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Peer reviewedTouhey, John C. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
Discrepancies between the implicit personality theory attributed to others and to oneself were examined among 20 subjects for eight lists of trait words. Findings showed that within subject congruency in self-other descriptions exceeded agreement between subjects, and that subjects tended to be consistently congruent or incongruent for all traits.…
Descriptors: Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Relationship, Perception, Personality Assessment
Peer reviewedSkinner, Nicholas F. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1974
Inaccurate stereotyping by non-users was explanatory of the prevailing lack of agreement concerning the personality characteristics of heavy marijuana smokers. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Drug Abuse, Individual Characteristics, Marihuana
Peer reviewedPandey, Janak – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
Subjects were asked to evaluate either a similar personality or a dissimilar personality. Subjects rated similar others more positively than dissimilar others and, additionally, perceived similar others as more helpful and sympathetic than dissimilar others. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Happiness, Individual Characteristics, Interpersonal Attraction
Peer reviewedPetersen, Chris; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
Literature in simulations and games reveals a lack of research in the area of effects of simulations on personal characteristics of participants. Cross-cultural simulation scores yielded a significant effect for creative ability and revealed significant interaction of creative ability and sex. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Cross Cultural Studies, Group Dynamics, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedKsionzky, Sheldon; Mehrabian, Albert – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Examined correlates of role (discloser vs facilitator) and personality characteristics of sensitivity to rejection and affiliative tendency in self-disclosing behaviors and partner evaluations following self-disclosure. Results indicated that facilitators were less open and more authoritative than disclosers. Persons scoring higher on sensitivity…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Affiliation Need, Disclosure, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedJohnson, William C.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Characteristics of personality research were surveyed and compared with previous reports in an attempt to identify trends. Current research in personality was guided by microtheories and experimental research designs were more prevalent. Dissatisfaction with the current status of research and the proper focus of "personality" was partially…
Descriptors: Correlation, Experimental Psychology, Individual Characteristics, Personality Theories
Peer reviewedNeibuhr, Robert E.; And Others – Social Behavior and Personality, 1980
Individuals strongly motivated toward self-goals (achievement, power, independence) rather than other-directed goals (affiliation) apparently perceive their leader to be less active, particularly with regard to instrumental supervisory behavior. (Author)
Descriptors: Affiliation Need, Employee Attitudes, Employees, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedDiener, Edward – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
It is concluded that research has failed to confirm the causal role of deindividuation in releasing antisocial behavior. Research strategies are suggested which will help more quickly to verify or disconfirm the existence and causal role of the construct. (Author)
Descriptors: Arousal Patterns, Behavior Patterns, Group Behavior, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedForrest, Russell; Eysenck, H. J. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1977
The Eysenck Junior P.I. questionnaire was administered to groups of institutionalized and non-institutionalized delinquents and to non-delinquents. Items were analyzed to determine their effectiveness in predicting group membership. Comments by H.J. Eysenck are also presented. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Behavior Problems, Delinquency, Identification, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedQuereshi, M. Y. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1978
American and Pakistani college and high school students rated self and 15 significant others on a rating scale. Results demonstrated substantial cross-cultural generality of psychosocial characteristics attributed to self and others and significant cultural differences in self-esteem and esteem of others as well as other reported results.…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Individual Characteristics
Peer reviewedBarton, Keith; Vaughan, G. M. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1976
New Zealand samples of church members and non church members were compared with U.S. samples. Personality assessment was obtained through use of the Sixteen Personality Factor questionnaire. Church members were consistently different on several personality dimensions. Tendermindedness, super ego strength, dominance and conservativism were…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Group Membership, High School Students
