Can Older People See Something Apart from Themselves?

How people see others is different from how people see themselves: a replicable pattern across cultures.

Consensus studies from 4 cultures--in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Estonia, and Germany--as well as secondary analyses of self- and observer-reported Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO PI-R) data from 29 cultures suggest that there is a cross-culturally replicable pattern of difference between internal and external perspectives for the Big Five personality traits. People see themselves as m...

How I See the Yoruba See Themselves

"If You See Something, Say Something".

What to look for? ✔ Person(s) taking notes, drawings, photos, or videos of your business ✔ Person(s) attempting to gain information in person, by phone, or by email about your business operations (specifically about security measures and personnel) ✔ Person(s) conducting surveillance of self-service areas (i.e., salad bars, condiment areas, and open bulk containers) ✔ Person(s) attempting to ga...

Can people really "laugh at themselves?"--experimental and correlational evidence.

Laughing at oneself is considered a core component of the sense of humor in the theories of several authors. In McGhee's (1996) eight-step-training program of the sense of humor, laughing at oneself constitutes one of the most difficult levels. However, until now, only little empirical evidence on laughing at oneself exists. Using a multimethod approach, in the current study, 70 psychology stud...

Older people perceived health as going and doing something meaningful.

Methods Semistructured interviews lasted approximately 45 minutes and took place in participants’ homes or in healthcare facilities. Questions targeted perceptions of health; wellbeing; valued abilities, activities, and relationships; social support; control; sense of coherence; and personal outlook. Analysis of the interviews employed grounded theory type immersion into the material. This proc...