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Methods matter: Testing competing models for designing short-scale Big-Five assessments

2015

Abstract Many psychological instruments are psychometrically inadequate because derived person-parameters are unfounded and models will be rejected using established psychometric criteria. One strategy towards improving the psychometric properties is to shorten instruments. We present and compare the following procedures for the abbreviation of self-report assessments on the Trait Self-Description Inventory in a sample of 14,347 participants: (a) Maximizing reliability/main loadings, (b) Minimizing modification indices/cross loadings, (c) the PURIFY Algorithm in Tetrad, (d) Ant Colony Optimization, and (e) a genetic algorithm. Ant Colony Optimization was superior to all other methods in imp…

Selfies reflect actual personality – Just like photos or short videos in standardized lab conditions

2018

Abstract Social media sites are overflowing with millions of selfies, because people increasingly share what they do and who they are with the rest of the world. We examined whether self-expressions based on selfies elicit enhanced, consensual and accurate interpersonal perceptions compared to commonly employed laboratory conditions. Perceived narcissism was relatively higher and conscientiousness lower when ratings were based on selfies. This effect did not extend to the accuracy of ratings: Across all conditions, unacquainted observers agreed with each other and their ratings were correlated with a criterion measure of target personality. Except for agreeableness and self-esteem, accuracy…

Personality and Turnout: Results from the Finnish Longitudinal Studies

2011

Scholars in the field of electoral participation have for long been aware that turnout is strongly connected to sociopsychological variables such as religiosity, party identification, political interest and sense of political efficacy. The impact of personality characteristics has remained largely unexplored until recently. Based on the Jyvaskyla Longitudinal Study of Personality and Social Development (JYLS, original N = 369), this article analyses the links between individuals' personality traits and their propensity to vote at ages 36, 42 and 50. The personality traits are measured by using the five-factor model of personality consisting of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness,…

Modelo de personalidad HEXACO: Relaciones con psicopatología emocional en una muestra española [HEXACO personality model: Relationships with emotiona…

2014

This study examines the relationships between personality dimensions and obsessive-compulsive and depressive psychopathology signs, on the basis of the new 6-dimension HEXACO personality model:Honesty-Humility, Emotionality, eXtraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience. Participants were 354 individuals from the general population, from which 21 were at risk of depression (r-DEP) and 29 at risk of obsessive-compulsive disorder (r-OCD). Jointly, the 6 personality dimensions explained 42% of the BDI-II score in the r-DEP group, and 37% of the C-BOCI score in the r-OCD group. The two at-risk groups differed from the no-risk participants in all the personality dime…

Personality and Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Axis in Older Men and Women

2020

Personality has been related to health and mortality risk, which has created interest in the biological pathways that could explain this relationship. Although a dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been associated with health outcomes and aging, few studies have explored the association between personality and HPA axis functioning in older adults. In addition, it has been suggested that sex could moderate the relationship between personality and HPA axis functioning. Thus, our aim was to analyze the relationship between the big five personality traits and the diurnal cortisol pattern in older adults, as well as sex differences in this relationship. To do so, 7…

Pandemic Prevention and Personality Psychology: Gender Differences in Preventive Health Behaviors during COVID-19 and the Roles of Agreeableness and …

2022

One of the greatest public health crises in recent times, the COVID-19 pandemic, has come with a myriad of challenges in terms of health communication and public cooperation to prevent the spread of the disease. Understanding which are the key determinants that make certain individuals more cooperative is key in effectively tackling pandemics and similar future challenges. In the present study (N = 800), we investigated whether gender differences in compliance with preventive health behaviors (PHB) at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic could be established, and, if so, whether the personality traits of agreeableness and conscientiousness could help explain this presumed relationship. Consis…

Modeļsistēmas izveide spilvainā ancīša (Agrimonia pilosa) pētījumiem kontrolētos apstākļos par vides faktoru ietekmi uz augu fizioloģisko stāvokli

2021

Darbā ir apkopota informācija par mitruma ietekmi uz augu fizioloģiskajiem parametriem. Darba mērķis bija izveidot spilvainā ancīša Agrimonia pilosa modeļsistēmu kontrolētos apstākļos pētījumiem par vides faktoru ietekmi uz augu fizioloģisko stāvokli. Fizioloģiskās atbildes uz mitruma ietekmi noteica ar hlorofila a fluorescences analīzes palīdzību. Darba rezultātā secināts, ka Agrimonia pilosa augšņu analīžu rezultāti kopumā atbilst vispārpieņemtajiem augiem nepieciešamajām minerālās barošanās prasībām. Eksperimenta laikā izdevās vienmērīgi nodrošināt augsnei nepieciešamo mitruma līmeni pa variantiem. Hlorofila a fluorescence parādīja, ka Agrimonia pilosa augiem vispiemērotākie ir vidēja mi…

CAN HELICICULTURE ACT AS A TOOL FOR EDIBLE LAND SNAILS’ NATURAL POPULATIONS’ MANAGEMENT IN ROMANIA?

2013

ABSTRACT Edible land snails are intensively exploited and the management of natural populations is a complex issue due the variety of factors involved. Two species of the genus Helix are present in our country, Helix pomatia and Helix lucorum, both of them collected since 1956. Although current legislation regulates the exploited amount and the dimension of collected snails, the exploitable amount is not assessed using appropriate ecological studies. The farming of edible snails has evolved in Romania especially during the period 2004-2008, the first farms being financed by the SAPARD Project. The inappropriate documentation on the matter of snail farming had lead to a quick failure of this…

Linguistica Lettica, Nr. 6

2000

Darba aizsardzības sistēmas raksturojums Viļakas novada domē un preventīvo pasākumu plāna izstāde darba aizsardzībā

2017

Darba aizsardzības sistēmas raksturojums Viļakas novada domē un preventīvo pasākumu plāna izstrāde darba aizsardzība. Kvalifikācijas darbs uz 45lpp., 5 tab., 13 att., 32 lit.avotus, 3 pielikumus. Pētījums sastāv no trim daļām: 1.Apkopota un analizēta literatūra un citi avoti par darba aizsardzības sistēmu un tas izveidošanu. 2.Aprakstītas pētījuma metodes: anketa un dokumentācijas audits. 3.Iegūto datu apkopojums un rezultātu analīze, kā arī pilnveidošanas iespējas un pasākuma plāna izstrādes iespējas. Atslēgas vārdi: darba vide, iekšēja uzraudzība, pašvaldība, pasākumu plāns.