychological as well as social factors in childhood and adulthood and the occurrence of adulthood back pain in a longitudinal birth cohort study. The analytic sample comprises ... -
Emotional stability, conscientiousness, and self-reported hypertension in adulthood
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Objective: To investigate social and psychological factors in childhood and adulthood associated with self-reported hypertension in adulthood. Method: Using data from the National Child Development Study, a nationally ... -
Factors influencing adult savings and investment: Findings from a nationally representative sample
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study explored a longitudinal data set of over 5766 adults examining factors that influence adult savings and investment. Data were collected at birth, in childhood (at age 11) and adulthood (at ages 33 and 50 yrs) ... -
High potential personality and intelligence
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The present study investigated the relationship between six high flyer personality traits and intelligence measured at the domain and facet level. In all, 820 adults completed a multidimensional High Flyers Personality ... -
It's been a hard day's night: A diary study on hardiness and reduced sleep quality among naval sailors
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)A hardy disposition is regarded as an advantage in demanding and stressful environments and is associated with improved military performance. Recent evidence suggests that hardiness may also be related to resilience with ... -
Myths and misconceptions about intelligence: A study of 35 myths
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This study is concerned with the extent to which people believe in, and endorse, various myths about intelligence and intelligence testing. It examined the prevalence of myths about intelligence as set out in a recent book ... -
Narcissism and creativity
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)In this study, we investigated the relationship between narcissism, creative personality traits, ideational fluency, and accomplishments in various creative activities. We measured narcissism with the Narcissistic Personality ... -
Personality and political orientation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This study examined the incremental validity of the Big-Five personality traits over primarily demographic factors in predicting Left-Right political orientation (PO) in a large British adult sample. Gender and trait ... -
The Tetradic Heart of Darkness: Comparing three dark-side instruments
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)In this two-study paper we examined three dark-side measures: the short Dark Tetrad measuring four dark-side traits; the SCATI measuring 14 personality disorders (PDs) and the SAPAS a single item measure for each disorder. ... -
The change and stability of NEO scores over six-years: A British study and a short review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study investigated the change and stability of the Big-Five personality factors measured on a short scale. Fifteen similar studies using longer instruments were reviewed. In this study 7554 participants aged between ... -
The relationship between emotional intelligence and occupational personality scales in senior management
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)This study attempted to examine the Emotional Intelligence (EI) domain and facet correlates of various personality-test derived occupational Scale dimensions like service, sales and management in a developing country. In ...