scholarly journals Personality traits, age and sex as predictors for self-handicapping tendency

Psihologija ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-566
Author(s):  
Petar Colovic ◽  
Snezana Smederevac ◽  
Dusanka Mitrovic
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Potential Failure ◽  
Latent Dimension ◽  
Low Activity ◽  
Age And Sex

Self-handicapping is one of the strategies people use when facing potential failure. Paper presents new scale for assessing self-handicapping tendency as relatively stable trait, as well as its relations with personality traits, sex and age. Self-handicapping questionnaire and shortened form of Zuckerman-Kuhlman Personality Questionnaire were administered to 230 participants of both sexes, age 18 to 59. Confirmatory factor analysis shows that model with four latent dimensions, encompassed by a higher-order latent dimension, fits the data well. Those lower order dimensions correspond to originally created scales: External handicaps in interpersonal area, Internal handicaps in interpersonal area, Internal handicaps in achievement area and External handicaps in achievement area. Results of MANCOVA shows that Neuroticism is predictor of all dimensions of self- handicapping. Impulsive sensation seeking predicts choice of external handicaps in interpersonal area, as well as internal handicaps in achievement area. Latter is predicted also by low Activity. Younger subjects show significantly higher tendency to use internal handicaps, and men in general show more self-handicapping tendency than women, except in choosing internal handicaps in achievement area, where sex shows no significant effect.

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Arnold et al.’s Parenting Scale Across Race, Age, and Sex

2007 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 500-516 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bryan T. Karazsia ◽  
Manfred H. M. van Dulmen ◽  
Beth G. Wildman
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Parenting Scale ◽  
Age And Sex

Polish adaptation of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness scale and a significance of shyness in the context of personality traits and metatraits

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Magdalena Kwiatkowska ◽  
Katarzyna Kwiatkowska ◽  
Radosław Rogoza
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Romantic Relationships ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Personality Trait ◽  
Self Report ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Polish Adaptation ◽  
Analysis Models

The aim of the current study is to prepare the Polish adaptation of the Revised Cheek and Buss Shyness Scale and to analyze relations between shyness, loneliness and personality traits. The study was conducted via the Internet, and a total of N = 314 adults participated and completed a set of self-report measures. Via comparisons of several confirmatory factor analysis models we demonstrated that the structure of the Polish adaptation of the scale is unidimensional. Consistent with research hypotheses, shyness was mostly correlated with loneliness and introversion; moreover, shyness was strongly negatively related to the personality metatrait of Plasticity and weakly but also negatively with the metatrait of Stability. In addition, individuals not engaged in romantic relationships scored significantly higher in shyness and loneliness, and lower in extraversion, openness, and Plasticity than individuals engaged in unformalized relationships. The results support the conclusion that shyness is a personality trait that significantly affects behavior by limiting the possibilities for adapting to changing environmental conditions.

The relationship between emotional intelligence, personality traits and safety behaviors in metal industries workers; confirmatory factor analysis

Work ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Rana Ghasemi ◽  
Rezvan Abedinlou ◽  
Iraj Alimohammadi ◽  
Jamileh Abolghasemi ◽  
Vida Ebrahimi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
P Value ◽  
Safety Behaviors ◽  
Cross Sectional Survey ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
The Relationship

BACKGROUND: Human errors cause accidents in the workplace. Screening workers at employment can prevent future accidents from happening. Two important tools that can be helpful in screening are determining the emotional intelligence score and personality traits score of the workers. OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between Emotional Intelligence, Personality Traits and safety behaviors in metal Industries workers. METHODS: This is a cross-sectional survey. Confirmatory factor analysis was performed to determine the relationship between the components of emotional intelligence, unsafe behaviors, and personality. To collect data for this study, Five –factor Goldberg questionnaire, BAR-ON Emotional questionnaire and Safety behavior questionnaire were used. The collected data were entered into software (SPSS version22) and refined. RESULTS: The results of this study showed that there was a significant positive correlation between personality traits, emotional intelligence and safe behaviors (P-Value = 0.000). The confirmatory factor analysis showed that personality traits influence safe behaviours. Also, studies have shown that emotional intelligence has a positive effect on safe behaviours. The amount indicators of goodness of fit (GFI), Comparative Fit Index (CFI), Tucker-Lewis index (TLI) and root mean square error approximation (RMSEA) were 0.944, 0.970, 0.965 and 0.061, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The results of this study suggest that personality traits and emotional intelligence influence safe behaviours in the workplace. Employers can use these two tools in the employment phase and prevent future human-related accidents.

Assessing Extraversion and Emotional Stability in Adolescents: Development and Validation of a Questionnaire

2007 ◽  
Vol 101 (2) ◽  
pp. 435-447 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreu Vigil-Colet ◽  
Urbano Lorenzo-Seva ◽  
Fabia Morales-Vives ◽  
Eliseo Chico
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Emotional Stability ◽  
Personality Inventory ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Development And Validation

A reduced version of the Five-factor Personality Inventory, which only considers two of the five original dimensions, was constructed to assess Extraversion and Emotional Stability especially for a sample of 581 adolescents. This used Items 6, 9, 11, 19, 21, 39, 41, 46, 54, 59, 61, 66, 84, 89, 91, and 99. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis showed that the factor structure of the questionnaire is acceptable, and both scales are reliable and correlated with similar measures as The Eysenck Personality Questionnaire–Revised.

A confirmatory factor analysis of two models of sensation seeking

2000 ◽  
Vol 29 (5) ◽  
pp. 823-839 ◽  
Author(s):  
Caroline A Haynes ◽  
Jeremy N.V Miles ◽  
Keith Clements
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
Confirmatory Factor

Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the French Translation of the Abbreviated Form of the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQR-A)

2002 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher Alan Lewis ◽  
Leslie J. Francis ◽  
Nark Shevlin ◽  
Sarah Forrest
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Confirmatory Factor Analysis ◽  
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire ◽  
French Translation ◽  
Personality Questionnaire ◽  
English Version ◽  
Latent Factors ◽  
Original English Version ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Undergraduate University Students

Summary: There is increasing interest in the abbreviated form of the Revised Eysenck Personality Questionnaire Revised (EPQR-A) as a research tool for psychologists. The present study evaluates the psychometric properties of a French translation of the EPQR-A in order to facilitate its use among French researchers. Data from a sample of French undergraduate university students were used. The dimensionality of the EPQR-A was examined in terms of the underlying latent factors. Using confirmatory factor analysis, we found evidence for the unidimensionality of the four EPQR-A subscales of extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and the lie scale. These results are consistent with those of previous research with the original English version of the EPQR-A ( Francis, Brown, & Philipchalk, 1992 ; Forrest, Lewis, & Shevlin, 2000 ). It is concluded that the French translation of the EPQR-A can be recommended for further use.

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