Search results for " Individual Differences"

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Cognitive structuring and placebo effect

2017

Abstract In much of the research concerning the placebo phenomenon, the idea that placebo effects may vary in strength depending on a patient's personal characteristics or traits has been investigated. Findings regarding possible personality differences in placebo response, however, are conflicting and non-systematic. In this article a new theoretical attempt to explain the placebo phenomenon is offered. The authors postulate that the power of the placebo effect is moderated by the extent of use of cognitive structuring, which in turn is influenced by the interaction between the individuals' level of need for cognitive closure and their ability to achieve this state. To test this assumption…

Placebo responsemedia_common.quotation_subjectCognitionPlaceboStructuringCognitive structuring; Placebo effect; Individual differences; Need for closure; Ability to achieve cognitive structureDevelopmental psychology03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineMoodPersonality030212 general & internal medicinePsychologyPractical implications030217 neurology & neurosurgeryGeneral Psychologymedia_commonClinical psychologyPersonality and Individual Differences
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Personality Variables as Predictors of Facebook Usage

2014

This study investigates the role of personality factors as predictors of Facebook usage. Data concerning Facebook usage and personality factors from 654 Facebook users were gathered using a web survey. Using path analysis, the results showed Openness was a predictor of Facebook early adoption, Conscientiousness with sparing use, Extraversion with long sessions and abundant friendships, and Neuroticism with high frequency of sessions. The possible role of Agreeableness in predicting low session frequency and friendships needs further validation.

AdultMaleSettore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleAgreeablenessAdolescentPersonality Inventorymedia_common.quotation_subject050801 communication & media studies050109 social psychologyHierarchical structure of the Big FiveSocial NetworkingExtraversion PsychologicalYoung Adult0508 media and communicationsOpenness to experienceHumansPersonality0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesFacebook Personality Individual Differences on-line Research MethodologyGeneral PsychologyComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUSmedia_commonNeuroticismExtraversion and introversionSettore INF/01 - Informatica05 social sciencesConscientiousnessMiddle AgedAnxiety DisordersNeuroticismItaly[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/PsychologyFemaleInformationSystems_MISCELLANEOUSPersonality Assessment InventoryPsychologySocial MediaSocial psychologyPersonality
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Maximizing versus satisficing in the digital age: Disjoint scales and the case for “construct consensus”

2018

Abstract A question facing us today, in the new and rapidly evolving digital age, is whether searching for the best option – being a maximizer – leads to greater happiness and better outcomes than settling on the first good enough option found – or “satisficing.” Answers to this question inform behavioural insights to improve well-being and decision-making in policy and organizational settings. Yet, the answers to this fundamental question of measurement of the happiness of a maximizer versus a satisficer in the current psychological literature are: 1) conflicting; 2) anchored on the use of the first scale published to measure maximization as an individual-difference, and 3) unable to descr…

Settore M-PSI/01 - Psicologia GeneraleBF PsychologySettore M-PSI/02 - Psicobiologia E Psicologia FisiologicaHD28 Management. Industrial Managementmedia_common.quotation_subject05 social sciences050109 social psychologyMaximizationData science050105 experimental psychologymaximizing satisficing individual differences decision making scale anchoring bias digital search toolsArgumentScale (social sciences)HappinessSatisficing0501 psychology and cognitive sciencesRelevance (information retrieval)PsychologyConstruct (philosophy)Social psychologyGeneral Psychologymedia_commonFace validityPersonality and Individual Differences
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The Decision Making Tendency Inventory: A new measure to assess maximizing, satisficing, and minimizing

2015

Abstract We introduce the Decision Making Tendency Inventory (DMTI), a new scale for measuring the decision-making tendencies to maximize, to satisfice, and to minimize. The scale has promising psychometric properties. Our findings show that the revealed tendencies are independent from each other and from the specific decision-making domain. Each factor is differently related to a set of indices of well-being and functioning, suggesting intriguing considerations regarding the distinctive characteristics of maximizing, satisficing, and minimizing. The DMTI extends previous research on maximizing and might contribute to explain the inconsistent results in the literature. Directions for future…

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