Psychological traits exhibit substantial variation worldwide, especially among the so-called WEIRD populations. Such psychological could be explained by intensity of kinship family ties that, we hypothesize, depends on reception innovations in organizations. These originated from several centers that also spread other crucial novelties such as agriculture. Less exposed to these organizations, a...

What are psychological constructs? On the nature and statistical modeling of emotions, intelligence, personality traits and mental disorders. Eiko I. Fried To cite this article: Eiko I. Fried (2017): What are psychological constructs? On the nature and statistical modeling of emotions, intelligence, personality traits and mental disorders., Health Psychology Review, DOI: 10.1080/17437199.2017.1...

Functional neuroimaging has been used to study a wide array of psychological traits, including aspects of personality and intelligence. Progress in identifying the neural correlates of individual differences in such traits, for the sake of basic science, has moved us closer to the applied science goal of measuring them and thereby raised ethical concerns about privacy. How realistic are such co...

Murder is the most notorious crime that violates religious, social and cultural norms. Examining the types and number of different killing methods that used are pivotal in a murder case. However, the psychological traits underlying specific and multiple killing methods are still understudied. The present study attempts to fill this gap in knowledge by identifying the underlying psychological tr...

Objectives: The purpose of the study is to predict the psychological well-being of nurses based on personality traits and defense mechanisms. Methods: The research method was correlational and the statistical population consisted of all married female nurses in hospitals of the Qom city. The sample size estimated by Tabachnik and Fidel method 114 and with Overestimate attain to 120 people. T...