The study examines perceptions of infidelity, paying particular attention to how these perceptions differ based on biological sex and personality traits, specifically agency and communion and their unmitigated counterparts. The study utilizes a sample of 125 male and 233 female college students. In addition to the personality measures, participants completed a 19-item checklist that assessed th...

The author discusses the Economy of Communion (EoC) as the main legacy of Chiara Lubich’s charism to both the economy and the field of economics. He argues that the EoC is particularly relevant to the present economic situation, which he defines as “the era of commons,” commons being shared goods that are crucial for the peace and wellbeing of people. He goes on to show how the Economy of Commu...

Four studies examined whether agency and communion values, behaviors, or an interaction between values and behaviors (value-behavior fit) would predict well-being. In addition, Study 2 examined whether agency and communion goals, behaviors, or goal-behavior fit would predict well-being. In all four studies, participants completed online questionnaires containing measures of agency and communion...

Some contemporary theorists contend that the desire for self-enhancement is prepotent and more powerful than rival motives such as self-verification. If so, then even people with negative self-views will embrace positive evaluations. The authors tested this proposition by conducting a meta-analytic review of the relevant literature. The data provided ample evidence of self-enhancement strivings...

atholic health care finds itself within a rapidly changing landscape. In response, some Catholic hospitals and collaborative health systems are making structural changes. Some systems have decided to forego formal recognition by the local bishop, for example, while a few hospitals and systems have begun to explore for-profit corporate structures. These and other new models-in-the-making may hav...

among English and Welsh Baptists* Q UESTIONS concerned with" open" and" closed" membership among the English Baptists are closely related to, but are also separate from, those concerned with "open" or "closed" communion. Indeed, many churches which still practice "closed" membership open their communion table to Christians who have not been baptised as believers and hence practice "open" commun...

Drawing on the victim precipitation model, this study provides an empirical investigation of the relationship between cognitive ability and victimization at work. We propose that people high in cognitive ability are more prone to victimization. In this study, we also examine the direct and moderating effects of victims' personality traits, specifically the 2 interpersonally oriented personality...