scholarly journals Frequency and Duration of Daily Smartphone Usage in Relation to Personality Traits

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Felix Beierle ◽  
Thomas Probst ◽  
Mathias Allemand ◽  
Johannes Zimmermann ◽  
Rüdiger Pryss ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Smartphone App ◽  
Daily Routine ◽  
Session Duration ◽  
Smart Mobile

Objectives: Daily life behaviour can be studied by smart mobile devices. The current study investigated associations between personality traits and smartphone usage in daily routine. Methods: 526 participants used the Track Your Daily Routine smartphone app (TYDR) for 48 days, on average (SD = 63.2, range 2 to 304). The Big Five Inventory 2 (BFI-2) was deployed to measure personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness). We analyzed associations between personality traits and two indicators of smartphone usage: number of wakeups per day and session duration. Results: Participants reached for a smartphone more frequently during weekdays with shorter duration of usage compared to weekends. Younger people used their smartphones more often but with a shorter duration than older people. Female participants spent more time using smartphone per session than male participants. Extraversion and neuroticism were associated with more frequent checking of the phone per day while conscientiousness was associated with a shorter duration of the session per day. Conclusions: Frequency and duration of daily smartphone usage is associated with personality traits and participants demographics (age, gender). Implications for future research are discussed.    

scholarly journals Predictors of Language Learners’ Preferences for Isolated/Integrated FFI: Big Five NEO-FFI Personality Traits

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naser Sabourian Zadeh ◽  
Maryam Naderi Farsani ◽  
Masoume Ahmadi
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
English Language ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Focus On Form ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

<p>With regard to increasing attention to focus on form in English language teaching, there has been a call for an integration of meaning-focused and form-focused instruction in the second language (L2) classroom. In this regard, this study is an attempt to examine the cross-relationship between Big Five personality traits (namely Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Conscientiousness) and EFL leaners’ preferences for two types of form-focused Instruction (FFI). The data is collected from 236 Iranian male and female who were EFL learners of different language institutes in Tehran, Iran. Participants were supposed to fill out the adopted Persian version of NEO-FFI personality trait inventory and Students’ preferences questionnaire. To substantiate a correlation between participants’ preferences for isolated/integrated FFI and Big Five personality traits, using 16th version of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS), the Chi-square analysis was employed. The results indicated a significant relationship (<em>χ</em><sup>2</sup>(4, n=236)=44.99, p=.001). The results are discussed in the light of this general findings and the study also provides some suggestions for future research.</p>

Do Links Between Personality and Life Outcomes Generalize? Testing the Robustness of Trait–Outcome Associations Across Gender, Age, Ethnicity, and Analytic Approaches

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 118-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Soto
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Life Outcomes ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
Representative Samples

The Big Five personality traits have been linked with a broad range of consequential life outcomes. The present research systematically tested whether such trait–outcome associations generalize across gender, age, ethnicity, and analytic approaches that control for demographic and personality covariates. Analyses of nationally representative samples from the Life Outcomes of Personality Replication project ( N = 6,126) indicated that (a) most trait–outcome associations do generalize across gender, age, and ethnicity; (b) controlling for overlap between personality traits substantially reduces the strength of many associations; and (c) several dozen trait–outcome associations proved highly generalizable across all analyses. These findings have important implications for evaluating the robustness of the personality–outcome literature, updating the canon of established trait–outcome associations, and conducting future research.

scholarly journals Breaking the Silence

2016 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. NP118-NP126 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail S. Dubovi ◽  
Yue Li ◽  
Jessica L. Martin
Keyword(s):  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
College Men ◽  
Eating Pathology ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Targeted Prevention ◽  
Eating Disorder Symptoms

Men remain largely underrepresented in the eating disorder literature and few studies have investigated risk factors for disordered eating among men. The current study examined associations between Big Five personality traits and eating disorder symptoms in a sample of college men (N = 144). Participants completed the Eating Disorder Diagnostic Scale and Ten Item Personality Inventory online. Results suggested that openness was positively associated with purging-type behaviors and that emotional stability was positively related to symptoms of anorexia nervosa and global eating pathology. Findings highlight the prevalence of eating disorder symptoms among college men and suggest that these symptoms are associated with a different constellation of personality traits than is typically reported among women. Implications for targeted prevention and intervention programs and future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Are Leaders’ Personality Traits Imperative For Employees’ Job Performance? The Context Of An Emerging Economy

2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 1013-1022 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bilal Anwar ◽  
Zhongdong Xiao ◽  
Muhammad Fiaz ◽  
Amir Ikram ◽  
Muhammad Younas
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Emerging Economies ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Industrial City ◽  
Personality Inventories ◽  
Business Sectors ◽  
Practical Implications

Leader’s personality considerably influences the behavior of employees and is perhaps one of the most important predictor of their job performance. The purpose of the study was to evaluate the personality-performance paradigm in the context of emerging economies. Personality was assessed through big five traits, namely openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism. While task performance attribute of job performance was considered as dependent variable. Stratified sampling technique was deployed to gather data from 149 SMEs belonging to diversified business sectors operating in the industrial city of Gujranwala, Pakistan. Cronbach’s alpha test endorsed the consistency of survey questionnaire, and multiple regression analysis was used to test hypotheses. All of the personality traits, with the exception of neuroticism, are found to be valid predictors of employee job performance, though the degree and significance of correlation varies. The study contributes to the enhanced understanding of the personality-performance relationship and highlights the desirable personality inventories of potential leaders and entrepreneurs. Broader practical implications and recommendations for future research bring the discussion to the close.

The Accuracy of Self-Judgments of Personality

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jana S. Spain
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Personality Characteristics ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
Life Outcomes

How accurate are self-judgments of personality traits? When it comes to judging our own enduring personality characteristics, are we hopelessly blind, deluded, and biased, or are we generally accurate? In order to answer these questions, this chapter reviews the empirical evidence regarding the accuracy of trait self-judgments. Although self-judgments are not always perfectly accurate, the majority of studies suggest that self-judgments of personality have considerable validity. Self-judgments of both narrow, specific traits and the broad personality factors of the Big Five agree with judgments provided by knowledgeable others and predict personality-relevant states, experiences, behaviors, and consequential life outcomes. Suggestions for improving the accuracy of our self-judgments and directions for future research on the accuracy of trait self-judgments are discussed.

scholarly journals An Overview of Mobile Learning for Refugee Students: Juxtaposing Refugee Needs with Mobile Applications’ Characteristics

Challenges ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 31
Author(s):  
Maria Drolia ◽  
Eirini Sifaki ◽  
Stamatios Papadakis ◽  
Michail Kalogiannakis
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Mobile Learning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Access To Education ◽  
Refugee Students ◽  
Refugee Education ◽  
Educational Challenges ◽  
Significant Research ◽  
Smart Mobile

The mass influx of refugees into Europe since 2013 and their educational challenges have increased the need for high-quality refugee education. One proposal for addressing these challenges was to leverage mobile devices for educational purposes (mobile learning). Although significant research has been done in this field, mobile learning’s effectiveness on different social groups has yet to be explored. The present review paper aims to outline: (a) the factors that challenge refugee education, (b) the use of smart mobile devices by the refugee population, (c) the conflicting views about the effect of mobile learning in refugee education, and (d) the proposed characteristics for mobile refugee applications as found in the literature. A juxtaposition of refugee needs with the characteristics of mobile learning apps is attempted. By surveying the literature, the present paper concludes that mobile learning seems beneficial for refugees in two ways: providing refugees access to education and improving the quality of the provided refugee education. However, it is not a one-solution-fits-all regarding their education. At the end, future research proposals are included.

scholarly journals Editorial Article

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Uranchimeg Tudevdagva ◽  
Julien Vitay ◽  
John Nassour
Keyword(s):  
Embedded Systems ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
Daily Life ◽  
The World ◽  
Smart Mobile ◽  
Smart Mobile Devices

The world we are living in changes extremely fast, as technology is improving at an unseen pace. Smart mobile devices were luxury devices just a few years ago, while many people simply cannot imagine their daily life without them today. Robots are nowadays leaving the industrial or laboratory environments to reach people’s homes, schools and workplaces, opening new opportunities for applications of embedded systems.

scholarly journals IMPACT OF PERSONALITY ON ABSENTEEISM MODERATING ROLE OF ETHICAL ORIENTATION

2014 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 32-44
Author(s):  
Mahroash Munir ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Ethical Orientation ◽  
Orientation Data ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Moderating Role

This study examined the impact of big five personality traits on absenteeism with moderating role of ethical orientation. Data was collected from 150 university faculty members across Pakistan using a questionnaire. Results indicate that big five personality traits to a large extent account for absenteeism while ethical orientation plays an important role as a moderator. Implications and future research directions are also discussed.

scholarly journals Big five personality traits and physician-certified sickness absence

2022 ◽  
pp. 089020702110652
Author(s):  
Gøril Kvamme Løset ◽  
Tilmann von Soest
Keyword(s):  
Sick Leave ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Survey Data ◽  
Sickness Absence ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Negative Binomial ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Register Data ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Big Five Personality

Although several studies show that personality traits are associated with absenteeism, few large-scale studies have examined these relationships prospectively, integrating survey data and register data on sickness absence. This study examines whether personality is associated with sickness absence, and whether health factors, gender, age, type of occupation and job satisfaction moderate this relationship. We combine survey data assessing the Big Five personality traits from a large sample of Norwegian employees aged 18–62 years ( N = 5017) with register data on physician-certified sickness absence up to four years after. Negative binomial regression analyses showed that extraversion was positively associated with subsequent sickness absence when controlling for several covariates, including health, work factors and previous spells of sickness absence. Neuroticism also showed significant positive associations with sick leave; however, the association diminished when accounting for previous spells of sickness absence. Moderator analyses demonstrated that age and type of occupation affected some of the associations between personality and sickness absence. The findings indicate that – in addition to general health promotion measures – specific interventions targeting individuals high in extraversion may be beneficial in reducing sick leave. How socio-demographic and work-related factors moderate the relationship between personality and sickness absence may be an interesting future research area.

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