Search results for "Big five"

Economic and Psychological Factors in Entrepreneurial Tendency

2011

In the actual context of global economical crisis, the research question we raised was: Which of the personality traits, formerly associated with entrepreneurship, remain sufficiently stable/strong to overcome the negative economic conditions? That was the starting point to propose experimental evaluation of the possible effect of certain factors such as the economical crisis context/information regarding the economy status and the personal perception regarding the money source/value as regards to the tendency of investing in a small business of the youngsters with a high Internal Locus of Control level.

What determines the willingness to sanction violations of newly introduced social norms: Personality traits or economic preferences? evidence from th…

2021

Abstract Social norms govern human behavior and usually change slowly over time. While individuals’ willingness to sanction others is decisive for the enforcement of social norms and thus social stability, little is known about individual sanctioning behavior related to newly introduced social norms. During the COVID-19 pandemic, governments have used various tools to rapidly and actively introduce the new norm of wearing a face mask; this offers a unique setting to study the determinants of individuals’ willingness to sanction a cooperation norm. In a nationwide online survey in Germany, we find that higher levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism, but none of the economic preferences (…

Is Age Just a Number? Cognitive Reserve as a Predictor of Divergent Thinking in Late Adulthood

2016

The purpose of the study was to test a model of causal relationships among cognitive reserve (CR), personality variables such as Neuroticism and Openness to experience, and divergent thinking (DT), independently evaluating performance in different domains (verbal and graphic). It was hypothesized that CR, Openness, and Neuroticism would each directly influence verbal and graphic DT. A total of 135 subjects between 55 and 84 years old participated in the study and were interviewed in individual sessions. For a correct fit Neuroticism was eliminated from the measurement model. The goodness-of-fit indexes of the measurement model, the adequate composite reliability index and the discriminant v…

Assessing short- and long-term repeatability and stability of personality in captive zebra finches using longitudinal data

2012

11 pages; International audience; Assessing behavioural consistency is crucial to understand the evolution of personality traits. In the present study, we examined the short- and long-term repeatability and stability of two unrelated personality traits - exploratory tendencies and struggling rate - using captive female zebra finches (Taeniopygia guttata). We performed two experimental sessions of behavioural tests with a 7-mo interval, which represents up to one quarter of a zebra finch's life expectancy. We showed that, overall, exploratory tendencies and struggling rate were significantly repeatable in the short term. However, only exploratory tendencies were repeatable in the long term. …

Influence of the Big Five factors on the demand-abilities fit in a soccer training center.

2009

Temperamentally inhibited children are at risk for poorer maths performance : self-concept as mediator

2020

AbstractIt has repeatedly been found that temperamental inhibition and low academic achievement are associated with each other: children with cautious and wary or shy behaviour are at risk for low academic achievement. Several suggestions about the mechanism behind this association have been made, these highlighting for example, the fewer learning opportunities of cautious and wary children and more negative interaction between teachers and inhibited children. However, the empirical studies about these mechanisms are rare and, thus, they have remained unclear. This study examined whether children’s maths-related self-concept of ability acts as a mediator between their temperamental inhibiti…

Jūrnieku profesionālās grupas darba stresa, apmierinātības ar darbu un personības iezīmju rādītāju sakarību un atšķirību izpēte

2017

Pētījuma mērķis Noskaidrot darba stresa, apmierinātības ar darbu, un personības rādītājus jūrnieku profesiju grupā. Ārvalstu pētījumos tiek raksturots, ka jūrnieku darbs ir riskants, tie uzrāda augstus stresa rādītājus, bet jūrniekiem raksturīgi arī zemi Neirotisma rādītāji, virs vidējā Ekstraversijas, Labvēlīguma, Apzinīguma un Atvērtības jaunai pieredzei rādītāji. Jūrnieki ir labi adaptējušies darbam un dzīvei jūrā, jūrniekiem ir augsti dzīves kvalitātes standarti un apmierinātības ar dzīvi rādītāji. Jūrnieku tendence partnerattiecībās būtiski neatšķiras no vispārējās populācijas. Pētījuma jautājumi Vai pastāv statistiski nozīmīgas atšķirības starp N1 un N2 izlašu darba stresa un apmierin…

Relationships between personality traits and values in middle aged men and women

2018

The present study analyzed the relations between the Big Five personality traits (neuroticism, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and 14 values (societal concern, tolerance, protecting nature, caring, dependability, autonomy of thought, autonomy of action, stimulation, hedonism, achievement, tradition, security, conformity, and power) in middle-aged women and men. The 50-year-old participants (women n = 107 and men n = 105) were drawn from the ongoing Finnish Jyväskylä Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development. The personality traits were assessed using the 60-item NEO Five Factor Inventory. Values were measured using the 46-item versi…

Are personality traits a good predictors of the type of watched pornography? Analysis of the relationship between personality traits and the preferen…

2017

The aim of this work was the further exploration of the relationship between selected personality factors and the preference of a given type of pornography. Data from 136 respondents aged between 19 and 56 years was used for the analysis. Selected personality traits were examined using the TIPI-PL questionnaire. Subjects were presented with 25 categories of pornographic films and were asked to select the keywords they use to search for pornography on the Internet. Data exploration has shown that the viewers of pornographic films are characterized by a significantly higher level of extraversion and emotional stability in relation to people who do not use pornography. In addition, it was show…

Personality and body condition have additive effects on motivation to feed in Zebra Finches Taeniopygia guttata

2012

Several hypotheses have been proposed to account for the adaptive evolution of person-ality, defined as inter-individual differences in behaviour that are consistent over timeand across situations. For instance, the ‘pace-of-life syndrome’ hypothesis suggests thatpersonality evolved as a behavioural correlate of life-history trajectories that vary withinpopulations. Thus, proactivity, corresponding to higher exploratory tendencies or higherboldness levels, has been linked to higher productivity or mortality rates. However, theextent to which proactivity is associated with a higher motivation to forage remainspoorly understood. Moreover, although personality and its effects on foraging behavi…