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Bobic, Jasminka; Bjelajac, Adrijana Koscec; Bakotic, Marija; Macan, Jelena – Center for Educational Policy Studies Journal, 2021
The present study aimed to investigate the course of symptoms of depression in female university students over a four-year period, while also exploring the predictive value of four personality traits with regard to symptoms of depression. The sample comprised 74 female first-year university students. Symptoms of depression were assessed using the…
Descriptors: Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Depression (Psychology), Females, Personality Traits
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Lee, Seon-Young; An, Donggun; Choe, Seung-Urn – High Ability Studies, 2020
This study examined if personality types of gifted students predicted their psychiatric symptoms and if the type of giftedness and gender moderated the relationship between the personality and psychiatric manifestations. "The Murphy-Meisgeir Type Indicator for Children" and "the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality…
Descriptors: Academically Gifted, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Predictor Variables, Gender Differences
Villaverde, Diego; Unda, Sara; Escotto, Eduardo A.; Flores, Rosa – Journal of Educational Psychology - Propositos y Representaciones, 2019
The objective of the study was to determine the predictive value of personality traits according to the Mexican model of the Five Personality Factors in the Burnout Syndrome (BOS) and its dimensions from the Gil-Monte model. Three hundred and seventy-five basic education teachers from Mexico City took part in it. The sampling was intentional,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Burnout, Case Studies, Correlation
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Zhang, Li-Fang – Educational Psychology, 2012
The primary objective of this study was to examine the predictive power of personality traits for occupational stress among Chinese university academics. Two hundred and forty-six participants responded to the NEO Five-Factor Inventory and the Occupational Stress Inventory-Revised. Results indicated that the strongest predictor for occupational…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Personality Traits, Personality, Coping
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Gartstein, Maria A.; Bridgett, David J.; Young, Brandi N.; Panksepp, Jaak; Power, Thomas – Infancy, 2013
Effortful control (EC) refers to the ability to inhibit a dominant response to perform a subdominant one and has been shown as protective against a myriad of difficulties. Research examining precursors of EC has been limited to date, and in this study, infancy contributors to toddler EC were examined. Specifically, parent/family background…
Descriptors: Infants, Self Control, Parent Background, Mothers
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Graffeo, Lisa Cotlar; Silvestri, Lynette – Education, 2006
Locus of Control (LOC) deals with an individual's personal attribution of successful or failure. Those with internal LOC believe that events in their lives are under their personal control while individuals with external LOC feel that their lives are dominated by the environment. The theory has been applied to achievement and health-related issues…
Descriptors: Locus of Control, Mental Health, Extraversion Introversion, Stress Variables