Relationships of personality and lifestyle with mobile phone dependence among female nursing students

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Satoko Ezoe ◽  
Masahiro Toda ◽  
Kimio Yoshimura ◽  
Aki Naritomi ◽  
Rei Den ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Mobile Phone ◽  
Nursing School ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Unhealthy Lifestyle ◽  
Mobile Phone Use ◽  
Female College

To clarify the relationships of personality and lifestyle with mobile phone dependence, defined as an intermittent craving to use a mobile phone or excessive mobile phone use, we administered a self-report questionnaire to 132 female college students attending a nursing school in Osaka, Japan. Results of multiple regression analysis indicated that scores for extroversion and neuroticism were positively related to the score of the Mobile Phone Dependence Questionnaire (MPDQ; Toda, Monden, Kubo, & Morimoto, 2004), while the score for healthy practices was negatively related to that of the MPDQ. These findings suggest that mobile phone dependence in female college students is associated with elevated traits of extroversion and neuroticism, as well as an unhealthy lifestyle.

Biofeedback, Competitive Set, and Type A/Type B Interactions with Female College Students

1987 ◽  
Vol 60 (3) ◽  
pp. 983-989 ◽  
Author(s):  
William T. Drennen ◽  
Harriet H. Ford ◽  
Larry L. Rutledge
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
State Anxiety ◽  
Muscle Tension ◽  
Type A ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Type B ◽  
Frontalis Muscle ◽  
Female College ◽  
Survey Form

From a pool of female college students who volunteered and took the modified Jenkins Survey (Form T), 22 subjects were classified as Type A (scores of 11 or above) or as Type B (scores of 5 or below). Subjects were subdivided into six groups (Type A/B) as control, biofeedback/relaxation, or biofeedback/relaxation with competitive set. EMG (frontalis muscle tension) scores were assessed over five blocks of five trials. Pre- and postanxiety self-report measures were also obtained for all subjects. Analysis suggested an interaction of Type (A or B) with set (competitive only). EMG scores indicated that Type A subjects were more tense and remained more tense than Type B subjects under a competitive set. EMG tension scores diminished over trials for all groups. Pre- and postanxiety scores indicated a reduction in self-reported state anxiety for all groups combined, but no differential reductions with respect to group, condition, or set.

Reliability and Accuracy of Self-Report of a New Body-Image Measure

1988 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 861-862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Harriett M. Mable ◽  
William D. G. Balance ◽  
Richard J. Galgan
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Body Image ◽  
Image Distortion ◽  
The Body ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Body Image Distortion ◽  
Female College ◽  
Image Measure ◽  
Report Measure

The present study investigated the reliability and accuracy of the Body-image Distortion Questionnaire, a paper-and-pencil self-report measure. Forty male and 41 female college students completed the questionnaire on each of two occasions 21 days apart. Daring the second session, height, weight, and body build were measured. Results indicated that the questionnaire is a reliable and accurate measure of body-image distortion.

Optimism, Type a Behavior, and Psychological Well-Being in Japanese Women

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 43-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katsunori Sumi ◽  
Kiyoshi Horie ◽  
Seiichi Hayakawa
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Significant Interaction ◽  
Type A ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Type A Behavior ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Depression And Anxiety ◽  
Female College ◽  
Japanese Female

The relations of self-report scores for optimism, Type A behavior, and stress with those for depression and anxiety were examined in 144 Japanese female college students. A significant interaction of scores on optimism and Type A behavior indicated that subjects who reported higher optimism and higher Type A behavior had a lower mean for anxiety than those who reported lower optimism and higher Type A behavior.

The Relation of Humor to Depression and Personality

1993 ◽  
Vol 72 (3) ◽  
pp. 755-763 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie L. Deaner ◽  
Jasmin T. McConatha
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Depression Scale ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Inventory Analysis ◽  
Sense Of Humor ◽  
Female College ◽  
Eysenck Personality Inventory ◽  
And Coping

The present study focused on an assessment of humor, depression, and personality. 38 male and 91 female college students responded to five self-report questionnaires, i.e., Martin and Lefcourt's Situational Humor Response Questionnaire and Coping Humor Scale, Svebak's Sense of Humor Questionnaire, Zimmerman's Inventory to Diagnose Depression, and the Eysenck Personality Inventory. Analysis indicated that individuals who scored lower on the depression scale tended to score higher on the Coping Humor Scale, Extraversion, and Neuroticism. Also, individuals scoring higher on the humor scales tended to score higher on Extraversion and Emotional Stability. These personality factors appear to be strongly related to the sense of humor construct and depression. Perhaps the personality factors of introversion and neuroticism may be employed to identify a predisposition toward depression.

Eye-Color, Sex and Personality: A Case of Negative Findings for Worthy's Sociability Hypothesis

1981 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 855-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas N. Robinson
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Self Report ◽  
Female College Students ◽  
Personality Measures ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Female College ◽  
Eye Color ◽  
Negative Findings

A test of M. Worthy's hypothesis that eye-color is related to sociability and impulsivity was carried out using several standard personality measures with a sample of light- and dark-eyed male and female college students ( ns = 84 and 36, respectively). Although there were several significant findings for sex, there was none for eye color. The feasibility of using self-report measures in studies of eye-color was discussed.

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