The authors evaluated the extent to which the short-term effect of late life widowhood on parent-child relationships is moderated by 5 personality traits--Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, and Openness to Experience--and how these interactive effects differ by gender. Data were from the Changing Lives of Older…

The popularity of poker (and in particular online poker) has increasingly grown worldwide in recent years. This increase in the popularity of poker has led to the increased incidence of the "professional poker player". However, very little empirical research has been carried out into this relatively new group of gamblers. The aim was to determine…

This study was intended to measure construct validity for the Outward Bound Outcomes Instrument (OBOI) and to predict outcome achievement from individual characteristics and course attributes using multilevel modeling. A sample of 2,340 participants was collected by Outward Bound USA between May and September 2009 using the OBOI. Two phases of…

The goal of vocational education is to enhance students' professional knowledge, technical skills, and professional ethics to make them readily available for employment and capable of satisfying the needs of economic constructions. Vocational education plays an important role in guiding and assisting students in seeking employment. However, in…

Individuals with Down syndrome are predisposed to show a specific behavioural phenotype, or a pattern of strengths and challenges in functioning across different domains of development. It is argued that a developmental approach to researching the Down syndrome behavioural phenotype, including an examination of the dynamic process of the unfolding…

A study of various accents characteristics of certain groups in Great Britain and the prestige associated with these accents is presented. (CK)

ALL TERMS IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN ENGLISH WHICH PERTAIN TO ASPECTS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR OR PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS WERE ASSEMBLED FROM AVAILABLE LEXICONS. THESE TERMS WERE CATEGORIZED INTO 15 RUBRICS ON THE BASIS OF JUDGMENTS OF THEIR FAMILIARITY, SPECIFICITY, AND CERTAIN BROAD SEMANTIC CRITERIA. SOME 2,800 TERMS WERE IDENTIFIED WHICH SEEMINGLY…

Paper examines type distributions of Negro college students, compares these with findings of earlier studies of white college students, and provides evidence on the stability of personality-type as measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. (Authors)

Results suggest an age effect in which academic success at primary school is linked to stable extraversion, while success at university is associated with introversion. (Author)

Aims at identifying the prominent personality characteristics of youthful females who have attempted suicide, examines these characteristics as they relate to the frequency of suicidal thought, and identifies the psychological complex that predisposes a young female to attempted suicide. (Author/RK)

Children differing in locus of control orientation (internals, mediums, and externals) were administered an extended coding task following either a fictional rationale for the study (purpose incentive statement) or no purpose. Implications of these findings for education and child-rearing are discussed. (Editor/RK)

This research aims at examining the relationships among unethical computer usage behavior and the personality characteristics of locus of control, adjustment to social norms, antisocial tendency, and aggression on Turkish university students. The research was applied to 217 university students. Data were collected through Unethical Computer Using…

Study attempts to determine the personality characteristics of high school students with an accent on two stereotypes, hippies'' and straights''. (RK)

This study was a replication of an earlier study by Mazyck (1971) which was designed to analyze characteristics of paraprofessional child care workers, as determined by ratings given on a scale of paraprofessional worker characteristics. The original study is reviewed and the development of the Mazyck Rating Scale for Paraprofessionals, is…

This final report is concerned with the collection and analysis of descriptive data on some characteristics of police applicants. The study attempts to answer some basic questions relating to the type of individual who applies for the police civil service exam and what factors differentiate the successful from the unsuccessful candidate. The…