scholarly journals Xenophobic attitudes and personal characteristics of adolescents with deviant behaviour

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
O.D. Gurina
Keyword(s):  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Hate Crimes ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Deviant Behaviour ◽  
Whitney Test ◽  
Illegal Behavior ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Racial Ethnic

There are often racial, ethnic intolerance among adolescents, which, in our opinion, caused by the presence of xenophobic attitudes, some combination of personality structures and situational factors. We hypothesized that there is a specificity of the relationship of xenophobic attitudes and personality characteristics in the structure of the person of adolescents with deviating (including illegal) behavior and normative behavior. The study involved 254 female and a teenage male aged 14 - 18 years. The study used a questionnaire to identify the severity of xenophobic attitudes, as well as the methodology and questionnaires to identify the personality characteristics of adolescents and semantic constructs of personality. As a result, significant differences were found in the personal features (criterion U-Mann-Whitney test with p <0,01) and semantic structures in adolescents with regulations and illegal behavior of offenders with a nationalist orientation and without it. The results can be used in the framework of the prevention of hate crimes among adolescents.

Facebook Use, Personality Characteristics and Academic Performance

2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-14
Author(s):  
Georgia Sapsani ◽  
Nikolaos Tselios
Keyword(s):  
Academic Performance ◽  
Student Engagement ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Education Students ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Use Of Social Media ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The present article examines the relationship between student personality, use of social media and their academic performance and engagement. Specifically, this article examines the relationship of students' Facebook (FB) use and personality characteristics using the Big Five Personality Test. This is focused on (a) student engagement; (b) time spent preparing for class; (c) time spent in co-curricular activities; and (d) academic performance. 204 higher education students participated in the study. Results illustrate that FB time was significantly positively correlated to student engagement and time spent preparing for class. Sharing links activity was positively correlated with student engagement and playing FB games with time spent preparing for class. However, sending private messages and status updates were significantly negatively correlated with student engagement and time spent preparing for class. Also, viewing videos was negatively correlated with time spent in co-curricular activities. Chatting on FB and viewing photos found to be the most popular activities. Moreover, students' extraversion, conscientiousness, openness to experience were positively correlated to student engagement. In addition, extraversion had a positive relationship with time spent in co-curricular activities, although agreeableness had a negative relationship. Implications of the study for the instructors and the students are also discussed.

Locus of Control and Decision to Abort

1984 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 547-553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul N. Dixon ◽  
Donald A. Strano ◽  
Welborn Willingham
Keyword(s):  
Locus Of Control ◽  
General Population ◽  
Unwanted Pregnancy ◽  
First Trimester ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Control Scale ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Control Construct

The relationship of locus of control to deciding on an abortion was investigated. Rotter's Scale was given to 118 women immediately prior to abortion, 2 wk., and 3 mo. following the abortion. Subjects' locus of control scores were compared across the three times, and the abortion group's pretest scores were compared with those of a nonpregnant control group. As hypothesized, the aborting group scored significantly more internal than the general population but no differences in locus of control were found across the three times. The length of delay in deciding to abort an unwanted pregnancy following confirmation was also assessed. Women seeking first-trimester abortions were divided into internal and external groups on the Rotter Locus of Control Scale and the lengths of delay were compared. The hypothesis that external scorers would delay the decision longer than internal ones was confirmed. The results confirm characteristics of the locus of control construct and add information about personality characteristics of women undergoing abortion.

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