Browsing by Subject "Personality"
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The effects of success and failure on self-esteem and locus of control
(1975)The purpose of the present study was to investigate the effects of success and failure on self-esteem, locus of control and the relationship between these two variables. One hundred and four introductory psychology ... -
Effects of task difficulty and Type A behavior pattern on the inverted-u relationship between stress level and performance
The purpose of this study was twofold: to examine the effects of task difficulty and the Type A Behavior Pattern on the inverted-U relationship between stress level (arousal) and performance, and to examine possible ... -
Individual differences related to stress
The purpose of this study was to determine whether differences in how people respond in a stressful situation might be related to underlying differences in personality and cognitive functioning. The four individual ... -
The influence of personality traits on mood induction and memory
(2014-01-22)This study examines how recall measured over three time periods can be affected by mood induction, personality traits, and image characteristics. There were 101 people who participated in Session 1, 92 participants completed ... -
The Newly developed competitiveness orientation measure : psychometric development and evaluation
(2013-02-12)The concept of competitiveness as a personality trait has been alluded to for over 70 years; yet, it has surprisingly been largely neglected as an individual differences variable. Instead, researchers have focused on the ... -
Overweight women who join weight reducing clubs and the internal-external personality trait
(1975)The purpose of the present study was to investigate the relationship between attempts made by overweight women to lose weight and the internal-external (I-E) personality dimension. It was hypothesized that: 1) Overweight ... -
Personality and early maladaptive schemas differentiating persons who engage in infrequent versus pathological non-suicidal self-injury
(2014-01-22)Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is used as a coping mechanism for regulating emotions and communicating distress. Research has contributed to understanding the prevalence, forms, and functions of NSSI, but little is known ... -
The role of personality in predicting unsafe driver behaviour in young and older adults
(2012-11-10)Traffic-related collisions represent a considerable social and economic burden on our society. In Canada, drivers aged 16 to 19 years and 70 years or older are consistently overrepresented in victim statistics. Identified ... -
The Role of personality on decision making under uncertainty
(2010)Dispositional characteristics appear to impact peoples' decision making when faced with situations characterised by uncertainty, a characterization of an unknown future outcome, and ambiguity, a characterisation of the ... -
Type A behavior pattern : relationship to personality and psychopathology
(1983)Controversy exists around whether the Jenkins Activity Survey (JAS), a questionnaire measuring the Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern, correlates with measures of pathology. The present study investigated this ... -
Type A behavior pattern, frustration and aggression
(1984)Experimental studies have shown Type A Behavior Pattern individuals to be more aggressive than Type B's. The primary purpose of this study was to examine whether increased frustration in response to task failure offers ... -
Type A personality and heart rate perception
(1985)The present study sought to replicate previous findings on the discrepancy between Type A's self-reporting of stress and their physiological arousal. An attempt was also made to clarify whether this discrepancy was due ...
