RR MCCRAE's scientific contributions

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The Eysenck Personality Profiler (EPP) a set of 21 scales measuring primary traits hypothesized to be definers of Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Psychoticism factors, was administered to 229 adults together with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised (H. J. Eysenck & S. B. G. Eysenck, 1991) and the Revised NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI-R...
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The alphabetical list of needs described by Murray (1938) has formed the basis for a number of inventories, including the Personality Research Form (PRF; Jackson, 1984). In an attempt to provide a more meaningful classification of the Murray needs, the scales of Form E of the PRF were examined in relation to the NEO Personality Inventory (NEO-PI; C...

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... These are persons who are intrinsically motivated and who make a lot of effort to be successful in what they do (Larsen and Buss, 2009). Conscientiousness is associated with goals of achievement (Costa and McCrae, 1988), but also with goals relating to interpersonal relationships (Roberts et al., 2004). Therefore, it can be said that conscientious persons are oriented toward goals, the execution of a task, and that they are reliable and punctual thereby (Larsen and Buss, 2009). ...
... PA and NA are the affective components of SWB. Watson et al. (1988) stated that PA reflects the extent to which a person feels enthusiastic, active, and alert; NA reflects the unpleasant side of our emotional life. Costa and McCrae (1995) argued that extroversion was one dimension of personality which can lead to PA. Indeed, extroversion was found to co-vary with PA (Tolor, 1978). ...
... Still in the view of the direct negative links between personality traits and bullying, we found that agreeableness is also involved as a protective factor by supporting children's cooperative and social-oriented behaviours (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and it is negatively related to antisocial personality (Tani et al., 2003). Accordingly, low agreeableness represents a critical risk factor for bullying behaviours. ...