abstract aim and background: the zuckerman – kuhlman personality questionnaire is an instrument measuring personality traits. it is designed according to zuckerman’s alternative five factor personality model (ffm). the present research aimed at investigating the psychometric properties of a version of the zuckerman – kuhlman personality questionnaire which contains 50 items. method and material...

Growing interest in using personality variables in economic research leads to the question whether personality as measured by psychology is useful to predict economic behavior. Is it reasonable to expect values on personality scales to be predictive of behavior in economic games? It is undoubted that personality can influence large-scale economic outcomes. Whether personality variables can also...

A number of authors have provided a useful evolutionary perspective on personality disorders, arguing that personality traits can be conceptualized in terms of evolutionary strategies. If we consider personality traits not as illnesses but as stable evolutionary strategies, the characteristic features of borderline personality disorder may respond to a behavioral pattern which, although deviati...

The current study assessed the heritability of personality in a traditional natural-fertility population, the Ache of eastern Paraguay. Self-reports (n = 110) and other-reports (n = 66) on the commonly used Big Five Personality Inventory (i.e., extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, openness) were collected. Self-reports did not support the Five Factor Model developed with...

OBJECTIVE Researchers have advocated replacing the DSM-IV classification of personality disorders with an alternative diagnostic system based on the five-factor model. This study evaluates the clinical comprehensiveness of the five-factor model and addresses the broader question of how many factors, and which factors, are necessary to understand personality pathology. METHOD A national sample...

INTRODUCTION Prior research suggests that some factors account for the association between marital dissatisfaction and Major Depression. We examined whether personality determines the association between marital dissatisfaction and a First Episode of Major Depression (FEMD), and whether specific personality factors are linked to marital dissatisfaction depending on the outcome of the FEMD. ME...

the relationships between forgiveness and d-type personality with hope in patient with coronary heart disease in urmia city     issazadegan a [1] , shykhi s [2] , banehasmishishevan sr [3] , salmanpour h [4]     received: 12 oct, 2011 accepted: 15 jan, 2012     abstract   background & aims : many studies have demonstrated the role of psychological and behavioral risk factors in the etiology and...

background: aggressive personality changes are one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders after traumatic brain injury (tbi). it may lead to serious impairments in social relations and affect rehabilitation process. present research was performed to identify the determinant factors of personality change of aggressive characteristics after tbi. methods: 238 tbi patients (195 men and 43...

Affective factors are the most important factors in SLA and EFL studies. These factors include motivation, self-confidence, anxiety, etc. Researches on learners’ characteristics have been investigated for over a century. In the same vein, the present research, strived at exploring Iranian’s EFL learners personality types and motivation. In the article, the personality types and motivation of st...

Can the onset of PTSD symptoms and depression be predicted by personality factors and thought control strategies? A logical explanation for the different mental health outcomes of individuals exposed to trauma would seem to be personality factors and thought control strategies. Trauma exposure is necessary but not sufficient for the development of PTSD. To this end, we assess the role of person...