Speech Characteristics as Indicators of Personality Traits

Obsessions at Night: Dream Experiences, Emotional Attributes, and Personality Traits as Indicators of Sleep Problems

This study investigated the extent to which negative emotions, personality traits, and obsessive-compulsive distress modulate the relationship between sleep problems and dream experiences. The sample consisted of 610 upper secondary school students, whose subjective intensity of dream experiences, thematic dream content, obsessivecompulsive distress, personality traits, defensiveness, emotional...

Personality traits function as causal concepts

0022-1031/$ see front matter 2009 Elsevier Inc. A doi:10.1016/j.jesp.2009.08.018 * Corresponding author. Address: Department of P sity, 6 Washington Place, New York, NY 10003, Unite E-mail address: [email protected] (L.M. Kressel). Traits can be either descriptive or causal, summarizing people and behavior, or explaining behavior. We hypothesized that isolated traits are primarily causal. Particip...

Speech Spectrum's Correlation with Speakers' Eysenck Personality Traits

The current study explored the correlation between speakers' Eysenck personality traits and speech spectrum parameters. Forty-six subjects completed the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. They were instructed to verbally answer the questions shown on a computer screen and their responses were recorded by the computer. Spectrum parameters of /sh/ and /i/ were analyzed by Praat voice software. Fo...

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Investigating the relationship between the frequency and disturbance of nightmares with personality traits and demographic characteristics

Nightmares can cause general distress and sleep disturbances in the general population and negatively affect their subjective well-being. Knowing the predictors and etiology of recurring and distressing nightmares such as personality and demographic factors can help to understand and treat this disorder. The study population was undergraduate and graduate students of the Islamic Azad University...