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Self‐Report Questionnaires to Measure Big Five Personality Traits in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review

open access: yesScandinavian Journal of Psychology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Personality can be described by referring to the so‐called Big Five traits, that is, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness. These dimensions contribute to explaining individual differences not only in adults but also in children and adolescents. Although many authors used adult or other‐report instruments to
Giada Vicentini   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Genealogy of the Scarring Theory of Unemployment: Reconsidering the Economic Narrative That Drives Activation Policies

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Unemployment scarring has been adopted as a key concept in social policy, and despite being variously defined and inadequately theorised, it is widely used to justify the administration of labour market activation policies. Herein, we develop a critical genealogy of scarring, exploring a recently crystallised concept that amalgamates empirical
Tom Boland, Ray Griffin
wiley   +1 more source

Persian Deixis in the Flow of Conversation

open access: yesStudia Linguistica, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the two demonstratives in Persian conversation, namely the proximal een, “this,” and distal oun, “that,” and their plural forms, that constitute the bulk of Persian pronominal and adnominal demonstratives functioning as anaphoric, deictic, discourse‐deictic and recognitional. The data from which these demonstratives are
Hossein Shokouhi
wiley   +1 more source

A Matter of Memory? Age‐Invariant Relative Clause Disambiguation and Memory Interference in Older Adults

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Past research suggests that Working Memory plays a role in determining relative clause attachment bias. Disambiguation preferences may further depend on Processing Speed and explicit memory demands in linguistic tasks. Given that Working Memory and Processing Speed decline with age, older adults offer a way of investigating the factors ...
Willem S. van Boxtel, Laurel A. Lawyer
wiley   +1 more source

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