Abstract: The present research tested the dimensionality and cross-cultural differential item functioning of the Short Dark Tetrad (SD4; Paulhus et al., 2021) in samples of university students (total N = 804) from Italy (N = 268), ...
Abstract: This research sought to test the face, construct and criterion validity, and test-retest reliability of the Adult Rejection Sensitivity Questionnaire (ARSQ). In Study 1, participants (n = 45) completed the ARSQ and ...
Abstract: The horror genre portrays some of the most graphic and violent scenes in media. How and why some people find enjoyment in such a graphic genre is an age-old question. One hypothesis is that people lower in prosocial traits such ...
Summary: The experimental research on the physical attractiveness stereotype shows that more favorably personality traits are ascribed to attractive than to unattractive targets. Yet, the correlational literature found only small relationships between ...
Abstract: One hundred and twenty-six expatriate managers of a large global-operating German company participated in a cross-sectional questionnaire study. Traditionally, personality traits and socio-demographic data have been used as predictors for ...
Abstract: The manuscript describes the construction of the German standard and short version of the EPQ-R by Eysenck and Eysenck (1991). A pilot version was administered to 2914 subjects of a large age span. A principal component analysis of the 100 items ...
Zusammenfassung: Der Gießen-Test wurde erstmals an einer bevölkerungsrepräsentativen Befragung im November 1994 in den alten und neuen Bundesländern normiert. Die Normwerte der Skalen und Items werden mitgeteilt, auch geschlechtsgetrennt und nach ...
Summary: The assessment of functional genetic polymorphisms allows to investigate the significance of such polymorphisms in explaining some proportion of the heritable component observed for several personality dimensions. Recent studies point to ...
Summary: Several theories concerning the biological basis of personality emphasize the involvement of neurotransmitter systems. One of these transmitters is serotonin. The present paper summarizes some of the recent findings concerning personality and ...
Summary: Personal optimism represents the positive expectations concerning one's own person whereas social optimism includes the expectations concerning the person's environment. Items for the assessment of personal and social optimism were submitted to ...
Zusammenfassung: Im Rahmen einer realen Personalauswahlsituation wurden die Persönlichkeitsmerkmale von 1955 Polizisten gemessen, die von der unteren Hierarchieebene des Polizeidienstes in die mittlere Ebene aufsteigen wollen. Zum Einsatz kam dabei eine ...
Subjective Appropriateness of Items and the Validity of Personality QuestionnairesSummary: The present study evaluates the impact of the perceived subjective appropriateness of items on the validity of personality questionnaires. 125 participants of both ...
Summary: Psychological variables play a prominent role when it comes to the course and outcome of geriatric rehabilitation, but empirical research is rare in this regard. In the present work, N = 90 older adults (M = 78.8; 84 % women) were assessed before ...
Controlling for Confounding Factors in Studies of Age-Effects on Self-Reported Sleep ParametersAbstract: Self-report data on sleep in elderly persons are influenced by age-dependent, age-associated, and age-independent factors. This study seeks to test ...
Relationships between personality, cognitive style and Internet use were examined in a longitudinal field study. Participants were low-income African American and European American adults residing in a mid-size urban community in the United States whose ...
Zusammenfassung: Persönlichkeit und differentiellpsychologische Unterschiede werden verstanden als Form der Arbeitsweise eines kognitiven Systems. Dabei wird Persönlichkeit zurückgeführt auf Prozesse und Strukturen der Informationsverarbeitung. Das ...
Behavior Observations in Dyadic Interactions: The German Version of the Riverside Behavioral Q-Sort (RBQ-D)Abstract: We present the German version of the Riverside Behavioral Q-Sort (RBQ; Funder, Furr & Colvin, 2000), an instrument for behavioral ...
Workaholism: Personality Factors and Conditions of Professional WorkAbstract.Question: The need for excessive work, also known as “workaholism”, is a serious health problem in our society. In this study, we ...