Personality Traits - Science topic

The purpose of the present investigation was to study the effect of using WhatsApp on personality of adults. For this purpose, two scales were used, personality scale and WhatsApp scale. Personality was measured with the help of personality scale constructed by Maccra and Costa and using WhatsApp scale. The sample consisted of 100 subjects (50 boys...

Introduction: HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that damages the immune system, weakening the body's ability to defend against infections and certain types of cancer. If left untreated, HIV can progress to an advanced stage known as AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). HIV can be transmitted through blood, sexual contact, from mot...

Background The therapeutic landscape in generalized myasthenia gravis (gMG) has been continuously evolving in recent years, with over five products approved, each with different efficacy, safety, and administration profiles. With the availability of new targeted treatments, physicians are faced with the challenge of therapeutic decision-making tail...

A wide range of trait characteristics describe narcissism, but there is active debate about which features are most central to this construct. To explore the narcissism spectrum, the current study used a community sample of adults (N = 555) and applied psychometric network analysis to investigate the core elements of narcissistic manifestations. By...

Background Internet addiction disorder (IAD) has emerged as a significant public health concern in the digital age, with implications for mental health and social wellbeing. Despite growing recognition, IAD remains a relatively nascent field within academic research. Methods We conducted a comprehensive bibliometric analysis to explore the global...

Although the significance of humor in professional settings has been explored in various contexts, its dual influence on organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and workplace deviance remains underexamined. This study fills this gap by investigating how employees’ sense of humor affects both positive and negative behaviors in the workplace, using...

Neuropsychiatric Symptoms (NPS) in Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) have multiple effects in daily living not only for the patients but for their caregivers too. The present systematic review was performed in order to identify if biomarkers, cognitive functions and personality traits can be considered as important factors for the development and maintenanc...

Background The subject of personal values prompts deep reflection in the context of foster care provided by kinship carers, in particular grandparents, towards their biological grandchildren. Taking over the care of their own grandchildren may play a confrontational role in the context of grandparents’ personal values, causing a sense of failure in...

Prosocial behaviors play a pivotal role for human societies, shaping critical domains such as healthcare, education, taxation, and welfare. Despite the ubiquity of norms that prescribe prosocial actions, individuals do not adhere to them consistently but often behave selfishly, thereby harming the collective good. Interventions to promote prosocial...

This research investigates and forecasts multidimensional security perceptions among Serbian youth, explicitly focusing on the student population. It examines how demographic traits, socioeconomic status, and institutional trust and engagement levels affect how young people evaluate different aspects of security in their everyday lives. The study c...

This article provides a comprehensive yet beginner-friendly introduction to Rasch modeling, designed as a seminar-workshop guide for educators, researchers, and students in the social sciences. Grounded in modern measurement theory, the chapter begins with a conceptual overview of measurement in educational and psychological contexts, emphasizing t...

Exploitative, selfish behavior has been a topic of interest to researchers across a wide range of domains. One prominent area of research has focused on personality as an important contributor to harmful and selfish behavior. The term "Dark Triad" was coined to identify three selfish personality traits that all share a common core (D): Narcissism,...

This study explores the relationship between Self-Leadership (SL), Work Engagement (WE), and Innovative Work Behaviors (IWBs) in luxury hotels, with a focus on the moderating role of personality traits. A quantitative research approach was employed utilizing a structured questionnaire to gather data from 466 hotel managers across various establishm...

The interplay between personality traits and relationship satisfaction across diverse cultural contexts is a pivotal area in cross-cultural psychology, with significant implications for theory and practice. This comprehensive review examines how personality traits, particularly those in the Five-Factor Model (FFM), influence relationship satisfacti...

This study aimed to assess the impact of personality traits on the academic performance of undergraduate students at the University of Ilorin. A survey design was employed, and data was collected through a questionnaire based on the Big Five Inventory (BFI). The sample consisted of 200 undergraduate students from selected departments in the Faculty...

Musical sensibility can be understood as a propensity to be emotionally and aesthetically engaged by music and may constitute a key feature of a multidimensional definition of musicality. Yet, the nature of this construct is only just beginning to be understood. In a sample of adult Norwegian twins (N = 2592), we aimed to establish whether interind...

Artificial intelligence, including Digital AI Humans (DHs) and Voice Assistants (VAs), offers new opportunities for healthcare delivery but may widen inequalities. This cross-sectional online survey examined factors influencing the acceptability of these technologies among 472 UK adults, considering demographics, digital literacy, healthcare access...

Introduction: Suicide is a major global health concern. Personality traits significantly influence depression with suicidal ideation, highlighting the need to explore their role for targeted, personalized treatment approaches. Objective: To assess the mean score of personality traits using Big Five Inventory 10 (BFI-10), in patients of depressive d...

Letting AI agents interact in multi-agent applications adds a layer of complexity to the interpretability and prediction of AI outcomes, with profound implications for their trustworthy adoption in research and society. Game theory offers powerful models to capture and interpret strategic interaction among agents, but requires the support of reprod...

The field of psychiatry has evolved over the past 2500 years. Between dynamic psychotherapy and psychopharmacology, lifestyle psychiatry holds a different space. This approach capitalizes on the lifestyle medicine movement, as it promotes change within 6 domains of activity. Apart from incorporating these lifestyle pillars as adjunctive therapy for...

This study examines the Writing Ability of Introvert/Extrovert Students in Descriptive Text: Is Writing Easier for Introverts? Based on DiTiberio's statement (1989), the difference between extrovert and introvert individuals lies in the way of decision making, where extrovert individuals tend to be more objective and structured, while introvert ind...

Personality disorders (PDs) are at a crossroads in classification and conceptualization. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) and natural language processing hold promise for clarifying PD models and improving research methodology, understanding, and ultimately clinical treatment. This study uses language for modeling personality and personalit...

Background Neuroticism is considered the general antecedent of many specific psychopathological conditions. Even though previous studies addressed the issue of a mediated relationship by which it exerts its influence, they failed to encapsulate the changes that occur over time. Approaching the pathway between neuroticism and psychopathology from a...

The entrepreneurial behaviour of youth is a critical area of research due to its potential to drive economic growth, innovation and societal progress, particularly in addressing youth unemployment. This study conducts a systematic literature review and bibliometric analysis to examine the determinants of entrepreneurial behaviour among youth. Utili...

Background: Dissociative symptoms coexist in patients with other trauma-based disorders, such as complex post-traumatic stress disorder, borderline personality disorder and substance use disorders (SUD). Given the emerging data suggesting a relationship between opioid use disorder (OUD) and dissociation, we aimed to determine the prevalence of pati...

With the HEXACO model of personality, this study examined the relationship between HEXACO traits (i.e., honesty–humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and teaching commitment among 2031 Chinese pre-service teachers. The results show that all HEXACO traits positively predicted teaching com...

Volunteering and charitable giving are core examples of traditional philanthropy that contribute to the health of democratic societies and individual well-being. Differences in people’s willingness to engage in these behaviors hint at a role of psychological factors that foster or hinder these types of philanthropic engagement. Theory and empirical...

Conceptually, brain states reflect some combination of the internal mental processes of a person, and the influence of their external environment. Importantly, for neuroimaging, brain states may impact brain-based modeling of a person’s traits, which should be independent of moment-to-moment changes in behavior. Investigation of brain states, and m...

This systematic review explores how teacher factors influence motivation and participation in English as a Foreign Language (EFL) classrooms. Accepting that teachers’ psychological and interpersonal characteristics are important, this article examines the role of these teacher factors in designing learning experiences that matter. The goal is to un...

Personality traits such as openness, conscientiousness, and agreeableness predict important life outcomes, and fostering them is therefore a major policy goal. A key modifiable factor that is thought to influence personality is the parenting individuals receive when they are young. However, there is little empirical evidence on the potential impact...

Research suggests that the degree of democracy in countries is correlated with certain characteristics of its citizens. A question is whether different types of government (e.g., autocratic vs. democratic) are associated with specific personality dispositions and the well-being of citizens. We addressed this question with a sample of over 200,000 p...

How should a companion robot behave? In this research, we present a cognitive architecture based on a tailored personality model to investigate the impact of robotic personalities on the perception of companion robots. Drawing from existing literature, we identified empathy, trust, and enjoyability as key factors in building companionship with soci...

This exploratory case study presents an AI-assisted analysis of Michael Lorenz’s publicly available digital footprint (M.Sc. Energy & Environment Technology, KIT). Aggregating and synthesizing content from professional platforms (e.g., ResearchGate, GitLab, Bluesky) and diverse online activities, the report identifies key professional competencies....

Modern and contemporary art can be challenging for the general observer. We investigated whether aesthetic appreciation of modern and contemporary artworks can be enhanced through two types of intervention. The first, a traditional approach, provided information related to art history (historical intervention [HI]). The second, novel intervention,...

Psychopathy, as conceptualized by the dimensional approach, is a set of disruptive personality traits, such as lack of empathy or irresponsibility that can negatively impact several dimensions of people’s life, including in young adults. However, the relationship between psychopathic traits, antisocial behaviors, and maladaptivity at this age remai...

Audit quality is essential for ensuring the reliability and credibility of financial reports. This study examines the influence of auditor personality traits and professional attributes on audit quality using a quantitative approach, where data were collected through surveys and analyzed with multiple regression analysis. The findings indicate that...

Neuroticism (NT) is a fundamental personality trait and a major risk factor for both the onset and persistence of depression and anxiety disorders. Although NT involves alterations in emotion–cognition interaction, its precise neural mechanism remains insufficiently understood. Leveraging the word-face Stroop task, we examined neural circuits engag...

Background Clinical guidelines for the management of low back pain (LBP) emphasize the importance of reassuring patients, as this reduces concern and increases confidence in recovery. Although physiotherapists (PTs) often use reassurance strategies, the perception of the different reassuring messages remains unclear. Objective To investigate percep...

Background Current empirical understanding of the relationship between psychopathology and terrorist behaviours in women is limited, because most research focuses on male perpetrators and relies on secondary sources. Addressing this gap is crucial, particularly given previous research that highlights significant differences in mental health problem...

In birds, singing behaviours play a critical role in mating and territory defence. Although birdsong can signal individual quality and personality, very few studies have explored the relationship between individual personality and song characteristics, and none has investigated this in females. Here, we examined the relationships between song compl...

The study aimed to empirically verify the congruence between the mnemonic image of childhood and the actual self-concept. Two lines of research were distinguished on the coordination of autobiographical memory and personality. The illustrative approach aims to find a direct correspondence between the content of memories and personal traits. In the...

Predicting personality traits automatically has emerged as a challenging problem in computer vision. This paper introduces an innovative multimodal feature learning framework for personality analysis in short video clips. For visual processing, we construct a facial graph and design a Geo-based two-stream network incorporating an attention mechanis...

An essay on a play analysis "Crooks' Christmas". This essay is heavily focused on the characters' analysis based on Thomas (2013) theory.

BACKROUND: Education and medical training were impacted heavily by the COVID-19 pandemic. Exposed to stress and burnout, many trainees, including medical students and residents, exhibited psychiatric symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation. In contrast, others were asymptomatic. A better understanding of clinical variability am...

Academics with professional skills and training are more likely to be motivated and committed to their research and teaching work. Training and management of mentors in higher institutions is an important part of the training of teachers in Chinese universities, and their ability to improve and grow professionally lays the foundation for the transf...

The study investigates the psychological profiles of prisoners in a correctional centre in Shimla using the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and Rotter's Locus of Control Scale. By employing these standardized psychological assessment tools, we aim to explore personality traits and locus of control among inmates. The EPQ helps in identifying...

Predicting personality traits automatically has emerged as a challenging problem in computer vision. This paper introduces an innovative multimodal feature learning framework for personality analysis in short video clips. For visual processing, we construct a facial graph and design a Geo-based two-stream network incorporating an attention mechanis...

Since the public release of ChatGPT in 2022, fears about the large-scale impacts of artificial intelligence (AI) have been on the rise. Extreme negative attitudes toward AI have been dubbed “p(doom),” or the probability that AI will take over the world. Despite news stories highlighting the most extreme views about AI’s impacts, it remains unclear...

Variations within the serotonin transporter gene, SLC6A4 (solute carrier family 6 member 4), particularly the 5-HTTLPR (serotonin-transporter-linked promoter region), have been extensively studied in relation to behavioral and psychological traits. The aim of our study is to examine the relationship between the 5-HTTLPR polymorphism located in the...

Predicting personality traits automatically has become a challenging problem in computer vision. This paper introduces an innovative multimodal feature learning framework for personality analysis in short video clips. For visual processing, we construct a facial graph and design a Geo-based two-stream network incorporating an attention mechanism, l...

Background: Aging is a lifelong process, and many chronic diseases and geriatric syndromes are influenced by lifestyle factors. For active aging and maintaining functional capacity facilitate health, there are essential aspects in geriatric care. Our objective was to create a specific profile focusing on the characteristics of a possible optimal be...

Recent advancements in Large Language Models (LLMs) have enabled them to approach human-level persuasion capabilities. However, such potential also raises concerns about the safety risks of LLM-driven persuasion, particularly their potential for unethical influence through manipulation, deception, exploitation of vulnerabilities, and many other har...

Metaphorical frames are commonly used in public discourse in the United States of America to communicate about climate change and promote climate action. Previous work found climate metaphors to resonate more so with Democrats than with Republicans. Democrats are also more likely to increase their support for climate action. The present study inves...

Multimodal personality analysis targets accurately detecting personality traits by incorporating related multimodal information. However, existing methods focus on unimodal features while overlooking the bimodal association features crucial for this interdisciplinary task. Therefore, we propose a multimodal personality prediction framework based on...

The sense of belonging satisfies the need for relatedness which is one of the three basic psychological needs. It is considered to be a foundation for success in higher education. One of the predictors of sense of belonging from a psychological perspective is students’ personality in the sense of Big Five traits. There are three modes in which thos...

Since their invention in 1999, Emojis have become part of most people’s digital communication. Of the few studies that have been conducted investigating how emojis are used on social media platforms and in text messages, multiple studies have documented individual differences in emoji use related to age, gender, and Big Five personality traits. Wom...

Background Pornography addiction is increasingly concerning among young adults, including nursing students, who face high academic and professional pressures. Easy internet access has escalated porn consumption, leading to potential addiction with significant impacts on mental health and personality. Methods This cross-sectional study aimed to exa...

Background:This study aimed to predict functional disability (FD) in functional somatic syndromes (FSS) among patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) based on personality traits (PTs) and illness perception (IP), with the mediating role of self-compassion (SC). Objectives:The present study aimed to investigate the roles of PTs and IP in FD, con...

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is is a type B personality disorder primarily characterized by a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships, a distorted self-concept, and intense emotional reactions, associated with extreme and opposing mental and behavioral states, which coexist and lead to destructive behaviors such as self-harm, commo...

Who am I and what is my place in the world?” Such questions about identity emerge for adolescents and continue to be important for emerging adults. Personality development is related to identity development, such that people of similar ages and in similar environments differ in their progress forming a stable identity, just as they differ in being...

Compared with adolescence, emerging adulthood is associated with increases in mental well-being, which likely reflects developmental gains in autonomy as youth navigate new learning, occupational, and social environments. However, individuals with distress-prone personality traits such as higher levels of hopelessness (HOP) may be more at risk for...

This study investigates the critical relationship between consumer’s perceptions of a brand reputation and their reposting brand-related content on social media, and explores the moderating effects of consumer personality traits (extroversion and openness to experience), incentive type (economic or social), content quality, and content type (inform...

Social media has emerged as an important part of daily life for many people, with potential implications for subjective well-being. In this cross-sectional study, we investigated whether time spent on social media, social media stress, and social media self-regulation failure are associated with emerging adults’ subjective well-being (positive affe...

Women tend to view themselves as less capable than men. Some have interpreted this as female underestimation and male overestimation, a phenomenon called hubris-humility effect. While such an effect could have important practical implications (e.g., on career choices), only few studies compared women's and men's self-estimates to their measured abi...

The Muslim community honors Maryam (their name for the Virgin Mary) as the second person they use to symbolize purity after Prophet Muhammad's wife Khadijah. Through Quranic accounts the text presents Mary's best qualities to show everyone she stands as an ethic example of faith and womanhood for all. The research studies Mary in the Quran by explo...

There is general agreement that fostering trust and cooperation within the AI development ecosystem is essential to promote the adoption of trustworthy AI systems. By embedding Large Language Model (LLM) agents within an evolutionary game-theoretic framework, this paper investigates the complex interplay between AI developers, regulators and users,...

F. L. 2025. CEO narcissism, subsidiary top management team international diversity, and radical digital innovation in multinational enterprises. Research Policy, forthcoming. 2 CEO narcissism, subsidiary top management team international diversity, and radical digital innovation in multinational enterprises ABSTRACT Drawing on the extended agency m...

There is a growing interest in assessing the personality traits of Large language models (LLMs). However, traditional personality assessments based on self-report questionnaires may fail to capture their true behavioral nuances due to inherent biases and meta-knowledge contamination. This paper introduces a novel multi-observer framework for LLM pe...

In the first analysis purporting to causally link environmental pollution to personality, Schwaba and colleagues leveraged a natural experiment driven by the United States. They used the Clean Air Act to assess the impact of decreased atmospheric lead on the “big five” personality traits. Using data from an online personality test taken by more tha...

Background Traumatic brain injury (TBI) causes major societal burden and may negatively influence an individual’s health-related quality of life (HRQoL). Personality factors have been linked to persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS), and PPCS have been found to affect HRQoL. However, there is a knowledge gap concerning the association between p...

Recent advances in Large Language Models (LLMs) have enabled their application to recommender systems (RecLLMs), yet concerns remain regarding fairness across demographic and psychological user dimensions. We introduce FairEval, a novel evaluation framework to systematically assess fairness in LLM-based recommendations. FairEval integrates personal...

Background/Objectives: Negative stories about dentists are prevalent in mass media and in social discourse. This study explores the associations between dental anxiety, negative dental stories, and negative dental experiences, and how these phenomena are related to the perception of dentists’ personality traits. Methods: An anonymous electronic sur...

Although the relationship between shyness and aggression has been well established, whether shyness is associated with cyberbullying perpetration and its underlying mechanisms has been unclear. Guided by the General Aggression Model (GAM), this study proposed that shyness, as a personal trait, is related to cyberbullying perpetration through cognit...

Tariff Tactics or Trade Turmoil? offers a thoughtful examination of President Donald Trump’s controversial tariff policies by gently exploring the psychological factors that may have influenced his decisions. The article refrains from grand assertions and instead takes a measured approach, suggesting that Trump’s bold tariff moves in April 2025 mig...

Purpose Although the factors influencing chronic disease self-management have been extensively investigated, the ways in which personality traits, family health, and health literacy influence self-management require further exploration. This study aimed to explore the relationships and pathways among personality traits, family health, health litera...

The advancement of artificial intelligence systems in the realm of computational creativity, particularly applied in visual arts and music, calls for an investigation into the status of these systems as creative entities. Through an online survey involving a sample of N = 64 participants, we investigated how both human-created and artificial intell...

Implicit motives, nonconscious needs that influence individuals’ behaviors and shape their emotions, have been part of personality research for nearly a century but differ from personality traits. The implicit motive assessment is very resource-intensive, involving expert coding of individuals’ written stories about ambiguous pictures, and has hamp...

Corporate brands are increasingly expected to take a stand on controversial issues. In a polarised and digitalised world, this can lead to online firestorms which may in turn have negative impacts on brands. In order to navigate such crises, a better understanding of the determinants of stakeholder reactions in brand activism firestorms is importan...

The stress generation hypothesis suggests that certain maladaptive personality traits significantly contribute to the generation of negative life events (NLEs) in people’s lives through inherent maladaptive mechanisms. Previous research indicated that the impact of stress generating risk factors might be augmented or weakened by other transdiagnost...

The relationship between personality traits and moment-to-moment interpersonal behavior is influenced by the context of the interaction. The aim of the current study was to understand associations between personality traits and interpersonal warmth and dominance in heterosexual romantic couples (Ncouples = 140). Actor-Partner Interdependence Models...

How do people come up with funny ideas? Profanity—the language’s rich panoply of obscenity, vulgarity, and indecency—is a ubiquitous comedic device deployed in creative humor. The present research explored variations in profanity use when generating jokes. A sample of adults (n = 618) completed a creative humor production task, and text-mining meth...

This study aimed to investigate the personality traits of patients with hemifacial spasm (HFS) and their effects on depression, anxiety, social phobia, and quality of life (QoL). This was a prospective cross-sectional study. Fifty patients diagnosed with HFS and 50 age-, sex-, and education-matched healthy controls (HCs) were enrolled between June...

Mental health challenges among professional musicians have gained attention due to the unique stressors associated with their careers. This review provides a comprehensive overview of these challenges and identifies potential areas for further research and intervention. A systematic search was conducted across multiple databases, including PubMed,...

When we think about music and emotions, we often approach them from a spiritual or artistic perspective. But in reality, sound has a much deeper impact on us than we usually realize influencing not only our feelings, but even our thoughts and decisions, sometimes without us noticing. So, how does this actually work? What is the science behind it? C...

Introduction This study aims to revisit and enhance the foundational concept of perceived team personality by addressing critical conceptual and methodological challenges in previous brand personality studies. While prior studies have identified team personality dimensions and developed measurement scales, ongoing ambiguities in applying the genera...

Over the past four decades, numerous studies have explored the relationship between the Big Five Personality Traits and second language (L2) learning outcomes. However, there is limited research on the impact of undesirable personality traits, specifically the Dark Triad, on negative L2 learning outcomes. To address this gap, we investigated the po...

Background Even though the COVID-19 vaccination roll-out in general can be considered as one of the most successful public health campaigns in the history of medicine, general vaccination hesitancy has remained an issue of concern throughout the world. We add to a deeper understanding of vaccination hesitancy by identifying what drives primary vacc...

Background Opioid use is a growing concern worldwide with high relapse rates and psychiatric comorbidities. Emotional intelligence (EI) has been associated with positive health outcomes, yet limited research exists on EI-based interventions for opioid use disorders. The study aimed to assess EI levels among individuals with opioid addiction and imp...

Road traffic injuries are the second leading cause of death in Iran. The study investigated the prevalence and the influencing factors of Road traffic crashes (RTCs) among truck drivers in southeast Iran. In this cross-sectional study, 592 truck drivers were recruited using a multi-stage sampling method from November 2022 to February 2023. Data was...

Introduction Shared automated vehicles (SAVs) could significantly enhance public transport by addressing urban mobility challenges. However, public acceptance of SAVs remains under-studied, particularly regarding how informational factors and individual personality traits influence acceptance. Methods This study explores SAV acceptance using data...

Education and evaluation are two processes that are intertwined. Evaluation is as old as the educational process itself. Education, in its broadest sense, refers to the development of abilities, skills, and personality traits that are significant in an individual's personal and social life. The purpose of educational evaluation is to give a systema...

Artificial agents are increasingly central to complex interactions and decision-making tasks, yet aligning their behaviors with desired human values remains an open challenge. In this work, we investigate how human-like personality traits influence agent behavior and performance within text-based interactive environments. We introduce PANDA: Person...