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Flores, René Pedroza – Higher Education Studies, 2016
The purpose of this article is to study the personality dominant values in Graphic Design students from the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico. A scale developed by Allport, Vernon and Lindsey called: "Study of values. A scale for the measuring of personality dominant interests" was used. The sample was applied to 124 students,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Personality Measures, Values
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Gungor, Ibrahim Halil; Eksi, Halil; Aricak, Osman Tolga – Educational Sciences: Theory and Practice, 2012
This study aimed at showing how the value preferences of young adults could predict the narcissistic characteristics of young adults according to structural equation modeling. 133 female (59.6%) and 90 male (40.4%), total 223 young adults participated the study (average age: 25.66, ranging from 20 to 38). Ratio group sampling method was used while…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality, Young Adults, Structural Equation Models
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Slaby, Ronald G.; Guerra, Nancy G. – Developmental Psychology, 1988
Examined the role of cognitive mediators in identifying differences in aggression of incarcerated and nonincarcerated male and female adolescents. Found hostile-aggressive individuals more likely to hold beliefs supporting aggression and to be unconcerned about the consequences of violent actions. (SKC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Individual Differences, Personality Assessment
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Southern, Mara L.; Plant, Walter T. – Psychological Reports, 1974
Differences in personality inventory scores between freshmen at a junior college and university compared to ten years ago were generally toward a less psychologically mature direction. (Author/KM)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis, Personality Assessment, Personality Studies
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Lashbrook, William; And Others – 1972
This paper investigated the assumption that a linear relationship could be detected between the process of source credibility evaluation and the seeking of information. The authors utilized twelve semantic differential scales which, when used for evaluating the source credibility of public figures, clustered into four dimensions: competence,…
Descriptors: Credibility, Information Theory, Personality Assessment, Personality Studies
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Mischel, Walter – Psychological Review, 1973
Diverse data challenge and undermine the central assumptions of the traditional trait approach to personality. The implications for conceptions of individual differences and situations in the study of personality are examined. (Author)
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories, Cognitive Processes, Interaction Process Analysis