The Effect of Big Five Factors of Personality on Compulsive Buying: The Mediating Role of Consumer Negative Emotions

This study has examined the direct effect of Big Five Factors of personality (BFF) which include (Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience) on Compulsive Buying (CB). Besides, examining the mediating effect of Consumer Negative Emotions (CNE) in the relationship between Big Five Factors of personality (BFF) and Compulsive Buying (CB). The questionnaire for the study was adapted from earlier established scales and measures which were based on five points Likert Scale. The study was concentrated on shopping malls’ customers in North Delta (Egypt). The study used a sample size of 384 and data was collected randomly using systematic random sampling. 314 questionnaires were valid for statistical analysis and free of missing data were retrieved with a response rate of 81.7%. Smart PLS-SEM3 software was used for data analysis. The results showed that there is a significant positive effect of Neuroticism on compulsive buying. While the results indicated that Extraversion has a significant negative effect on compulsive buying. Also, the results found that Conscientiousness has a significant negative effect on compulsive buying. While Agreeableness and Openness to Experience hadn’t had any effect on compulsive buying. As for the mediating effect of Consumer Negative Emotions, the results mentioned that Consumer Negative Emotions has a partial mediation in the relationship between Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Conscientiousness, and Compulsive Buying. While Consumer Negative Emotions fully mediated the relationship between Openness to Experience and Compulsive Buying. But there was no mediation for Consumer Negative Emotions in the relationship between Agreeableness and Compulsive Buying.

U-5 Agreeableness in Human Psychology, An Analysis in the light of The Holy Prophet’s ﷺ Teachings

Beyond an iota of doubt, the world has been entangled in the plethora of problems. Materialistic and capitalistic approaches to life have bogged down the people of the planet into the quagmire of psychological catastrophe. All gigantic problems like terrorism, stress, violence, extremism and even dictatorship trace back their origin to psychology. That is why psychologists, in these days, are burning the midnight oil to find out solution of these psychological disorders. Having set so, Islam is the religion that encapsulates every aspect of life. The Divine Beloved Prophet Muhammad ﷺin His apparent life-time unearthed pragmatically the solutions to various complexities of life. In this article, I have discussed one aspect of psychology out of the big five factors, which is named as Agreeableness. I have dealt with its significations as they are in modern psychology and then have launched upon a debate about them with reference to the Hadeeths of our the Universal Prophet Muhammadﷺ.

Five-Factor Personality Inventories Have a Competence-Related Higher-Order Factor Due to Item Phrasing

This research examines whether the items of some of the most well-established five-factor inventories refer to competence. Results reveal that both experts and laymen can distinguish between items that refer to how competently a behavior is performed and items that do not (Study 1). Responses to items that refer to competence create a higher-order factor in the personality inventories (Study 2), and the variability in responses to competence-related items in personality self-ratings is best modeled as a general factor rather than as also tied to the specific Big Five factors (Studies 3 and 4). We suggest that a focused debate on what personality items should refer to is likely to have considerable positive consequences for both theory and measurement of personality.

Rasgos de personalidad en adolescentes farmacodependientes de los centros Casa de la Niñez 2, centro Pumamaqui en la ciudad de Quito y CETAD de Otavalo – 2017

El consumo de alcohol en niños, niñas y adolescentes representa un problema grave de salud. Su inicio en edades tempranas, es un factor de riesgo para el policonsumo, complicándose la situación para el individuo y su entorno. En Ecuador, el incremento del consumo de tabaco, alcohol y drogas parecen ir en ascenso, a pesar de los programas de prevención y rehabilitación existentes, con el agravante del consumo de polifármacos asociado. Objetivo: Identificar la relación entre los rasgos de la personalidad y el consumo de sustancias adictivas a través de un test que pueda implementarse para desarrollar un perfil del potencial consumidor. Metodología: Se realizó un estudio cuanti-cualitativo con 41 adolescentes entre 10 y 19 años, la totalidad de población fue obtenida de los Centros de rehabilitación Casa de la niñez 2, Centro Pumamaqui de Quito y CETAD de Otavalo, se aplicaron los test: Big-Five Factors, Identificación de Desórdenes en el Uso de Alcohol (AUDIT), Identificación de Dependencia de Drogas e Historias de Vida. Se analizaron los resultados con prueba de Fisher y OR. Resultados: El 100% consume alcohol, 95,1% marihuana y 78% cocaína; entre las razones para el consumo señalan que el 48,8% lo hace para experimentar y 26,8% por diversión. Todos los rasgos se cuantificaron por debajo del promedio, la Estabilidad Emocional y los Acontecimientos Vitales Estresantes presentaron relación estadísticamente significativa con consumo de alcohol y drogas. Conclusiones: La determinación de rasgos de personalidad y características familiares pueden ser predictivos para el consumo.