scholarly journals Verspreiding van persoonlikheidstipes by predikante in die gereformeerde Kerke van Suid-Afrika – om risikogroepe vir diensverlating te identifiseer

2021 ◽  
Vol 55 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerhardus J. Niemann
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Personality Assessment ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Norm Group ◽  
Reformed Churches ◽  
The Individual

Distribution of personality types among ministers in the Reformed Churches of South Africa – to identify groups at risk for leaving service. With the use of a personality assessment based on the Hippocratic personality module, the researcher established that there is a significant distribution of personality types among pastors in the Reformed Churches in South Africa (RCSA). The main focus was to establish whether high-risk groups groups, which may be predisposed to leave the ministry prematurely, exist. This study revealed significant results in a group of pastors posing as possibly at risk for leaving the ministry, as well as a group of pastors that will function optimally within the RCSA. To establish this risk factor, the concept of ‘goodness of fit’ was used. In this way, the information gathered was used to develop a norm group, making it possible to effectively compare the individual pastor’s personality within the larger scope of pastors in the RCSA. With the use of this norm group, the researcher was able to make conclusions that are specifically applicable to the pastors in the RCSA. It was established that the Phlegmatic personality type has the largest representation among ministers in the RCSA. This is significant due to the fact that ministers with this personality type are largely drawn to the ministry in the RCSA. On the other side of the spectrum, the Sanguine and Melancholic personality types have the lowest representations. This may represent a possible higher risk group for leaving the ministry.Contribution: The research presented in this artcle, therefore, focused on the degree to which some pastors in the RCSA’s personal tendencies influence their ministerial work and the likelihood of leaving the ministry.

scholarly journals Associations between Modifiable Health-Risk Behaviors and Personality Types

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jon C. Schommer ◽  
Paul D. Tieger ◽  
Anthony W. Olson ◽  
Lawrence M. Brown
Keyword(s):  
Health Risk ◽  
Risk Behaviors ◽  
Statistical Significance ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Health Risk Behaviors ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Related Stress ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Chi Square Analysis

Objectives: The first objective for this study was to explore if characteristics of personality type (using the Preferred Communication Style Questionnaire) are associated with the following modifiable health-risk behaviors: smoking, exercise, alcohol consumption, nutrition, sleep, depression-related stress, anxiety-related stress, healthcare professional usage, and self-discipline. The second objective for this study was to explore if characteristics of personality type are associated with (1) the quality of patient-physician relationships, (2) patient-physician communication, and (3) preferred method for receiving information. Methods: Data were collected from 10,500 adult individuals residing in the United States via an on-line, self-administered survey coordinated by Qualtrics Panels from March 14-30, 2016. Chi-square analysis was used for making comparisons between categories of personality types and items related to health-risk behaviors. Statistical significance was set at p < 0.05. However, chi-square analysis with large sample sizes (e.g. 10,500 in this study) readily yields statistical significance. Practical significance was set at four or more percentage points above or below the overall mean. Results: Regarding objective 1, personality type was associated with all nine health-risk behaviors studied. Personality types within the Experiencer temperament (17% of the U.S. population) accounted for 46% of the undesirable scores we computed for health-risk behaviors. The Idealist temperament (17% of population) accounted for 32% of the undesirable scores. Conceptualizers (10% of population) accounted for 17% of the undesirable scores and Traditionalists (46% of population) accounted for 5% of the undesirable scores. Regarding objective 2, the findings showed that personality type was associated with (1) the importance people place on the patient-physician relationship, (2) which characteristics of that relationship are most desirable, (3) desire for more communication with their physician, and (4) the preferred method for receiving information. Discussion and Conclusions: Precision medicine has been proposed as a way to create a new taxonomy of disease that uses individual specific data to develop accurate diagnosis, targeted treatment, and improved health outcomes. Based on the findings of this study, we propose that inclusion of personality type is an important component of these efforts so that the health care system can conform more to the individual patient in order to increase engagement and adherence, reduce errors, minimize ineffective treatment and waste, and can be cost effective. Conflict of Interest Co-author, Paul Tieger is CEO of SpeedReading People, LLC which holds copyright for the Individual Wellness Plan and Adherence Predictive Index tools that are mentioned in this manuscript.   Type: Original Research

scholarly journals Peran Kreativitas Dalam Membentuk Strategi Coping Mahasiswa Ditinjau Dari Tipe Kepribadian Dan Gaya Belajar

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niken Titi Pratitis
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
T Test ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. This study aims to determine the effect of creativity in shaping the student coping strategy mainly by distinguishing personality type (ie based on the type of Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Complience and differentiate learning styles (ie visual learning style, auditory and kinestesik). Variables consisted of variables depending Strategy coping and three independent variables, namely Creativity, Personality Types and Learning Styles. models are quantitative study with 38 study subjects at the end of the semester students of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Surabaya August 17, 1945. research data retrieval is done by deploying scale two of them made by a team of researchers and one scale using standard scales that have proven validity reliability. regression analysis by ANOVA using SPSS version 20 ( IBM version) shows that creativity plays a role in shaping the individual coping strategies. separately but not learning styles play a role in shaping the coping strategies despite a role in creativity individuals, where the t-test results illustrate that there are significant differences in creativity between the visual and auditory learning styles. opposite, personality type does not affect creativity but affect the individual coping strategies, although the results of the t test shows that only dominance and Steadiness personality and influence by complience which have significant differences in coping strategies.Keywords : Coping Strategies , Creativity , Personality Types , Learning Styles

scholarly journals Study on Personality Types of Dentists in different Disciplines of Dentistry

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 554-558 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sukumaran Anil ◽  
Farouk Ahmed Hussein ◽  
Albatool S Alahmari ◽  
Sara H Almubarak ◽  
Sahar A Alateeq
Keyword(s):  
Personality Type ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Myers Briggs Type Indicator ◽  
Personality Styles ◽  
Type Indicator ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Practice Questions

ABSTRACT Aim The purpose of this study was to determine the most common personality type among dentists in seven selected clinical dentistry specialties using the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and to compare between these different types of personalities. Materials and methods A survey containing the MBTI and demographic and practice questions was used to assess the personality styles of 243 dental specialists in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The survey results were analyzed using descriptive statistics. Results The results of the MBTI for 243 specialist dentists revealed, generally, a higher percentage of scoring for introversion (I) with an average of 65% than extroversion (E). The study identified 10 common personality types among these specialists: ISTJ, ISFJ, INFJ, ISTP, INFP, INTP, ENFP, ENTP, ENFJ, and ENTJ (extraversion–introversion (E–I), sensing–intuition (S–N), thinking–feeling (T–F), and judging–perception (J–P)). The dominant personality type in all seven clinical specialties in dentistry was ISTJ, with an average of 54%. Conclusion The personality types showed variation among the seven clinical dentistry specialties. However, among these seven clinician's specialties in dentistry, more than 50% of the individuals shared one common type of personality (ISTJ). Clinical significance The identification of the personality type might help in their association with coworkers, students, and patients as well as knowing the individual preferences toward different specialties in dentistry. How to cite this article Al-Dlaigan YH, Alahmari AS, Almubarak SH, Alateeq SA, Anil S. Study on Personality Types of Dentists in different Disciplines of Dentistry. J Contemp Dent Pract 2017;18(7):554-558.

scholarly journals Peran Kreativitas Dalam Membentuk Strategi Coping Mahasiswa Ditinjau Dari Tipe Kepribadian Dan Gaya Belajar

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Niken Titi Pratitis
Keyword(s):  
Learning Styles ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Learning Style ◽  
Visual Learning ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Data Retrieval ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
T Test ◽  
Auditory Learning ◽  
The Individual

Abstract. This study aims to determine the effect of creativity in shaping the student coping strategy mainly by distinguishing personality type (ie based on the type of Dominance, Influence, Steadiness and Complience and differentiate learning styles (ie visual learning style, auditory and kinestesik). Variables consisted of variables depending Strategy coping and three independent variables, namely Creativity, Personality Types and Learning Styles. models are quantitative study with 38 study subjects at the end of the semester students of the Faculty of Psychology, University of Surabaya August 17, 1945. research data retrieval is done by deploying scale two of them made by a team of researchers and one scale using standard scales that have proven validity reliability. regression analysis by ANOVA using SPSS version 20 ( IBM version) shows that creativity plays a role in shaping the individual coping strategies. separately but not learning styles play a role in shaping the coping strategies despite a role in creativity individuals, where the t-test results illustrate that there are significant differences in creativity between the visual and auditory learning styles. opposite, personality type does not affect creativity but affect the individual coping strategies, although the results of the t test shows that only dominance and Steadiness personality and influence by complience which have significant differences in coping strategies.Keywords : Coping Strategies , Creativity , Personality Types , Learning Styles

scholarly journals Science, stigmatisation and afro-pessimism in the South African debate on AIDS

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guillermo Vega Sanabria
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
South Africa ◽  
South African ◽  
Cognitive Model ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Cultural Relativism ◽  
The South ◽  
Global Epidemic ◽  
The One ◽  
The Individual

Summary This paper examines how certain assumptions concerning sexual behaviour, race and nationality emerge at the core of explanations regarding the origin of HIV. In particular, it returns to discussions of the so-called "AIDS debate" in South Africa in the 2000s. On the one hand, it focuses on how these assumptions reinforce the understanding of AIDS as stigma and "social problem", to the extent that they emphasise the existence of geographical areas and "risk groups". On the other, these same assumptions are examined in the light of processes of identification and belonging, given that in the majority of reports, both academic and popular, "Africans" and "Africa" are inexorably understood in pessimistic terms. The purpose is to show how certain aspects of the South African debate refer to the way the global history of AIDS has been constructed over the past three decades. An exhaustive historiographical reconstruction is not attempted here, rather by returning to some works on the genesis of the epidemic, the paper highlights the individual and collective stigmatisation related to the public health discourse on AIDS, particularly such notions as "risk", "exposure" and "vulnerability". The proposal is such notions are strongly informed by a moral sense that traverses the dominant cognitive model in the approaches to the global epidemic and the AIDS debate in South Africa. The last part of the article focuses on the tensions that emerge between the explanations of experts from the field of public health and the contributions of social scientists, particularly anthropologists, frequently questioned for their alleged cultural relativism.

scholarly journals Predicting voluntary turnover in employees using demographic characteristics: A South African case study

2016 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anton F. Schlechter ◽  
Chantal Syce ◽  
Mark Bussin
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Risk Management ◽  
Human Resources ◽  
Predictive Model ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Voluntary Turnover ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Demographic Characteristics

Purpose: Employee turnover presents arguably the biggest threat to business sustainability and is a dynamic challenge faced by businesses globally. In South Africa, organisations compete to attract and retain skilled employees in an environment characterised by a burgeoning skills deficit. Turnover risk management is becoming an important strategy to ensure organisational stability and promote the effective retention of employees. The purpose of this research was to contribute to the practice of turnover risk management by proposing an approach and constructing a model to predict employee turnover based on demographic characteristics readily available in a human resource information system.Design: An exploratory research design was employed. Secondary quantitative data were extracted from an existing human resources database and analysed. Data obtained for 2592 employees in a general insurance company based in South Africa and Namibia formed the basis for the analysis. Logistic regression analysis was employed to predict employee turnover using various demographic characteristics available within the database. A likelihood ratio test was used to build a predictive model and the Akaike information criterion and Schwarz criterion were used to test how much value each variable added to the model and if its inclusion was warranted. The model was tested by conducting statistical tests of the significance of the coefficients. Deviance and Pearson goodness-of-fit statistics as well as the R-square test of significance were used. The overall goodness-of-fit of the model was also tested using the Hosmer and Lemeshow goodness-of-fit test.Findings: The current findings provide partial support for a predictive model explaining employee turnover. The model tested 14 demographic variables and the following five variables were found to have statistically significant predictive value: age, years of service, cost centre, performance score and the interaction between number of dependants and years of service. It is proposed that these five demographic variables be used as a model to help identify employees at risk of turnover or termed as flight risks.Practical implications: Gaining an understanding of the factors that influence employee voluntary turnover can be instrumental in sustaining workforce stability. The proposed model could help human resources professionals identify employees at risk of turnover using data that are readily available to them. This will further enable the use of targeted interventions to prevent turnover before it happens. Decreased levels of turnover will result in cost saving, enhanced talent management and greater competitive advantage.

Who’s at risk of entering Social Security Disability Insurance? A comparison of application and allowance rates for groups of at-risk individuals

2020 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 341-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kara Contreary ◽  
Todd Honeycutt
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Disability Insurance ◽  
Risk Groups ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Social Security Disability Insurance ◽  
Program Participation ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Social Security Disability ◽  
Employment Characteristics

BACKGROUND: The U.S. government has implemented several programs to reduce federal expenditures on Social Security Disability Insurance (DI) and help beneficiaries return to work, but the limited success of these efforts has raised interest in approaches that help workers with disabilities remain in the workforce. OBJECTIVE: This paper provides information on individuals at risk of applying for DI benefits to help build the evidence base for policies that provide workers with disabilities support to eliminate the need to apply for and receive DI benefits. METHODS: Using three panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation matched to SSA administrative data, we describe the employment characteristics of seven groups at risk of applying for DI benefits before and after application, as well as the outcomes of their DI applications. RESULTS: New private disability insurance recipients were more likely to apply for and receive DI than members of other at-risk groups. However, individuals with high healthcare expenditures made up the largest proportion of successful applicants across the at-risk groups considered here. CONCLUSION: While it seems plausible that individuals within an at-risk group who are likely to apply for DI benefits can be identified and provided supports to help them maintain employment, focusing on a specific group to promote employment over DI benefits may have a limited effect on the DI program because applicants come from multiple groups.

“Utopia First!” A Machiavellian Conception of Solidarity in More's Utopia

Moreana ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 55 (Number 209) (1) ◽  
pp. 79-93
Author(s):  
Marie-Claire Phélippeau
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
The World ◽  
Social Difficulties ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Democratic Elections ◽  
Communal Organization

This paper shows how solidarity is one of the founding principles in Thomas More's Utopia (1516). In the fictional republic of Utopia described in Book II, solidarity has a political and a moral function. The principle is at the center of the communal organization of Utopian society, exemplified in a number of practices such as the sharing of farm work, the management of surplus crops, or the democratic elections of the governor and the priests. Not only does solidarity benefit the individual Utopian, but it is a prerequisite to ensure the prosperity of the island of Utopia and its moral preeminence over its neighboring countries. However, a limit to this principle is drawn when the republic of Utopia faces specific social difficulties, and also deals with the rest of the world. In order for the principle of solidarity to function perfectly, it is necessary to apply it exclusively within the island or the republic would be at risk. War is not out of the question then, and compassion does not apply to all human beings. This conception of solidarity, summed up as “Utopia first!,” could be dubbed a Machiavellian strategy, devised to ensure the durability of the republic. We will show how some of the recommendations of Realpolitik made by Machiavelli in The Prince (1532) correspond to the Utopian policy enforced to protect their commonwealth.

PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBELAJARAN DAN TIPE KEPRIBADIAN SISWA TERHADAP HASIL BELAJAR EKONOMI

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Harningsih Fitri Situmorang
Keyword(s):  
Learning Outcomes ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Learning Strategy ◽  
Problem Based Learning ◽  
Personality Type ◽  
Student Learning Outcomes ◽  
Personality Types ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Scheffe Test ◽  
Inferential Statistic

Abstrak: Penelitian ini bertujuan :(1) Untuk mengetahui hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah lebih tinggi dari siswa yang diajar dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori. (2) Untuk mengetahui hasil belajar  ekonomi siswa yang memiliki tipe kepribadian ekstrovert dan siswa yang memiliki kepribadian introvert. (3) Untuk mengetahui interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dengan tipe kepribadian  terhadap hasil belajar Ekonomi. Metode penelitian yang digunakan adalah kuasi eksperimen dengan desain faktorial 2 x 2. Uji statistik yang digunakan adalah statistik deskriptif untuk menyajikan data dan dilanjutkan dengan statistik inferensial dengan menggunakan ANAVA dua jalur dengan taraf signifikan α = 0,05 yang dilanjutkan dengan uji Scheffe. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan: (1) hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang diajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah lebih tinggi dari pada hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang diajarkan dengan strategi pembelajaran ekspositori; (2) hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang memiliki kepribadian ekstrovert lebih tinggi dari pada hasil belajar ekonomi siswa yang memiliki tipe kepribadian introvert; (3) terdapat interaksi antara strategi pembelajaran dengan tipe kepribadian  dalam mempengaruhi hasil belajar siswa. Hipotesis ini menunjukkan bahwa strategi pembelajaran berbasis masalah lebih tepat daripada model pembelajaran ekspositori dalam meningkatkan hasil belajar ekonomi siswa, dan siswa yang memiliki tipe kepribadian ekstrovert akan memperoleh hasil yang lebih baik dari pada siswa yang memiliki tipe kepribadian introvert. Kata Kunci: strategi pembelajaran, tipe kepribadian, hasil belajar ekonomi. Abstract: This study aims: (1) To find out the results of students' economic learning taught by problem-based learning strategy is higher than students who are taught by expository learning strategy. (2) To know the economic learning result of students who have extrovert personality type and students who have introverted personality. (3) To know the interaction between learning strategy with personality type to Economic learning result. The research method used is quasi experiment with 2 x 2 factorial design. Statistical test used is descriptive statistics to present the data and continued with inferential statistic by using two way ANOVA with significant level α = 0,05 followed by Scheffe test. The results showed: (1) the students 'economic learning outcomes taught with problem-based learning strategy is higher than the students' economic learning outcomes taught with expository learning strategies; (2) the students 'economic learning outcomes that have extroverted personality is higher than the students' economic learning outcomes that have introverted personality types; (3) there is interaction between learning strategy with personality type in influencing student learning outcomes. This hypothesis suggests that problem-based learning strategies are more appropriate than expository learning models in improving students' economic learning outcomes, and students with extroverted personality types will achieve better outcomes than students with introverted personality types. Keywords: learning strategy, personality type, economic learning result

Fulfilling the Right to Food for South Africa: Justice, Security, Sovereignty and the Politics of Malnutrition

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 112-152
Author(s):  
Busiso Helard Moyo ◽  
Anne Marie Thompson Thow
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Food Systems ◽  
Food System ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Food Justice ◽  
System Transformation ◽  
Right To Food ◽  
Economic Rights ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Despite South Africa’s celebrated constitutional commitments that have expanded and deepened South Africa’s commitment to realise socio-economic rights, limited progress in implementing right to food policies stands to compromise the country’s developmental path. If not a deliberate policy choice, the persistence of hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms is a deep policy failure.  Food system transformation in South Africa requires addressing wider issues of who controls the food supply, thus influencing the food chain and the food choices of the individual and communities. This paper examines three global rights-based paradigms – ‘food justice’, ‘food security’ and ‘food sovereignty’ – that inform activism on the right to food globally and their relevance to food system change in South Africa; for both fulfilling the right to food and addressing all forms of malnutrition. We conclude that the emerging concept of food sovereignty has important yet largely unexplored possibilities for democratically managing food systems for better health outcomes.

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