scholarly journals CHANCHING THE EXTERNALIZING AND INTERNALIZING SPECTRUM OF PERSONALITY WITH SELF-REGULATION THERAPY

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 21
Author(s):  
Salvador Amigó ◽  
Joan C Micó ◽  
Antonio Caselles
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Relaxation Effect ◽  
The Self ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulant Drugs ◽  
Group Design ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Integrator Model ◽  
Classic Conditioning

This article presents an integrator model of changes in the externalizing and internalizing factors of personality grouped in the General Factor of Personality (GFP), based on the Unique Trait Personality Theory (UTPT) [1]. This theory proposes that a continuum exists between personality and psychopathology, as well as the existence of a GFP that occupies the apex of the hierarchy of personality, and extends from an impulsiveness-and-aggressiveness pole (externalizing spectrum) to an anxiety-and-introversion pole (internalizing spectrum). With an experimental intra-group design, 30 regular users of stimulant drugs (cocaine and amphetamine) used the Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT). The SRT is a psychological procedure based on classic conditioning and suggestion used to experience a relaxation effect after the first session, and a stimulation effect during the second session. This stimulation is achieved by reproducing, by the SRT, the sensations produced by stimulant drugs. Effects were recorded on format-state scales of personality adjectives and activation, which represented both externalizing and internalizing factors. The results showed that both relaxation and stimulation, by imitating the effects of drugs, brought about short-term changes in both the GFP, and the externalizing and internalizing factors, and also in the predicted direction, i.e., changes in global personality.

scholarly journals LEARNING TO BE A PSYCHOSTIMULANTS ADDICT WITH SELF-REGULATION THERAPY

2018 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Salvador Amigó ◽  
Joan C Micó ◽  
Antonio Caselles
Keyword(s):  
Therapeutic Potential ◽  
Drug Effect ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Stimulant Drug ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Learning Procedure ◽  
Classic Conditioning ◽  
Complete Process

This article presents the results of a single-case experiment of alternative treatments in which a participant applied the Self-Regulation Therapy (SRT) to reproduce the effects of a stimulant drug, methylphenidate, and a sedative, alcohol. The SRT is a learning procedure based on classic conditioning and suggestion that reproduces the effect of drugs by remembering the effects they have. The participant reproduced the effects of both drugs during ten sessions held on 5 consecutive days. To record effects, adjective scales were used that measured Drug effect, High, Rush, Energy, Tension and the General Factor of Personality (GFP). The results indicated that the participant was capable of independently reproducing the effects of both the above-cited drugs, and that most of these effects were graphically represented as an inverted U-shape. This inverted U can be interpreted as a process in which effects of drugs become progressively more marked (sensitization) to become progressively less marked (tolerance). In this way, the inverted U represents the equivalent to a complete process of becoming addicted to a drug. The participant “learnt to be an addict” without using drugs. The theoretical implications and therapeutic potential of this procedure are discussed.

scholarly journals GAMBARAN REGULASI DIRI DAN PERILAKU KENAKALAN SEKSUAL PADA REMAJA DI BATULICIN

Jurnal Ecopsy ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Yayan ◽  
Emma Yuniarrahmah ◽  
Hemy Heryati Anward
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Juvenile Delinquency ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
The Self ◽  
Sensitive Area ◽  
Sexual Delinquency ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Opposite Sex

ABSTRAK Perilaku kenakalan remaja di Indonesia cukup mengkhawatirkan dan harus segera ditangani. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk mendapatkan gambaran mengenai  regulasi diri dan perilaku kenakalan seksual pada remaja di Batulicin. Metode penelitian menggunakan metode kualitatif. Penggalian data dengan menggunakan teknik wawancara, observasi, dan menggunakan tes grafis. Subjek penelitian tiga orang remaja yang bertempat tinggal di Batulicin, terdiri dari dua subjek laki-laki dan satu subjek perempuan. Penelitian menunjukan ketiga subjek memiliki regulasi diri tipe 2 yang merupakan proses jangka pendek menjauhi tujuan diri yang relevan. Hasil penelitian ini juga menemukan bahwa subjek BA memiliki regulasi diri yang lebih baik dari subjek DK dan MK. Komponen regulasi diri masing-masing subjek secara garis besar ingin menentukan dirinya mencapai cita-cita yang diharapkan. Masing-masing subjek memiliki bentuk monitoring, instruksi, evaluasi dan pengenaan kontinjensi terhadap diri yang berbeda-beda. Bentuk perilaku kenakalan seksual yang dilakukan adalah berciuman, berpelukan, memegang daerah sensitif lawan jenis, dan  melakukan hubungan seksual. Kata Kunci: Regulasi Diri, Perilaku Kenakalan Seksual, Remaja ABSTRACT Juvenile delinquency behavior in Indonesia is quite alarming and needs to be immediately addressed. The purpose of this study was to obtain the description of self-regulation and sexual delinquency behavior in adolescents in Batulicin. A qualitative research method was used in the study, and data were collected using the techniques of interviews, observation, and graphics test. Subjects of the study were three adolescents who resided in Batulicin, two males and one female. The results indicated that the three subjects had self-regulation of type 2, which was a short-term process away from the relevant self-goal, and it was also found out that subject BA had better self-regulation than subjects DK and MK. The self-regulation component of each subject in general was that each of them wanted to define himself/herself to achieve the expected ideals. Each subject had different forms of monitoring, instruction, evaluation and imposition of self-contingency. The forms of sexual delinquency behavior they committed were kissing, hugging, holding the sensitive area of the opposite sex, and sexual intercourse. Keywords: Self-regulation, Sexual Delinquency, Behavior, Adolescent

The Elusive General Factor of Personality: The Acquaintance Effect

2013 ◽  
Vol 27 (5) ◽  
pp. 507-520 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timo Gnambs
Keyword(s):  
Meta Analysis ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Personality Psychology ◽  
Total N ◽  
Weak Support ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Normative Ratings ◽  
Average Individual

A general factor (gp) at the apex of personality has been suggested to account for the correlations between the Big Five. Although the gp has received ample support from monomethod studies, results from studies incorporating different methods have remained rather ambiguous; some have identified a gp across different informants, whereas others have not. It was hypothesized that these divergent findings are a result of varying lengths of acquaintance between raters. To this end, the current study presents a multitrait multi–informant meta–analysis (total N = 11 941) that found weak support for a gp as a substantive trait of personality. Evidence for a gp was susceptible to the length of acquaintance between informants. Although a gp could be identified for short–term acquaintances, it remained elusive at long–term acquaintance. Thus, the gp in other ratings more likely reflects normative ratings of an average individual rather than ratings of the specific target person. Copyright © 2013 European Association of Personality Psychology

scholarly journals Dynamics of the General Factor of Personality in Response to a Single Dose of Caffeine

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 675-692 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Caselles ◽  
Joan C. Micó ◽  
Salvador Amigó
Keyword(s):  
Single Dose ◽  
Sensation Seeking ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Stimulant Drug ◽  
Personality Research ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Sensation Seeking Scale ◽  
Affect Adjective ◽  
Experimental Group

General Factor of Personality (GFP) research is an emergent field in personality research. This paper uses a theoretical mathematical model to predict the short-term effects of a dose of a stimulant drug on GFP and reports the results of an experiment showing how caffeine achieves this. This study considers the General Factor of Personality Questionnaire (GFPQ) a good psychometric approach to assess GFP. The GFP dynamic mechanism of change is based on the Unique Trait Personality Theory (UTPT). This theory proposes the existence of GFP which occupies the apex of the hierarchy of personality, and extends from an impulsiveness-and-aggressiveness pole (approach tendency) to an anxiety-andintroversion pole (avoidance tendency). An experiment with 25 volunteers was performed. All the participants completed the GFPQ and the Sensation-Seeking Scale list of adjectives from the trait version of MAACL-R (Multiple Affect Adjective Checklist Revised) on an empty stomach. The participants in the experimental group (20) received 330 mg of caffeine. All the participants filled in a state version form with the sensation-seeking adjectives every 4.5 minutes. This study considers that the Sensation-Seeking Scale list of adjectives from the MAACL-R, available in both trait and state versions, is a good psychometric approach to assess GFP. The results show that GFP is modified by a single dose of caffeine in the direction predicted by the UTPT.

Changing the General Factor of Personality and the c-fos Gene Expression with Methylphenidate and Self-Regulation Therapy

2012 ◽  
Vol 15 (2) ◽  
pp. 850-867 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joan C. Micó ◽  
Salvador Amigó ◽  
Antonio Caselles
Keyword(s):  
Gene Expression ◽  
Single Case ◽  
Self Regulation ◽  
Stress System ◽  
General Factor ◽  
Stimulant Drug ◽  
Psychological Measures ◽  
General Factor Of Personality ◽  
Activation Level ◽  
Similar Dynamic

A deepening in the biological nature of the general factor of personality (GFP) is suggested: the activation level of the stress system is here represented by the gene expression of c-fos. The results of a single case experimental design are reported. A model of four coupled differential equations that explains the human personality dynamics as a consequence of a single stimulant drug intake has been fitted to psychological and biological experimental data. The stimulant-drug conditioning and its adaptation to the considered mathematical model is also studied for both kinds of measures. The dynamics of the c-fos expression presents a similar pattern to the dynamics of the psychological measures of personality assessed by the GFP-FAS (Five-Adjective Scale of the General Factor of Personality) as a consequence of a single dose of stimulant drug (methylphenidate). The model predicts similar dynamic patterns for both psychological and biological measures. This study proves that describing mathematically the dynamics of the effects of a stimulant drug as well as the effects of a conditioning method on psychological or subjective variables and on gene expression is possible. It verifies the existence of biological mechanisms underlying the dynamics of the General Factor of Personality (GFP).

scholarly journals Self-regulation during continuous rolling in broadband mills

2018 ◽  
pp. 309-316
Author(s):  
V.V. Verenev ◽  
N.I. Podobedov
Keyword(s):  
Self Regulation ◽  
Rolling Process ◽  
Strip Thickness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Rolled Strip ◽  
Continuous Rolling ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Continuous Band ◽  
Hot Rolling Mill ◽  
The Stability

The aim of the work is the development of ideas about the regulation of the rolling process in continuous groups of stands of a wide-strip hot rolling mill. By mathematical modeling of the dynamics of the interaction of the stands during continuous rolling, taking into account torsional vibrations and transport transfer, the duration of the self-regulation time of the six-yielding group was determined. It is shown that the parameters of the rolled strip significantly affect the nature of the change in tensions and deviations of the strip thickness after each stand. During the filling of a continuous band with a strip in the mill stands, there are perturbations caused by the capture of the strip by the rolls of each stand. The task of regulatory actions at this point can increase the destabilization of the process. The thickness of the rolled strip slightly affects the self-regulation time of the continuous rolling process. In the modes of rolling and filling the group with a strip, this time was ~ 14 s from the beginning of the disturbance at the entrance to the group. The signs of perturbations and their combinations are determined by the deviation of the strip thickness and temperature, at which a short-term loss of process stability is possible due to a drop in tension in some intervals. It has been established that there are such combinations of perturbation signs in thickness and strip temperature when a group disintegrates into two unrelated ones, which leads to a violation of the stability of the tension process. The above features of self-regulation should be considered when managing the process of continuous rolling.

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