COVID-19 and Seasonal Flu Vaccination Hesitancy: Links to Personality and General Intelligence in a Large, UK Cohort

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Halstead ◽  
Ryan McKay ◽  
Gary Lewis
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Flu Vaccination ◽  
Large N ◽  
Significant Public Health ◽  
Seasonal Flu ◽  
Public Health Challenge ◽  
Vaccination Hesitancy

Vaccines are a powerful and relatively safe tool to protect against a range of serious diseases. Nonetheless, a sizeable minority of people express ‘vaccination hesitancy’. Accordingly, understanding the bases of this hesitancy represents a significant public health challenge. In the present study we sought to examine the role of Big Five personality traits and general intelligence as predictors of vaccination hesitancy, across two vaccination types, in a large (N= 9667) sample of UK adults drawn from the Understanding Society longitudinal household study. We found that lower general intelligence was associated with COVID-19 and seasonal flu vaccination hesitancy, and lower neuroticism was associated with COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy. Although the self-reported reasons for being vaccine hesitant indicated a range of factors were important to people, lower general intelligence was associated with virtually all of these reasons. In contrast, Big 5 personality traits showed more nuanced patterns of association. These findings provide important insights into vaccination hesitancy and help to reconcile some of the inconsistencies found in previous literature.

scholarly journals Humor as a Mental Fitness Indicator

2008 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 147470490800600 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel P. Howrigan ◽  
Kevin B. MacDonald
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
General Intelligence ◽  
Mating Partner ◽  
College Age ◽  
Partner Preferences ◽  
Mental Fitness

To explain the pervasive role of humor in human social interaction and among mating partner preferences, Miller (2000a) proposed that intentional humor evolved as an indicator of intelligence. To test this, we looked at the relationships among rater-judged humor, general intelligence, and the Big Five personality traits in a sample of 185 college-age students (115 women, 70 men). General intelligence positively predicted rater-judged humor, independent of the Big Five personality traits. Extraversion also predicted rater-judged humor, although to a lesser extent than general intelligence. General intelligence did not interact with the sex of the participant in predicting rating scores on the humor production tasks. The current study lends support to the prediction that effective humor production acts as an honest indicator of intelligence in humans. In addition, extraversion, and to a lesser extent, openness, may reflect motivational traits that encourage humor production.

scholarly journals The Role of Personality Associated with In-Hospital Delay in Intravenous Thrombolysis for Acute Ischemic Stroke

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhenchan Lu ◽  
Caixia Qiu ◽  
Xiangyan Yang ◽  
Honggang Ma ◽  
Shuang Shen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Thrombolytic Therapy ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Acute Ischemic Stroke ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Multivariable Analysis ◽  
Intravenous Thrombolysis ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Effective Strategies

Abstract Background: Decreasing the in-hospital delay is one of the critical effective strategies for thrombolytic therapy for acute ischemic stroke. we examined whether physician personality traits are associated with in-hospital delay in conducting treatment of intravenous thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke among neurologists.Methods: Overall 354 consecutive patients who received intravenous thrombolysis during a 2.5 year-period in emergency department were included. Self-reported questionnaires of the Big Five Inventory and demographic characteristics were distributed among 13 neurologists. Multivariable analysis was performed to explore the effects of the Big Five Personality Traits on in-hospital delay for acute ischemic stroke. Results: The traits of agreeableness in all physicians decreased the likelihood of in-hospital delay (OR: 0.831, 95% CI: 0.766-0.901, p<0.001). The traits of openness in female physicians (OR:0.646; 95% CI:0.469-0.890; p=0.008) and the traits of extraversion in male physicians (OR:0.613; 95% CI: 0.475-0.791; p<0.001) decreased the likelihood of in-hospital delay. The traits of conscientiousness in female (OR: 1.713, 95% CI: 1.209–2.427; p=0.002) and the traits of openness in male (OR: 1.431; 95% CI: 1.802-1.892; p=0.012) increased the likelihood of in-hospital delay. Conclusions: The study demonstrate that the personality traits of physician are associated with in-hospital delay for thrombolytic therapy in acute ischemic stroke.

The Willingness of Social Work Students to Engage in Policy Practice: The Role of Personality Traits and Political Participation Predictors

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Talia Meital Schwartz-Tayri
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Political Knowledge ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Comprehensive Understanding ◽  
Political Skills ◽  
Policy Practice

Abstract The current study aimed to expand our knowledge regarding social work students’ willingness to engage in policy practice (EPP). A theoretical model integrating the Big Five personality framework with the ‘Civic Voluntarism Model’ (CVM) was examined, using a sample of 160 social work students in Israel. Findings revealed a moderate level of EPP willingness. Among the CVM predictors, political skills, political knowledge and political interest were significantly positively associated with social work students’ EPP willingness. Among the Big Five traits, extroversion, conscientiousness and openness to experience were significantly associated with EPP willingness. Path analysis showed that political skills were the strongest predictor of EPP willingness and that political skills and extroversion had a direct effect on EPP willingness. The significant mediation paths demonstrated the dynamics by which the study predictors interacted in explaining 49 per cent of the variance in EPP willingness. The study concluded that the examination of a model incorporating the Big Five personality traits and modified CVM predictors provided a comprehensive understanding of EPP willingness and, therefore, should be adopted to explain social workers’ actual engagement in policy practice.

How do personality traits affect visitor’s experience, emotional stimulation and behaviour? The case of wine tourism

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ifigeneia Leri ◽  
Prokopis Theodoridis
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Tourism ◽  
Revisit Intentions ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study is to investigate the moderation effects of the Big Five personality traits on the relationships between holistic experience constructs (i.e. servicescape and other visitors’ behaviours), emotional responses and revisit intention in the context of winery visitation experiences in Greece. Design/methodology/approach The study adopts a holistic approach to visitor experience and suggests that visitors base their experience perception on the servicescape’s attributes and other visitors’ suitable behaviours. Path analysis was adopted to measure the impact of these constructs on visitors’ emotions and the role these emotions play in predicting visitors’ revisit intentions. The moderation effect of the Big Five personality traits in such relationships was examined using the SPSS PROCESS. A self-administered, highly structured questionnaire was distributed to winery visitors in Greece; a total of 615 responses were used in data analysis. Findings The results indicate that all the examined relationships become stronger as a result of visitors having high or average scores for openness, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness, or low scores for neuroticism. Research limitations/implications The findings enhance the existing literature pertaining to experiential marketing, wine tourism marketing and the role of personality in tourism by providing new insights. Practical implications The overall findings may benefit wineries in their efforts to carry out the following: increase visitors’ revisit intentions; design and manage the winery environment and the winery experience effectively; and design marketing strategies. Originality/value The paper’s originality lies in providing information to clarify the role of visitors’ personalities as a contributing factor to their emotional stimulation and their revisit intentions in terms of both constructs of experience (i.e. servicescape and other visitors’ behaviours). Furthermore, this study attempts to respond to recent calls to conduct multidimensional research on the servicescape construct, focusing on both the substantive staging of the servicescape and the communicative staging of the servicescape. Finally, the present study provides new and practical insights regarding the winery experience in the Greek context – an area where very limited research has been conducted so far.

Negative feedback and employee job performance: Moderating role of the Big Five

2017 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 1735-1744 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Guo ◽  
Yanhong Zhang ◽  
Jianqiao Liao ◽  
Xinwei Guo ◽  
Jintao Liu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Negative Feedback ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Moderating Role

We used hierarchical linear regression analysis to test the relationship between negative feedback and employee job performance, and explored the moderating role of the Big Five personality traits in this relationship. Participants were 357 supervisor–subordinate dyads in China; subordinates responded to negative feedback and Big Five personality traits measures, and direct supervisors rated their employees' job performance. Results showed that negative feedback was negatively related to employee job performance, and that the Big Five personality traits moderated this relationship. Specifically, the strength of the negative relationship between negative feedback and job performance was reduced as extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, emotional stability, and conscientiousness increased. Implications for management and theory are discussed.

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