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The relationship between recalled self-esteem as a child and current levels of professional burnout among Anglican clergy in England [PDF]

, 2010
This study links and tests three strands of theory concerned with explaining individual differences in levels of professional burnout in general and among religious professionals in particular. These three strands concern the significance of current self-
Francis, Leslie J., Robbins, Mandy, Rolph, Jenny, Rolph, P., Turton, Douglas W.   +4 more
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Do Sojourn Effects on Personality Trait Changes Last? A Five‐Year Longitudinal Study

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study examined sojourners' long‐term personality trait changes over five years, extending previous research on immediate sojourn effects. A sample of German students (N = 1095) was surveyed thrice (T1–T3) over the course of an academic year.
Julia Richter, Julia Zimmermann, Franz J. Neyer, Christian Kandler, Mitja Back   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

An exploration into the role of personality on the experiences of work–family conflict among the mining industry personnel in South Africa

Acta Commercii, 2020
Orientation: Workers within the mining industry are often exposed to hazardous and strenuous working conditions that arise from the nature of their job and these demands from work tend to conflict with family demands resulting in work–family conflict ...
Vongai S. Ruzungunde, Themba Mjoli
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Cognitive function in childhood and lifetime cognitive change in relation to mental wellbeing in four cohorts of older people [PDF]

, 2012
Background: poorer cognitive ability in youth is a risk factor for later mental health problems but it is largely unknown whether cognitive ability, in youth or in later life, is predictive of mental wellbeing.
Antonio Verdejo García, Catharine R. Gale, Diana Kuh, Ian J. Deary, Jane Elliott, John M. Starr, Lawrence J. Whalley, Leone Craig, Marcus Richards, Rachel Cooper   +9 more
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Who Knows Best What the Next Year Will Hold for You? The Validity of Direct and Personality‐based Predictions of Future Life Experiences Across Different Perceivers

European Journal of Personality, EarlyView., 2020
Abstract This study explored the validity of person judgements by targets and their acquaintances (‘informants’) in longitudinally predicting a broad range of psychologically meaningful life experiences. Judgements were gathered from four sources (targets, N = 189; and three types of informants, N = 1352), and their relative predictive validity was ...
Nele M. Wessels, Johannes Zimmermann, Daniel Leising, Jan‐Erik Lönnqvist   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sprint performance following plyometric conditioning activity in elite sprinters

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity
Introduction: This study investigates an association between the human dopamine receptor 2 gene DRD2 Taq1D rs1800498 polymorphism and personality traits among athletes, exploring the genetic underpinnings of sports performance and psychological ...
Kinga HUMIŃSKA-LISOWSKA, Aleksandra STROŃSKA-PLUTA, Aleksandra SUCHANECKA, Myosotis MASSIDDA, Grzegorz TRYBEK, Carla Maria CALÒ, Agata RZESZUTKO-BEŁZOWSKA, Remigiusz RECŁAW, Anna GRZYWACZ   +8 more
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Correlation of motivations for selfie-posting behavior with personality traits

Industrial Psychiatry Journal, 2019
Background: The widespread popularity of selfie-posting behavior has led to increasing academic interest in exploring psychological determinants for this behavior.
Bhushan Laxman Chaudhari, Jaideep Kishore Patil, Adnan Kadiani, Suprakash Chaudhury, Daniel Saldanha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic and environmental links between self-reports and parent-reports of child personality [PDF]

, 2018
Personality ratings have been consistently found to be reliable and moderately heritable, but interrater agreement between self- and other-report of personality are low-to-moderate, particularly in childhood samples. The current study aims to examine the
Savicki, Stephanie Louise
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Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
wiley   +1 more source

Extraversion, alcohol, and enjoyment [PDF]

Personality and Individual Differences, 1994
Abstract The Eysenckian extraversion superfactor of personality is considered to represent a general disposition for positive affect (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1985). In regards to mood states, extraverts are expected to show variation between positive affect and neutrality whereas the mood states of high neuroticism (N) scorers are ...
openaire   +2 more sources