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Ogurlu, Uzeyir; Özbey, Adnan – High Ability Studies, 2022
Some research has investigated the big five personality dimensions among gifted individuals, but these individual studies have provided inconclusive results. The current meta-analysis examined the nature of the relationship between the big five dimensions and giftedness among individuals. Hedge's unbiased g was used as the effect size metric, and…
Descriptors: Gifted, Control Groups, Personality Traits, Personality Measures
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Kool, Ada; Mainhard, Tim; Jaarsma, Debbie; van Beukelen, Peter; Brekelmans, Mieke – Higher Education Research and Development, 2017
Honours programmes have become part of higher education systems around the globe, and an increasing number of students are enrolled in such programmes. So far, effects of these programmes are largely under-researched. Two gaps in previous research on the effects of such programmes were addressed: (1) most studies lack a comparable control group of…
Descriptors: Honors Curriculum, Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Comparative Analysis
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Hornsveld, Ruud H. J.; Muris, Peter; Kraaimaat, Floris W. – Psychological Assessment, 2011
We examined the psychometric properties of the Novaco Anger Scale--Provocation Inventory (NAS-PI, 1994 version) in Dutch violent forensic psychiatric patients and secondary vocational students. A confirmatory factor analysis of the subscale structure of the NAS was carried out, reliability was investigated, and relations were calculated between…
Descriptors: Control Groups, Personality Traits, Persuasive Discourse, Personality
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Stoltz, Sabine; Dekovic, Maja; van Londen, Monique; de Castro, Bram Orobio; Prinzie, Peter – Social Development, 2013
In this study, we investigate whether changes in child social cognitive functioning and parenting are the mechanisms through which an individually delivered real-world child intervention, Stay Cool Kids, aimed at preventing externalizing problem behavior in high-risk elementary school children, induces changes in child behavior. Moreover, we…
Descriptors: Intervention, Behavior Problems, At Risk Students, Elementary School Students