Smartwatch use intensity and social physique anxiety: the moderating role of neuroticism and conscientiousness. [PDF]
Li H, Fang Y, Li B, Zhao W, Fan J.
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Life Narratives and the Ten Aspects of the Big Five Across Open‐Ended and Targeted Prompts
ABSTRACT Background Personality psychology seeks to understand individuals' dispositional traits and other components of personality including self‐defining life narratives. Past studies correlating traits and narrative themes have largely focused on the Big Five. Methods In the current study, two U.S. undergraduate samples (Sample 1, N = 219; Sample 2,
Edward Chou +7 more
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Personality Matters: Owner-Ascribed Personality Predicts Range Size Tendencies and Predation Behavior in Domestic Cats. [PDF]
Berrand B, Baudry E, Bonnaud E.
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ABSTRACT Objective The current longitudinal study tested whether different expressions of narcissism prospectively predict increased desires for status, perceptions of having attained status, and assertiveness—relative to desires for inclusion, perceptions of being included, and affiliativeness—and vice versa.
Christian H. Jordan, Nikhila Mahadevan
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Exploratory Listening Through Background Music: Psychological Predictors of Everyday Use. [PDF]
Wu G, Zhang Q, Park A, Suh KH.
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The (Simp)le Truth About Excessive and Obsessive Romantic Behaviors in Men
ABSTRACT Objective “Simps” are individuals (primarily men) who engage in costly or extravagant gestures toward a romantic interest without receiving reciprocation. As its first empirical validation, the current study newly operationalizes simping behaviors as well as the motivating factors predicting simping.
Daniel Ho +3 more
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Associations between early-life adversity, coping strategies, and adult mental health, brain, and cognition. [PDF]
Künzi M +3 more
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Narrating the Dark Night of the Soul: The Psychosocial Study of Low Point Stories
ABSTRACT Objective Psychologists have long studied people's responses to adverse life events. Certain ways of telling a story of suffering, favored by a person's culture, may be more adaptive than others. The present study explores the culturally sanctioned script for how to tell the story of the lowest point in one's life.
Sarah C. Jennings +2 more
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Shared variance in creative self-beliefs: examining self-compassion and personality traits in creative adolescents and adults. [PDF]
Diana MP +4 more
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Everyday Stressors and Sense of Purpose: The Role of Stressor‐Related Opportunities for Goal Pursuit
ABSTRACT Objective This study examined whether everyday stressor occurrence is associated with lower sense of purpose, and whether this association depends on stressor‐related goal opportunities, the Big Five personality traits, or trait purpose. Methods Data came from the Daily Experiences and Health Study (N = 236, ages 25–87).
Mart Visser +5 more
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