Automated Personal Thesaurus TEZAL: Reconstructing the Psychosemantic Foundations of Interpersonal Relations

The present research featured the psychosemantic foundation of interpersonal relations, the latter represented as a three-level system. The psychosemantic foundation contains implicit models of interpersonal relations; the regulatory level regulates interpersonal relationships in various contexts; the behavioral level manifests itself in direct interpersonal behavior. The research was based on the method of semantic differential. However, the method proved too sensitive to various kinds of heterogeneity of the test subjects, which rendered it impossible to identify the factor structure. As a result, the semantic differential was converted to factorial personality systems through the Automated Personal Thesaurus TEZAL. In this research, the semantic differential vocabulary profile was converted to 16PF personality profile. The semantic differential and converted data underwent statistical and comparative analyses, which singled out the general structures of perception in the system of interpersonal relations. The procedure revealed two bipolar factors. The factor of social self-organization reflected the degree of orderliness of social activity and behavior. The factor of social interaction demonstrated the flexibility, activity and initiative of social behavior. A regression analysis of the psychosemantic foundations revealed a more complex system, when interpersonal relations are perceived through the role image of mother and friend. Thus, initial data conversion provided a more detailed reconstruction of the psychosemantic foundation of interpersonal relations.

Clinical characteristics of patients with chronic migraine, depending on their personality profile.

Background:chronic migraine (СM) is a highly disabling neurological disease that is difficult to treat. The success of therapeutic management depends, in part, on psychosocial and personal factors. Aims:we have evaluated the clinical characteristics of patients suffering from СM, depending on the prevailing coping strategy of the individual. Methods:104 people with an established diagnosis of СM were examined, all of them underwent clinical and neurological examination and questionnaire testing. Results:in our group of patients, active behavioral coping strategies (a strategy for solving the problem and seeking social support) prevailed, passive coping was much less common. Patients with active coping strategies had the lowest level of comorbid psychoemotional disorders. Patients with passive coping strategies had a shorter history, the least severity of the effect of migraine, but were comparable in frequency of headaches and time lost due to headaches with patients with active coping strategies. Key words:chronic migraine, coping strategies, comorid disorders, anxiety, depression.

Personality Profile of the Self-Identified Highly Sensitive Person

The current paper presents a detailed examination of a lay theory perspective on the Sensory-Processing-Sensitivity (SPS) personality profile within the Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality. The lay SPS personality profile was assessed by asking self-identified highly sensitive people to rate themselves on a Five-Factor Model questionnaire (NEO-PI-3). We applied the NEO-PI-3 norms (domains and facets) and examined the inter-rater agreement of the facets. The sample consisted of 560 (female: 86.43%, Mage = 37.36 years, SDage = 6.64 years, 18.17–47.42 years) self-identified highly sensitive adults. Six facets, in particular, stood out with good and very good inter-rater agreement: participants fell within the highest 23% of the population on facets Fantasy, Aesthetics, Feelings (Openness to Experience); Anxiety, Depression (Neuroticism); and the lowest 23% of the population on the facet Gregariousness (Extraversion).

Model of educational personality profile for learning management and development of personal potential

The article describes the logic of the development of the model SKQIiSPEC (“Personality diamond”), including basis of its construction and approach to practical implementation.The relevance of the article is based on the problem of reveal and support of the development of educational agency, the formation of system competencies of self-determination, goal setting, productive action and reflection.The purpose of the research described in the article is to develop a model of the educational personality profile for managing educational activity and the development of personal potential, adequate for supporting educational agency.Novelty of the suggested approach is represented by developed structure of educational profile of a student SKQIiSPEC and its specially selected elements. The model is synthesized on the basis of the following key ideas: (1) model of personality competence iSPEC, (2) model of “education” via semiotic systems, (3) distinguishing of competences via types of solved tasks and (4) distinguishing of main activity type. The model integrates selected ideas with qualitative differences opposite to comparing evaluations. Therefore, “Personality dimond” provides sufficient depth and conciseness for monitoring of navigation of a student on its individual/collectively-individual educational track as well as for creation of possibility to be used in various systems for assessing educational results.Practical significance of model SKQIiSPEC is based on potential usage for mapping of educational ambitions and demands of personality, creation of educational strategies for collective-individual and individual tracks, organization of personal educational logistic. The usage of digital technologies enables automatisation of educational profile model for educational activities’ management.

Dad Jokes and the Deep Roots of Fatherly Teasing

Dad jokes, I argue, are a manifestation of a much older fatherly impulse to tease one’s children. On the surface, dad jokes are puns that are characterized by only violating a pragmatic norm and nothing else, which makes them lame and unfunny. Only violating a pragmatic norm and nothing else, however, is itself a violation of the norms of joke-telling, which makes dad jokes a type of anti-humor. Fathers (i.e., “dads”) may in turn seek to embarrass their children by purposively violating the norms of joke-telling in this way, thus weaponizing the lame pun against their children as a type of good-natured teasing. Given their personality profile, it makes sense that fathers should be particularly prone to weap­onize dad jokes teasingly against their children like this, with the phenomenon bearing an illuminating resemblance to the rough-and-tumble play that fathers have engaged their children in since before the dawn of our species.

Comparing Special Education Teachers’ Personality Profile With Their Choice to Teach

Researchers have yet to examine the association of Holland personality profiles as it relates to special education teachers. In response to this need, we report the personality and vocational profiles (Holland Codes) of 134 special education teachers across a special education training program. The purpose of this paper is to summarize findings from the Self-Directed Search measure commonly used to assess the personality of participants in an occupation and suggest implications for participants’ choice in becoming a special education teacher. Our focus was on personality match with vocational choice to include participants’ demographic (e.g., gender, race/ethnicity, and geographical location) profile. Findings from the study reveal that while special educators’ overall personality profile is congruent with the Holland Codes associated with special education teachers, other features may explain participants’ choice to pursue a career as a special education teacher. Implications for teacher preparation programs and K-12 schools training are recommended based on the research findings.

Trait-Based Origins of Creativity

Chapter 2 provides an overview of scientific findings on correlations between each of the Big Five dimensions and creativity. The author notes that we can’t know everything about artist personality or the intricacies of artistic process, but that does not mean we can’t know anything. The research has been done, and the job, now, is to sift through it, identify what’s known, and craft a general portrait. A generic artist personality profile is outlined. The author presents a contrast between the average scientist and the average artist. From there, the author focuses on the trait-based roots of creativity, including detailed discussion of the exact Big Five profiles of two accomplished creatives: Kuwaiti painter Shurooq Amin and American writer Walter Kirn.

Image Based Sexual Abuse proclivity and victim blaming: The role of dark personality traits and moral disengagement

Image Based Sexual Abuse (IBSA) denotes the creation, distribution, and/or threat of distribution of intimate images of another person online without their consent. The present study aims to extend emerging research on perpetration of IBSA with the development and preliminary validation for the moral disengagement in IBSA scale, while also examining the role of the dark triad, sadism, and sexism in a person’s likelihood to perpetrate IBSA. One hundred and twenty English speaking participants (76 women, 44 men; mean age=33 years) were recruited via social media. Machiavellianism and psychopathy were found to predict IBSA proclivity, whilst rivalry narcissism predicted greater feelings of excitement and amusement towards IBSA. Moral disengagement predicted IBSA proclivity and blaming the victim. It was also positively related to greater feelings of amusement and excitement towards IBSA. This suggests a distinct personality profile of IBSA perpetrators, and that moral disengagement mechanisms play a role in facilitating and reinforcing this behaviour.