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Gutworth, Melissa B.; Cushenbery, Lily; Hunter, Samuel T. – Journal of Creative Behavior, 2018
Both popular press and academic research laud the benefits of creativity. Malevolent creativity, however, is the application of creativity to intentionally harm others. This study examines predictors of malevolent creativity, considering both contextual and individual difference influences. Social information processing theory suggests that…
Descriptors: Creativity, Ethics, Predictor Variables, Context Effect
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Ray, James V.; Frick, Paul J.; Thornton, Laura C.; Wall Myers, Tina D.; Steinberg, Laurence; Cauffman, Elizabeth – Developmental Psychology, 2019
The stability of callous-unemotional (CU) traits and both individual and contextual factors that influence this stability have been studied in community adolescent samples but not to great extent in adolescents who have been arrested. We estimated the developmental changes in CU traits measured over the course of 36 months (6-month intervals)…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Context Effect, Individual Characteristics, Law Enforcement
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Alharbi, Eman S.; Smith, Andrew P. – International Education Studies, 2018
This review aims to address the major sources of stress experienced by international students, the role of individual differences, the chronology of their stress levels and wellbeing over time, and gaps in the existing literature. Two electronic databases (PubMed and Psych Info) were searched for English peer-reviewed articles using eight search…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Well Being, Educational Research, Foreign Countries
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Spillane, Nichea S.; Smith, Gregory T. – Psychological Bulletin, 2007
The authors present a theory for understanding risk for problem drinking among reservation-dwelling American Indians. The theory offers an overall framework for understanding the risk process for this group. It considers the distinction between factors that influence mean levels of American Indian problem drinking and factors that influence…
Descriptors: American Indians, American Indian Reservations, Alcohol Abuse, At Risk Persons
Brody, Gene H.; Stoneman, Zolinda – Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology, 1996
This study represents further work into the area of what specific processes determine whether a sibling relationship will be positive or negative. Specifically addressed was the influence of each child's personality or temperament in shaping the quality and type of sibling relationship. Significant attention was paid to analyzing sibling…
Descriptors: Context Effect, Emotional Development, Family Influence, Family Role
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Persson, Andreas; Kerr, Margaret; Stattin, Hakan – Journal of Adolescence, 2004
In a study of adolescents in the 1970s, girls were high in normbreaking if they attended youth recreation centers "and" were heavily involved with peers or boys (Stattin et al., 2003). The present study investigated whether these results could be replicated on a modern sample, and then examined parent-child relationships and personality…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Recreation, Behavior Standards, Social Behavior