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Magarotto Machado, Gisele; Hauck-Filho, Nelson; Lima-Costa, Ariela Raissa; Carvalho, Lucas de Francisco – International Journal of Testing, 2023
In the current study, we used latent profile analysis to investigate the Dimensional Clinical Personality Inventory 2 capacity to discriminate psychopathy traits in a sample of adults. Participants were 628 adults from the general population recruited by convenience. Our latent profile analysis recovered two groups: Psychopathic Tendencies and…
Descriptors: Adults, Psychopathology, Empathy, Comparative Analysis
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Nelsen, Sarah K.; Kayaalp, Alper; Page, Kyle J. – Journal of American College Health, 2023
The study examined the relationship between perfectionism (categorized by adaptive, maladaptive, and non-perfectionist clusters), substance use (i.e., drinking and smoking), and mental health in a large sample of college student (N = 841; M = 19.6 years of age) in a time-lagged design. Students were classified using a two-step cluster analysis…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Undergraduate Students, Drinking, Comparative Analysis
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Osenk, Ivana; Johnson, Catherine; Wade, Tracey D. – School Mental Health, 2023
Perfectionism has adverse impacts on mental health and academic outcomes. We evaluated a 5-lesson classroom intervention for young adolescents delivered by teachers for impact on perfectionism, well-being, self-compassion, academic motivation and negative affect, at post-intervention and 3-month follow-up. Classes (N = 636 students, M[subscript…
Descriptors: Personality Problems, Randomized Controlled Trials, Comparative Analysis, Academic Achievement
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Schmidt, Henk G.; Baars, Gerard J. A.; Hermus, Peter; van der Molen, Henk T.; Arnold, Ivo J. M.; Smeets, Guus – European Journal of Higher Education, 2022
The purpose of the study reported here was to observe the effects of examination practices on the extent to which university students procrastinate. These examination practices were: (1) limiting the number of resits, (2) compensatory rather than conjunctive decision-making about student progress, and (3) restricting the time available for…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Study Habits, Decision Making, Undergraduate Students
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Barkauskiene, Rasa; Skabeikyte, Gabriele; Gervinskaite-Paulaitiene, Lina – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2021
Background: Borderline personality symptoms include emotional dysregulation, high levels of impulsivity leading to self-harm and suicidality, an unstable sense of self, fears of abandonment, extremely turbulent relationships, and psychic pain. They are considered to disrupt normative adolescent development however their unique contribution to…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Personality Problems, Correlation