December 2013
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December 2013
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33 Reads
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18 Citations
July 2007
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226 Reads
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98 Citations
Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour
March 2007
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23 Reads
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2 Citations
Implicit Religion
February 2007
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5,045 Reads
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142 Citations
******This 2007 listing pertains to a 1992 book for which the full text is already on ResearchGate under the same title****** This volume brings together several authors from different areas of psychology and the neighbouring social sciences. Each one contributes their own perspective on the growing interest topic of subjective well-being. The aim of the volume is to present these divergent perspectives and to foster communication between the different areas. Split into three parts, this volume initially discusses the general perspectives of subjective well-being and addresses fundamental questions, secondly it discusses the dynamics of subjective well-being and more specific research issues to give a better understanding of the general phenomenon, and thirdly the book emphasizes the social context in which people experience and report their happiness and satisfaction. The book will be of great interest to social and clinical psychologists, students of psychology and sociology and health professionals.
January 2004
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205 Reads
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117 Citations
Personality and Individual Differences
The aim of the study was to examine the relationships between Eysenck's primary personality factors and various aspects of religious orientation and practice. Some 400 UK undergraduates completed questionnaires constructed from the Batson and Schoenrade Religious Life Inventory (Batson & Schoenrade, 1991) and the Eysenck Personality Profiler (Eysenck, Barrett, Wilson, & Jackson, 1992). As is generally found, all the religious variables correlated negatively with the higher order personality factor of psychoticism. In contrast, among the primary factors, those associated with neuroticism appeared to be the strongest indicators of religiosity. In particular, all the primary traits classically linked to neuroticism correlate positively with the quest orientation. However, fewer primary traits predict religious behaviour in regression and of these, a sense of guilt is the greatest and a common predictor of extrinsic, intrinsic and quest religiosities. Upon factor analysis of the significant personality predictors together with the three religious orientations, the orientations formed a single discrete factor, which implies that extrinsic, intrinsic and quest religiosities have more in common with one another than with any of the personality traits included in the study. This suggests that religious awareness may itself be an important individual difference that is distinct from those generally associated with models of personality.
January 2003
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212 Reads
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188 Citations
Computers in Human Behavior
Two hundred and twenty adult participants completed postal questionnaires to assess the frequency and location of their use of 16 different Internet services. They also completed a battery of scales covering various trait and cognitive aspects of personality. Internet use was wide spread and diverse. The relative popularities and frequencies of use of the different services were established, and it appears that individuals use the Internet most where it is readily and freely available. Gender and age significantly influenced patterns of use, but there were remarkably few significant associations with individual differences in personality when gender and age were controlled for. Exploratory factor analysis of the frequency of use data for individual services revealed the presence of four inter-correlated factors, which have been identified as Work, Social, Use-at-home, and Leisure. A consideration of the overt purposes for using individual services was not sufficient to identify the factors; it was also necessary to take into account the location at which services were accessed. It has been concluded that individuals’ use of the Internet can be regarded, at least in part, as a form of displacement activity, engaged in when there is nothing else to do or when the task in hand is not especially attractive.
January 2003
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218 Reads
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2 Citations
Archive for the Psychology of Religion / Archiv für Religionspychologie
November 2002
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18,935 Reads
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1,753 Citations
Personality and Individual Differences
An improved instrument, the Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (OHQ), has been derived from the Oxford Happiness Inventory, (OHI). The OHI comprises 29 items, each involving the selection of one of four options that are different for each item. The OHQ includes similar items to those of the OHI, each presented as a single statement which can be endorsed on a uniform six-point Likert scale. The revised instrument is compact, easy to administer and allows endorsements over an extended range. When tested against the OHI, the validity of the OHQ was satisfactory and the associations between the scales and a battery of personality variables known to be associated with well-being, were stronger for the OHQ than for the OHI. Although parallel factor analyses of OHI and the OHQ produced virtually identical statistical results, the solution for the OHQ could not be interpreted. The previously reported factorisability of the OHI may owe more to the way the items are formatted and presented, than to the nature of the items themselves. Sequential orthogonal factor analyses of the OHQ identified a single higher order factor, which suggests that the construct of well-being it measures is uni-dimensional. Discriminant analysis has been employed to produce a short-form version of the OHQ with eight items.
December 2001
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2,012 Reads
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318 Citations
Personality and Individual Differences
Happiness is associated with both extraversion and neuroticism, and extraversion is generally considered the more important. A recent study of happy introverts has shown that extraversion is not always an essential correlate of happiness, and an extensive meta-analysis has found that neuroticism is a greater predictor of both happiness and life satisfaction. It is suggested that the reason for the importance of neuroticism having been overlooked in the past, is the difficulty of handling the idea that (positive) happiness is related to the absence of a (negative) construct. This difficulty could be resolved by the reversal of neuroticism into an alternative and positive concept of “emotional stability”. Happiness could then be regarded as being associated with two positive qualities. With this change of emphasis, a short empirical study has been made of the relationships between happiness as measured by the Oxford Happiness Inventory (OHI) and extraversion and emotional stability. In bivariate and partial correlation, emotional stability was more strongly associated with happiness than extraversion, and accounted for more of the total variability in multiple regression. Emotional stability was also the greater correlate for a majority of the 29 items of the OHI, and the sole significant predictor of the happiness of younger people.
March 2001
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2,216 Reads
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249 Citations
Personality and Individual Differences
Examined (1) the importance of extraversion (EX) as it relates to variables associated with happiness (HP), (2) the extent to which overall HP can be accounted for by factors other than EX, and (3) the similarities and differences that may exist between the qualities of HP demonstrated by those who are high and low in EX. Ss were 269 18–83 yr olds who completed measures of HP, EX, cognitive style, and other aspects of individual personality (IP). Based on the data collected, Ss were divided into 4 groups: happy extraverts, happy introverts, unhappy introverts, and unhappy extraverts. The results show that, although EX is associated with HP, the correlations of other IP differences (life satisfaction) appear to be greater and, in some cases, substantially independent of EX. The results also identify several Ss as happy introverts. Data concerning these Ss suggest that many of the behaviours of happy introverts and happy extraverts seem virtually identical. Overall, these findings suggest that the mechanism by which introversion–extraversion affects HP may be different from that of other variables. Further, it might better be considered as an instrumental variable that mediates the ways individuals choose to achieve their own happiness. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)
... Las circunstancias están más en relación con las características sociodemográficas que tienen efectos diferenciales para el bienestar y el malestar (género, edad, etc.), y los factores socioeconómicos tienen efectos comparables sobre el bienestar y el malestar mental (ingresos, educación, etc.). Aunque los factores demográficos y socioeconómi-cos son elementos importantes del bienestar psicológico, parecen representar sólo alrededor del 10% de la variación en el bienestar psicológico entre individuos (Andrews y Withey, 1976, Argyle, 1999. ...
May 1999
... From a social perspective, competence is the ability of a person or group to interpret a phenomenon, solve a problem, make a decision or perform an action. Argyle (1999) proposed a descriptive and explanatory model of social competencies, in which it differentiates seven components: assertiveness, gratification and support, nonverbal communication, verbal communication, empathy and cooperation, knowledge and problem solving, respectively self-presentation. Social skills "facilitate positive interactions, corresponding to cultural norms, in such a way as to allow achieving one's own goals and, at the same time, respecting the needs of others" (Stefan & Kallay, 2010, p. 27). ...
May 1999
... The concept that emerges from the theoretical framework is distinct, along with the theoretical model. When the path analysis is applied, variables whose beta value is not significantly less than 0.05 are typically eliminated from the model (35). In the path analysis, both cause and effect variables can be measured. ...
December 2013
... High competency involves fully focusing on the student, while really listening for student cognitive understanding, prejudgement, and the value that the student allocates to improve, change or learn something. Argyle et al. [27] contend that the meaning of an utterance in a conversation is beyond words, and involves voice and physiology, with reference to tone and tempo, body language, facial expressions, breathing etc. Listening is consequently a complex skill to develop. Coaching skills can therefore contribute to strengthening teachers' listening skills in feedback practices and in communication in general. ...
September 1970
British Journal of Clinical Psychology
... Although research has reached different conclusions about what kinds of factors may be related to religiosity (Köktaş, 1993;Taplamacıoğlu, 1962;Bettendorf & Dijkgraaf, 2010Argyle & Beit-Hallahmi, 1975;Onay 2004;Kımter 2008;Inglehart & Baker, 2000;Lelkes, 2006;Yapıcı, 2012;Avcı, 2018;DİA, 2014;Ertit, 2020;Nişancı, 2023Nişancı, Çelik, 2005Soroush, 2009;Günay, 2014, Mardin 2007, Bahçekapılı & Yılmaz, 2017Akşit vd., 2012;Ünal, 2013;Ocak, 2012;Fontaine vd. 2000), considering the distance between the ontological assumptions inherent in the general approach and metaphysical foundations (Dikeçligil, 2006(Dikeçligil, -2009, it is necessary to determine the nature of the construction of individual religiosity to elucidate the issue. ...
September 1977
Sociological Analysis
... Moreover, "happiness is associated with physical activity participation across multiple countries" [21]. Furthermore, the literature suggests that extroverts are more likely to enjoy and take part in social activities and sports (especially team sports), use humor, seek recreation, and in turn, have increased tendencies for happiness [31][32][33][34][35][36]. However, in another relevant study, introverts enjoyed sports more compared to other social activities that extroverts enjoy [31]. ...
January 1990
Personality and Individual Differences
... Discussing religious convictions or experiences is often a challenging endeavor. It is more common to present respondents with a set of specific possibilities; yet, sophisticated individuals frequently struggle to concur with any of these options (Argyle & Beit-Hallahmi, 2013). Leuba (1934, as cited in Argyle & Beit-Hallahmi, 2013 deemed it unfeasible to document the religious convictions of philosophers due to their inability to comprehend the inquiries or reach a consensus on any of the responses. ...
March 1978
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
... Por otro lado, en cuanto al bienestar subjetivo, Veenhoven (1991) define el bienestar como el grado en que un individuo juega su vida "como un todo" en términos favorables. Y así se entiende que una persona se siente feliz o satisfecha con la vida si experimenta durante más tiempo y en mayor frecuencia mayor cantidad de afecto positivo. ...
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PSICOLOGÍA SOCIAL EN MÉXICO
January 1991
... Scherer (2005) describes different types of affective phenomena: emotions, moods, attitudes, preferences, affect dispositions, and interpersonal stances. Attitudes towards others are mapped by Argyle (1981) on two dimensions: Friendly/Hostile and Dominant/Submissive. The friendliness-hostility dimension is also included in the interpersonal models proposed by Kiesler (1983) and Wiggins et al. (2003). ...
January 1982
... D'une part, l'influence des pairs et l'influence des caractéristiques des pairs (par ex., âge, genre, degré d'affinité) présents lors de l'expérience n'ont pas été contrôlées ou analysées. Or, certaines études tendent à montrer que les prises de risque par les enfants lors des activités sont influencées par les pairs (Bradbury, 1998 ;Peterson, Ewigman, & Kivlahan, 1993), cette influence par les pairs augmentant alors que décroît l'influence de la supervision parentale (Argyle, 1985 ;Bradbury, 1998 ;Furman & Robbins, 1985 ;Hartup, 1975 ;Higgins & Parsons, 1985). Mais dans notre étude, réalisée en situation la plus écologique possible, le choix avait été fait de laisser les enfants-participant jouer avec qui ils souhaitaient. ...
January 1985