scholarly journals EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND NEGATIVE LIFE EVENTS ON FATHERS’ VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 453-468
Author(s):  
Ilija Milovanović ◽  
Bojana M. Dinić ◽  
Milana Jovanov ◽  
Selka Sadiković ◽  
Jasmina Kodžopeljić
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Violent Behavior ◽  
Situational Factors ◽  
Violence Against Children ◽  
Prediction Of Violence

Previous studies mostly explored the characteristics of mothers who showed tendency towards violence against children. However, there was a lack of research regarding the characteristics of abusive fathers. The aim of this study was to test the effects of fathers’ personality traits and frequency of negative life events, as well as their interaction on violence against children. The study was conducted on a sample of 259 fathers from the general population from Serbia. Results showed that higher Aggressiveness and more presence of negative life events contributed to the prediction of violence against children. Furthermore, the interaction between Neuroticism and negative life events was also significant, showing that fathers with lower Neuroticism and more negative life events were more prone to violence against children. The results of this study confirm that personality traits could be important determinants of violent behavior toward children, but also add to the conclusion that some of them should be considered in the context of negative situational factors.

Stability of Five Factor Model Personality Traits Over Negative Life Events

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chey Bosley ◽  
Jennifer Neidig ◽  
Chad Peters ◽  
Kristen Shelver ◽  
Vanessa Foppe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Factor Model ◽  
Five Factor Model ◽  
Negative Life Events

The association between common mental disorders and violence: to what extent is it influenced by prior victimization, negative life events and low levels of social support?

2013 ◽  
Vol 44 (7) ◽  
pp. 1485-1498 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. ten Have ◽  
R. de Graaf ◽  
J. van Weeghel ◽  
S. van Dorsselaer
Keyword(s):  
Social Support ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
General Population ◽  
Mental Disorders ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Population Studies ◽  
Common Mental Disorders ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Violent Victimization ◽  
Psychological Violence

BackgroundFew studies have been published on the association between mental disorders and violence based on general population studies. Here we focus on different types of violence, adjusting for violent victimization and taking account of the limitations of previous population studies.MethodData were used from the first two waves of the Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study-2 (NEMESIS-2), a nationally representative face-to-face survey of the general population aged 18–64 years (n = 6646). Violence was differentiated into physical and psychological violence against intimate partner(s), children or any person(s) in general. DSM-IV diagnoses were assessed with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview Version 3.0 (CIDI 3.0).ResultsPsychological violence occurs considerably more frequently than physical violence, but both showed almost identical associations with mental disorders. After adjustment for sociodemographic characteristics, most of the main categories of common mental disorders were associated with violence. The strongest associations were found for externalizing disorders (substance use, impulse-control, antisocial personality disorder). After additional adjustment for violent victimization, negative life events and social support, most diagnostic correlates lost their significance whereas substance use (in particular alcohol) disorders were still associated with most types of violence.ConclusionsThe increased risk of violent offending among people with common mental disorders, other than substance use disorders, can be attributed to factors other than their mental illness.

Self Other Judgements about Perceptions of Vulnerability to Crime among Urban Transient Females

1995 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charisse Tia Maria Coston
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
General Population ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Past Research ◽  
The United States ◽  
Homeless Women ◽  
Protective Behaviors ◽  
Criminal Victimization

Past research conducted among segments of the general population concludes that people who have not been victimized by negative life events tend to perceive themselves as uniquely invulnerable compared to others in terms of future victimization risk. In contrast, people who have been victimized tend to believe that the probability of future victimizations of negative life events compared to others are more likely. Non-victims also tend not to utilize self-protective behaviors to the extent that victims do. This current paper extends this analysis to an especially vulnerable segment that represents one of the lowest socioeconomic groups in the United States of America: the urban transient female or homeless women. Two hundred of New York City's homeless women were interviewed in order to determine if their judgments of other homeless women's vulnerability to criminal victimization would differ from their judgments of their own vulnerability to criminal victimization. Responses were expected to be dependent upon their personal characteristics (e.g., crime-related determinants, victimization experiences both before and while living their precarious street existence), and the use of self-protective behaviors. Cross-tabulated results indicate consistency with and support for prior research conducted with segments of the general population.

scholarly journals Unrealistic optimism and HEXACO traits as predictors of risk perception and compliance with COVID-19 preventive measures during the first wave of pandemic

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milan Oljača ◽  
Selka Sadiković ◽  
Bojan Branovacki ◽  
Dejan Pajić ◽  
Snežana Smederevac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Unrealistic Optimism ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Positive Life Events ◽  
T1 And T2

The aims of this study were to examine possible differences and factors that contribute to risk perception and compliance with preventive measures at the beginning (T1) and the end (T2) of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 423 participants (M = 30.29, SD = 14.45; 69% female). Compliance, risk perception and trust in information were significantly higher in T1 than T2. For risk perception, significant predictors in both T1 and T2 were age, Emotionality (HEXACO-PI-R), and Unrealistic Optimism (NLE, Negative Life Events). Trust in information was a significant predictor in T1, while Unrealistic Optimism (Positive Life Events) was a significant predictor in T2. For compliance, significant predictors in T1 were gender and trust in information while in T2 were Emotionality, Extraversion, Conscientiousness (HEXACO-PI-R), NLE and trust in information, for both T1 and T2. In general, findings suggest a much more pronounced role of personality traits in adherence to protective measures at the end than at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. Also, the results indicate the role of unrealistic optimism regarding negative life events in lower compliance with protective measures.

scholarly journals UNREALISTIC OPTIMISM AND HEXACO TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF RISK PERCEPTION AND COMPLIANCE WITH COVID-19 PREVENTIVE MEASURES DURING THE FIRST WAVE OF PANDEMIC

1970 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 405-425
Author(s):  
Milan Oljača ◽  
Selka Sadiković ◽  
Bojan Branovački ◽  
Dejan Pajić ◽  
Snežana Smederevac ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Perception ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Preventive Measures ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Unrealistic Optimism ◽  
Protective Measures ◽  
Positive Life Events ◽  
T1 And T2

The aims of this study were to examine possible differences and factors that contribute to risk perception and compliance with preventive measures at the beginning (T1) and the end (T2) of the first wave of COVID-19 pandemic. The sample consisted of 423 participants (M = 30.29, SD = 14.45; 69% female). Compliance, risk perception and trust in information were significantly higher in T1 than T2. For risk perception, significant predictors in both T1 and T2 were age, Emotionality (HEXACO-PI-R) and Unrealistic Optimism (NLE, Negative Life Events). Trust in information was a significant predictor in T1, while Unrealistic Optimism (Positive Life Events) was a significant predictor in T2. For compliance, significant predictors in T1 were gender and trust in information while in T2 were Emotionality, Extraversion, Conscientiousness (HEXACO-PI-R), NLE and trust in information, for both T1 and T2. In general, findings suggest a much more pronounced role of personality traits in adherence to protective measures at the end than at the beginning of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. Also, the results indicate the role of unrealistic optimism regarding negative life events in lower compliance with protective measures.

Positive and negative life events and personality traits in predicting course of depression and anxiety

2011 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 462-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Spinhoven ◽  
B. M. Elzinga ◽  
J. G. F. M. Hovens ◽  
K. Roelofs ◽  
P. van Oppen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Course Of Depression

Personality, Life Events and the Course of Anxiety and Depression

2011 ◽  
Vol 25 (6) ◽  
pp. 443-452 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip Spinhoven ◽  
Karin Roelofs ◽  
Jacqueline GFM Hovens ◽  
Bernet M Elzinga ◽  
Patricia van Oppen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Depressive Symptoms ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Moderating Effects ◽  
Positive Life Events ◽  
Dsm Iv ◽  
Using Data ◽  
The Impact

Using data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, we examined among 1322 participants with a DSM–IV diagnosis of depression or anxiety: (i) whether positive and negative life events influence 1–year course of anxiety and depressive symptoms; (ii) whether personality traits (neuroticism and extraversion) predict symptom course and moderate the impact of life events on symptom course; and (iii) whether life events mediate relationships of neuroticism and extraversion with symptom course. Negative life events were predictive of both anxiety and depressive symptoms, while positive life events predicted the course of depressive symptoms only. Personality traits had significant predictive and moderating effects on symptom course, though these effects were rather small. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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