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Andy J. Kim; Simon B. Sherry; Sean P. Mackinnon; Ivy-Lee Kehayes; Martin M. Smith; Sherry H. Stewart – Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 2024
Friendships are important for the mental well-being of emerging adults. Socially prescribed perfectionism, where individuals feel pressured to be perfect by others, can be destructive, leading to conflict with others, depressive symptoms, and problematic drinking. However, its impact on friendships is not well-explored. This study examined 174…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Friendship, Conflict
Jacobs, John R.; Bovasso, Gregory – 1994
Depersonalization and the correct identification of the symptoms of depersonalization remain a source of controversy in psychiatry. For this study, 232 university students (75 percent women) answered questions on the Differential Personality Inventory. Five types of depersonalization experiences, based on earlier scales, were then used to cluster…
Descriptors: Alienation, Behavior, Behavior Disorders, College Students
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Lassiter, G. Daniel; And Others – Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 1996
Five studies examined the effect of dysphoric mood on perceivers' subjective unitization of an observed other's ongoing behavior into discrete meaningful actions. Dysphoria generally reduced unitization rate (i.e., number of actions discriminated). Additional evidence indicates this reduction results from failure to initiate a higher (more…
Descriptors: Abstract Reasoning, Adjustment (to Environment), Adults, Behavior