Which Personality Traits Have Favourable Impact on Psychological Health During Stressful Condition?

Type 1 diabetes (Dm1) is a chronic endocrine and metabolic disease that affects the whole person and requires active, decisive treatment. However, personality traits may influence a patient’s adherence to treatment guidelines. The objective of this work is firstly to identify the 3 Asendorpf personality prototypes (resilient, undercontrolled and overcontrolled) in a sample of Dm1 individuals and determine whether there are any differences in comparison with a control sample; and, secondly, to study their association with adherence to self-care guidelines using both physiological indicators (HbA1C) and self-report measures. To achieve these objectives, a descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out. The sample comprised 294 participants, of whom 104 were people with Dm1 and 190 were controls. The participants, aged between 14 and 34 years, were classified by their scores in NEO-FFI-R, according to the personality characteristics inherent to Asendorpf’s prototypes. Asendorpf’s 3 prototypical personality patterns were found both in the group of people with Dm1 and in the control sample. These patterns showed different degrees of association with adherence to self-care guidelines for this disease and with psychological health factors. Importance should therefore be attached to the personality traits and Asendorpf prototypes of people with Dm1 when proposing interventions to address medical, psychological, and behavioral aspects.

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The Mediating Role of Alexithymia in the Relationship of Coping Strategies and Personality Traits With Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

Quarterly of Horizon of Medical Sciences ◽

10.32598/hms.27.1.3355.1 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 27 (1) ◽

pp. 62-81

Author(s):

Masoud Bagheri ◽

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Kazem Nematollah Zadeh Mahani ◽

Maryam Pour Amrollahi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Coping Strategies ◽

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Obsessive Compulsive ◽

Positive Correlation ◽

Compulsive Disorder ◽

Mediating Role ◽

The Relationship

Aims: Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is one of the severe psychological health problems imposing considerable social and economic costs on society. OCD debilitating symptoms can disrupt interpersonal relations, job performance, and life quality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the mediating role of alexithymia in the relationship between coping strategies and personality traits with OCD. Methods & Materials: This is a descriptive correlational study. The study population consists of all people with OCD referred to psychiatric clinics in Kerman City, Iran, during 2018-2019. Of this population, 200 patients were selected using a convenience sampling method. Research instruments included the ways of coping questionnaire, NEO five-factor personality inventory, Toronto alexithymia scale, and Maudsley obsessive-compulsive test. The obtained data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation test and simultaneous and hierarchical regression in SPSS v. 23. Findings: Personality traits had a negative significant correlation with alexithymia (r=0.523, P<0.000) and OCD (r=0.253, P<0.000). Alexithymia had a significant positive correlation with OCD (r=0.272, P<0.000). There was no correlation between problem-focused coping and alexithymia (r=-0.045, P<0.531). There was a positive correlation between emotion-focused coping and OCD (r=0.198, P<0.000). The fit indices indicated a good fit of the proposed model (P<0.005). Conclusion: Alexithymia, as a mediator of the relationship between coping styles and personality traits with OCD, plays an essential role in improving the psychological health of people with OCD.

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Relationship of personal factors and hardiness in students

Perspectives of science and education ◽

10.32744/pse.2021.6.25 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 54 (6) ◽

pp. 374-388

Author(s):

Sergey B. Pashkin ◽

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Elena P. Korablina ◽

Natalia B. Lisovskaya ◽

Eugenia I. Brazhnik ◽

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Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Emotional Stability ◽

Self Control ◽

Personality Questionnaire ◽

Personal Factors ◽

Emotional Instability ◽

Factor C ◽

Relationship Of ◽

The Relationship

Problem and purpose. The issue of resilience is very urgent today. Rapid social, economic, political changes in society, the speed of technical and technological changes affect the psychological health of a person, provoking stress, neuroses, inappropriate behavior, depressive states. The study of the relationship of resilience and its components with personality traits will serve as the basis for creating programs for the development of resilience, through the formation of personal characteristics of students necessary for harmonious development and professional self-realization in society. The purpose of the article is to identify and describe the relationship between personality traits and resilience in students. Materials and methods. The study involved 50 students between the ages of 20 and 25 of The Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. The study was conducted from October to December 2020 (during the COVID-19 Pandemic) and was carried out remotely. using a Google form. The following methods were used in the study: Hardiness Survey (Hardiness Survey, S. Maddy), 5PFQ personality questionnaire, Multifactorial personality questionnaire 16PF R. Cattell, T.V. Kornilova New questionnaire uncertainty tolerance. To process the data obtained, methods of quantitative and qualitative analysis were used; descriptive statistics methods, r-Spearman rank correlation coefficient. Results. The results of a theoretical and empirical study of hardiness and its relationship with personal factors in students of a pedagogical university are presented. Statistical data are presented, on the basis of which the relationship of hardiness and its components with communicative, intellectual, emotional and regulatory properties of a person is revealed. The study revealed a statistically significant positive relationship between the scale "Resilience" and such indicators of the Multifactorial Personality Questionnaire 16PF as factor A: "isolation-sociability" (r = 0.28; p≤0.05), factor C: "emotional instability-emotional stability "(r = 0.64; p≤0.05), and etc. Conclusion. It was found that hardiness and its components are positively associated with communicative factors (sociability, courage, that is, the activity of social communication, gullibility, plasticity and dominance in social contacts), intellectual factors (plasticity, radicalism, curiosity, that is, flexibility and efficiency of thinking), emotional factors (emotional stability, restraint, calmness and relaxation, expressiveness, that is, expressiveness, sensitivity) and regulatory factors (self-control, responsibility). The solution to the research problem is proposed in the form of creating and implementing a practice-oriented program for the development of hardiness in students.

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Personality Traits and Psychological Symptoms of Music and Art Students

Journal of Education and Training Studies ◽

10.11114/jets.v5i7.2431 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (7) ◽

pp. 53

Author(s):

Sadık Yöndem ◽

Zeynep Deniz Yöndem ◽

Meral Per

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Psychological Symptoms ◽

Personal Information ◽

Descriptive Analysis ◽

Relevant Literature ◽

Brief Symptom Inventory ◽

Music Students ◽

Buffer Effect ◽

Art Students

The qualities of artists and musicians have attracted the attention of personality psychologists and researchers studying creativity. Artistic activities are considered by some to be therapeutic, and may offer a buffer effect on psychological health. On the other hand, research has occasionally revealed a positive relationship between creativity and psychological disorders when it comes to artistic activities. This study aims to investigate the personality traits and psychological symptoms of art and music students, and to make comparisons between different fields of art. The present research was planned as a descriptive and comparative study. The participants consisted of 245 university students (79 male, and 166 female), including 120 music and 125 art students. The Big Five Inventory, the Brief Symptom Inventory, and a Personal Information Form were administered to all participants. The Mann-Whitney U test, a descriptive analysis method, was used to test if students from the two fields of art differed according to their personality traits and psychological symptoms. The results showed that the students from both fields of art had a similar range of scores for the five domains of personality traits: extroversion, openness to new experiences, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and neuroticism. The study revealed that neuroticism in the music students and conscientiousness in art students were found to be significantly higher. As for psychological symptoms, the music students' scores on total symptom disorder, anxiety, and negative self-concept factors were found to be significantly higher than that of art students. The results of the study were discussed by drawing upon relevant literature.

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Motivational Quotes-Based Intelligent Insider Threat Prediction Model

Advances in Digital Crime, Forensics, and Cyber Terrorism - Confluence of AI, Machine, and Deep Learning in Cyber Forensics ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4900-1.ch010 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 164-176

Author(s):

Sunita Vikrant Dhavale

Keyword(s):

Deep Learning ◽

Data Collection ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Insider Threat ◽

Learning Models ◽

Motivational Messages ◽

Weakest Link ◽

Proactive Measures ◽

Data Collections

Insiders are considered as the weakest link. The digital records of a person's Facebook likes against motivational quotes can be used for automatic and accurate prediction of sensitive attributes related to their personality traits depression, and their views against company/government policies, etc. Such analysis will help organization to take proactive measures against vulnerable insiders. Insiders managing their impressions differently than their basic personality traits can also be identified. Deep learning models can be utilized to learn and map the association among extracted features and insider behavioral patterns. Further, reinforcement techniques can be used to select appropriate motivational quotes in order to collect additional data required for further analysis. At the same time, the same exposed motivational messages on insider's social platform can aid to improve their psychological health over a time. However, due to implications involved in data collections related to personalization and data collection privacy, the authors have quoted their work in terms of this concept chapter only.

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The outcomes that an interview-based medical school admission process has on academic performance, psychological health, personality traits, and emotional intelligence

Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences ◽

10.1016/j.jtumed.2018.09.003 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (6) ◽

pp. 503-511

Author(s):

Muhamad S.B. Yusoff

Keyword(s):

Emotional Intelligence ◽

Academic Performance ◽

Medical School ◽

Personality Traits ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Medical School Admission ◽

Admission Process

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The Relationship Between Adolescents’ Personality and Neurasthenia: A Comparison of Australian and Chinese

The Journal of Early Adolescence ◽

10.1177/0272431618824710 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 39 (9) ◽

pp. 1337-1342

Author(s):

Lin Ye ◽

Gu Zhu ◽

Nick Martin ◽

Yangyang Liu

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Psychological Health ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Health Report ◽

Different Cultures ◽

The Relationship

The aim of the present study was to examine the cross-cultural differences in the relationship between personality traits and neurasthenia across early adolescence. The participants were from Australia and China. Adolescents’ personality was measured by the Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, and neurasthenia was measured by the Somatic and Psychological Health Report. Structural equation modeling showed that neuroticism significantly predicted neurasthenia for both Chinese and Australian adolescents. Multigroup comparisons indicated that the strength of the relationship between neuroticism and neurasthenia was consistent across Australian and Chinese adolescents. Our findings imply that the relationship between personality traits and neurasthenia is consistent across different cultures.

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