Problematic gaming behavior and the personality traits of video gamers: A cross-sectional survey.

Background & purpose. Research indicates a positive relationship between sharing alcohol references on social media and drinking behavior. The current study extends that line of research by assessing the interaction of risk-related personality traits with alcohol-related social media use, to examine if social media can be used to identify individuals at risk for heavy drinking behavior. Methods & results. The results of a cross-sectional survey among a sample of 638 emerging adults (age 18-25) find that the positive association between sharing alcohol references on social media and drinking intention was strongest for individuals with low levels of sensation seeking and sensitivity to peer pressure, and high levels of self-control, and non-significant for those on the other end of these personality traits. Conclusions. These findings indicate that the relationship between sharing alcohol references and drinking intentions is not uniform for all individuals, and that risk-related individual differences should be considered in future research and interventions.

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Influencing Factors of Humanistic Care Ability in Mental Health Workers: An Online Cross-Sectional Study

10.21203/rs.3.rs-1057790/v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Xiaolin Liu ◽

Hongjin Zhu

Keyword(s):

Mental Health ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Influencing Factors ◽

Psychological Capital ◽

Health Workers ◽

Cross Sectional Study ◽

Mental Health Workers ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Low Level

Abstract Background Mental health workers may face more obstacles in humanistic care during the COVID-19 pandemic, we aimed to explore the humanistic care ability of mental health workers and its potential influencing factors.Method(s) An online cross-sectional survey was conducted among 262 mental health workers working in Chongqing, China from December 1 to 31, 2020. Self-administered questionnaires were used to collect data from the participants. Results Mental health workers’ humanistic care ability score was 186.47 ± 21.34, and most of the them (79.8%) were at a low level. Psychological capital and personality traits were significant influencing factors of humanistic care ability and its sub-dimensions.Conclusion(s) Research has found that the humanistic care ability of mental health workers is at a low level, and psychological capital and personality traits are significant factors influencing the humanistic care ability and its sub-dimensions. Interventions to improve psychological capital of mental health workers or to promote the change of personality traits that they want are recommended, thereby promoting humanistic practice.

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The Moderating Effects of Job Satisfaction on the Relationship between Personality Traits and Customer-oriented Behavior in the Malaysian Health Tourism Industry

International Business Research ◽

10.5539/ibr.v9n6p72 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 9 (6) ◽

pp. 72 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Ong Choon Hee ◽

Azzizat Binti Zainal Abidin

Keyword(s):

Job Satisfaction ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Tourism Industry ◽

Survey Method ◽

Hierarchical Regression ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Health Tourism ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

The Right ◽

The Relationship

<p>This paper aims to analyze the relationship between personality traits, customer-oriented behavior and job satisfaction. Focusing on the moderating role of job satisfaction in enhancing customer oriented behavior, the research was set in the context of Malaysian health tourism industry. The respondents consisted of nurses in health tourism hospitals in Malaysia. A quantitative cross sectional survey method was adopted, coupled with factor analysis and hierarchical regression analysis to analyze the collected data. The findings of this study revealed that extraversion and agreeableness were positively and significantly related to customer-oriented behaviour. Further, job satisfaction was found to be a quasi-moderator that interacted with extraversion to predict customer-oriented behavior. The findings of this research facilitate health tourism organizations to identify, recruit and train nurses who possess the right personality traits, structure the values of the organization and nurture a conducive work environment in order to maximize nurses’ job satisfaction that effectively improves their behavior towards customers and ultimately the performance of the firms.</p>

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Association Between HEXACO Personality Traits and Medical Specialty Preferences in Mexican Medical Students

10.21203/rs.2.9888/v1 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Francisco José Barbosa-Camacho ◽

Roberto Carlos Miranda-Ackerman ◽

Itzel Vázquez-Reyna ◽

Vania Brickelia Jimenez-Ley ◽

Francisco Javier Barrera-López ◽

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Keyword(s):

Medical Students ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Group Versus ◽

Medical Specialty ◽

Survey Study ◽

Clinical Group ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Critical Choice ◽

Surgical Group

Abstract Background: Medical specialty is a critical choice in a physician’s life because it determines their professional future and medical practice. Some are motivated to choose a specific specialty based on the monetary gain it can provide; others are inspired by seeing the work performed by a physician or a patient’s recovery. It is not uncommon to stereotype doctors’ personalities by their specialty. Methods: This was a cross-sectional survey study in which we administered the 100-item HEXACO-Personality Inventory-R to 292 medical students between September 2018 and March 2019. We evaluated six different domains of personality traits. We also included questions about their medical specialty of choice, their least preferred specialty, and the motivation behind these choices. The participants included 175 women (59.9%) and 117 men (40.1%). Results: When participants were asked about their preferred type of medical specialty, 52.4% indicated a preference for surgical specialties (surgical group) versus 47.6% who preferred clinical specialties (clinical group). We found that the surgical group showed a tendency toward higher scores for the extroversion (p = 0.004) and organization (p = 0.004) scales; while the clinical group presented higher scores in the honesty–humility (p = 0.038), emotionality (p = 0.048), and agreeableness (p = 0.014) scales. We identified critical differences within the overall group of medical students by sex and between medical specialty preference. Conclusions: Some classical stereotypes were confirmed by our results, such as surgical specialists being more prone to being extroverted and organized, while clinical specialists were prone to being more introverted, anxious, and more emotionally attached to their patients.

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The Predictive Influence of Demographic and Personality Traits on Risky Driving Behaviour among Traffic Offenders in Osun State, Nigeria

Current Journal of Applied Science and Technology ◽

10.9734/cjast/2019/v35i430192 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 1-12

Author(s):

R. J. Akinniyi ◽

E. O. Akinnawo ◽

B. C. Akpunne ◽

J. T. Oyeleke

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Sampling Technique ◽

Driving Behavior ◽

Openness To Experience ◽

Systematic Sampling ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Risky Driving ◽

Driving Behaviour

Aim: Accidents are a common phenomenon on Nigerian roads and are attributed to individual, environmental and contextual factors such as excessive speeding, disobeying traffic laws, aggressive driving among others. This study investigated the predictive influence of demographic and personality traits on risky driving behaviour among traffic offenders in Osun state, Nigeria. Study Design: Cross-sectional survey design. Place of Study: Federal Road Safety Commission office and Redeemer’s University Osun State, South western Nigeria. Methodology: Two hundred and eighty three (283) traffic offenders were selected through systematic sampling technique from the population of traffic offenders docked by Traffic offenders Tribunal and formally screened using Driving Behaviour Survey (DBS) and Big-five Personality Inventory (BFI). Descriptive and inferential statistics was used for data analysis. Results: Personality traits jointly predicted risky driving behaviour. Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience significantly independently predicted driving. Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experiences jointly predicted anxiety based performance, exaggerated safety caution behaviour, and hostile aggressive behaviour. Demographics variable were observed to be weak predictors of risky driving behaviour among the traffic offenders. Conclusion: There was high incidence of risky driving behavior among traffic offenders; extraversion, agreeableness conscientiousness and openness to experience were factors predicting risky driving behavior. The study recommends psychological assessment for traffic offenders and applicants of driver’s license.

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Big Five Personality Model-based study of death coping self-efficacy in clinical nurses: A cross-sectional survey

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0252430 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (5) ◽

pp. e0252430

Author(s):

Xi Lin ◽

Xiaoqing Li ◽

Qing Liu ◽

Shengwen Shao ◽

Weilan Xiang

Keyword(s):

Palliative Care ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Big Five ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Big Five Personality Traits ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Personality Profiles ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Clinical Nurses

Background Specific personality traits may affect the ability of nurses to deal with patient death. The relationship between personality and death coping self-efficacy (DCS) has rarely been investigated in the palliative care setting. In this study, we explored the associations between different personality profiles and DCS in clinical nurses from general wards and ICU. Methods A cross-sectional survey of 572 Chinese nurses was conducted between August and September 2020, by way of a self-administered questionnaire. Results Among the Big Five Personality Traits, in nurses the score was highest for conscientiousness and lowest for neuroticism. With regard to DCS, nurses scored highly on the intention of hospice care. The Big Five Personality Traits were found to explain 20.2% of the overall variation in DCS. Openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness were significantly associated with DCS in nurses. Conclusions Nursing managers should pay attention to differences in personality characteristics and provide personalized and targeted nursing education. This should improve nurses’ DCS, enrich their professional development and promote high quality palliative care for patients and their families.

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Personality traits and intrapreneurship: the mediating effect of career adaptability

Career Development International ◽

10.1108/cdi-02-2017-0046 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 23 (2) ◽

pp. 145-162 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Hyung Rok Woo

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Mediating Effect ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Big Five Personality ◽

Career Adaptability ◽

Mediating Effects ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Content Type

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to discover the antecedents of intrapreneurship. Based on career construction theory and prior personality studies, this study examined the mediating effects of career adaptability on the relation between personality traits and intrapreneurship. Design/methodology/approach A cross-sectional survey was conducted using employees from four Korean companies. The hypothesized research model was tested with 473 data using structural equation modeling. The bootstrap procedure and the phantom model approach were also employed to thoroughly examine the indirect effects of personality traits on intrapreneurship via career adaptability. Findings The results demonstrated that career adaptability mediated the overall relation between personality traits and intrapreneurship. Career adaptability completely mediated the relation between intrapreneurship and both openness and conscientiousness from the Big Five personality dimensions. Regarding extraversion, the mediating effects of career adaptability were not supported by the results, but the direct effects were found to be significant. Practical implications These findings offer new insights into the intrapreneurial talents required of employees in organizations. The application of the identified direct or indirect impact of personality traits through career adaptability may help human resource managers to select and foster potential intrapreneurs and facilitate career coaches in understanding employees’ assets and obstacles in developing intrapreneurial competencies. Originality/value This is the first empirical study to explore the mechanism between personality traits and intrapreneurship by examining the mediating role of career adaptability in the workplace and thereby this study contributes to bridging the gap of different research domains between intrapreneurship and career adaptability.

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Personality, Entrepreneurship Education and Entrepreneurial Intention Among Ghanaian Students

Entrepreneurship Education and Pedagogy ◽

10.1177/2515127420961040 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 251512742096104

Author(s):

Victor Fannam Nunfam ◽

Akanganngang Joseph Asitik ◽

Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah

Keyword(s):

Locus Of Control ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Teaching Method ◽

Policy Decision ◽

Entrepreneurship Education ◽

Entrepreneurial Intention ◽

Need For Achievement ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Entrepreneurial Attitude

The connection between personality traits, entrepreneurship curriculum and entrepreneurial intention has received inadequate research consideration among students in Africa to inform policies and curriculum development. An explanatory cross-sectional survey of 324 Ghanaian university students was assessed in a path analysis to model entrepreneurial intention as a function of personality characteristics, mediated by entrepreneurship curriculum and moderated by teaching methods, while controlling for age, gender and program of study. There were direct significant effects of entrepreneurial attitude, need for achievement and locus of control on entrepreneurial intention. The conditional effect of teaching method on entrepreneurial attitude was also significant. We found evidence of mediated-moderation for entrepreneurial attitude and intention, with no evidence found for locus of control and need for achievement. We have provided empirical evidence to support the ongoing discussion on the effect of personality traits on entrepreneurial intention to guide the development of policy and curriculum on entrepreneurship education. Implications of our study for extant literature on personality traits-entrepreneurship intention nexus, aspiring student entrepreneurs, university managers, entrepreneurship educators and policy decision makers are accentuated.

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Financial Literacy of Undergraduate Students: Do Personality Traits and Cognitive Ability Matter?

International Journal of Accounting and Financial Reporting ◽

10.5296/ijafr.v8i4.14012 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (4) ◽

pp. 533

Author(s):

Akua Peprah-Yeboah ◽

Weliko Emmanuel Blialy Frejus ◽

Ernest Fianko

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Cognitive Ability ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Financial Literacy ◽

Cognitive Abilities ◽

Least Square ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Psychological Traits ◽

Ordinary Least Square Regression

This study investigates how psychological traits affect financial literacy levels at the undergraduate level of education. Using a cross-sectional survey of 580 students, the study examines whether the level of openness, conscientiousness and cognitive ability of students affect how financially literate they are. The Pearson’s Correlation Test and Ordinary Least Square Regression methods are employed to test hypothesized relationships. The results show a generally low level of financial literacy. Further, openness, conscientiousness, and cognitive ability were found to have a statistically significant correlation with financial literacy (r=0.349, 0.287 and 0.199 respectively). Similarly, the regression analysis found a positive relationship between all three variables and the dependent variable (financial literacy). Therefore, the study recommends that innovative financial literacy programmes that target the youth need to be introduced. It is imperative that these programmes have components that are tailor-made for individuals with different personality traits to attract them. Finally, the programmes must contain aspects which aim to improve the cognitive abilities of the beneficiaries to increase their effectiveness.

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