Can human-normed personality scales alone give us a full picture of the attribution of personality to virtual agents? In humans, personality traits are often immediately ascribed: first impressions, influenced by posture and gesture, can be strong, lasting and accurate. Is there a similar immediate attribution of personality for virtual agents that can be similarly influenced by posture and ges...

Research in the field of education is increasingly recognizing importance emotional intelligence (EI). This paper analyses connection between EI traits and burnout among preschool teachers, as well relationship these constructs length their work experience. Participants research were teachers (N = 64) employed system Belgrade, Serbia. Data on trait obtained through Trait Emotional Intelligence ...

Judgments of personality typically employ ratings of Big Five scale items such as “How emotionally stable is this person?” with choices from 1 (least) to 5 (most). Such questions focus raters’ attention on an experimenter’s dimensions of interest. We show that the personality traits provided as a result of open-ended questions such as “What personality does this animated character convey to you...

Using a prospective design, we explored the role of approach and emotional/avoidance-coping strategies in the relations between dependent and self-critical trait vulnerabilities and postpartum depressive symptoms among first-time mothers. It was assumed that dependency and self-criticism associate with approach and emotional/ avoidance strategies respectively, and that approach-coping strategie...

Stability represents a fundamental concept in developmental theory and research. In this article we give an overview of recent work on personality traits and their stability in adulthood. First, we define personality traits and stability. Second, we present empirical evidence supporting change and stability of personality traits across the adult years with respect to conceptually and statistica...

abstract norton’s (1995) investment hypothesis in l2 learning that l2 learners who cherish and foresee a richer personality for themselves in their l2 context would thrive more diligently and consequently would both enrich their personality and achieve a higher proficiency in their new language was investigated in this study in the community of iranian efl students. the integration and mutual r...