Browsing by Subject "Personality"
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The effects of personality type in user-centered appraisal systems
(2011)The basic objective of this paper is to make an extensive reference of a combination of concepts and techniques coming from different research areas, Psychology and Web personalization technologies, both of which focus ...
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Explaining Differences in Subjective Well-Being Across 33 Nations Using Multilevel Models: Universal Personality, Cultural Relativity, and National Income
(2016)This multinational study simultaneously tested three prominent hypotheses–universal disposition, cultural relativity, and livability–that explained differences in subjective well-being across nations. We performed multilevel ...
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Implementing psychological parameters in a web-based appraisal system
(2010)For many years people have been trying to measure differences between individuals. Over the course of time, a combination of developments in statistical know-how and the evolution of thought within psychology enabled the ...
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Indirect and direct associations between personality and psychological distress mediated by dispositional coping
(2014)The present study examines the association between coping and personality, by testing the hypothesis that dispositional coping mediates the relationship between personality and psychological distress. Canonical correlations ...
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Maternal neuroticism predicts social anxiety in Cypriot youth: the mediating role of child personality and anxiety sensitivity
(2016)This study examines the degree to which parental social anxiety and parental personality, specifically Neuroticism and Extraversion (N and E), predict social anxiety in youth and if this association is mediated by child ...
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Personalised continuous software engineering
(Association for Computing Machinery, Inc, 2014)This work describes how human factors can influence continuous software engineering. The reasoning begins from the Agile Manifesto promoting individuals and interactions over processes and tools. The organisational need ...
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Personality correlates and gender invariance of wording effects in the German version of the Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale
(2016)The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) is designed to provide an evaluation of one's self-worth. Investigations on the dimensionality of the RSES do not result in simple unifactorial solutions. The direction of the item ...
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Personality factors associated with psychological distress in testicular cancer survivors
(2008)The aim of this study was to investigate symptoms of anxiety and depression in testicular cancer survivors (TCSs) and to identify personality traits associated with psychological distress in these patients by means of the ...
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Personality variables are associated with colorectal cancer patients' quality of life independent of psychological distress and disease severity
(2010)Objective: The aim of the present study was to test whether psychological distress and personality variables are independently associated with health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in colorectal cancer patients, after ...
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Personality variables as predictors of early non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients' psychological distress and health-related quality of life: A one-year prospective study
(2011)Objective: We aimed to assess the course of early non-metastatic colorectal cancer patients' psychological distress and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and to identify relevant clinical and psychological predictors ...
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Psychiatric manifestations, personality traits and health-related quality of life in cancer of unknown primary site
(2013)Objective Psychiatric manifestations and personality traits are known to influence cancer patients. We aimed to assess psychological distress symptoms, psychosocial factors and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in ...
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Psychosocial predictors of health outcomes in colorectal cancer: A comprehensive review
(2014)Background: A diagnosis of colorectal cancer (CRC) and its long-term treatment may lead to significant psychological distress and impaired health-related quality of life (HRQoL) for a significant proportion of patients. ...
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Searching for the "Big Five" in a Greek context: The NEO-FFI under the microscope
(2004)The five-factor inventory (FFI) is a commonly used personality test based on the NEO-personality inventory revised. It has been translated into several languages and validated in a number of countries. Using a sample of ...
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Self-consciousness and psychological distress: A study using the Greek SCS
(Elsevier Science, 2006)This study examined the psychometric properties and factor structure of the Greek Self-Consciousness Scale (SCS), and investigated the role of self-consciousness (SC), and personality in psychological distress. Factor ...
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Sense of Coherence and Defense Style Predict Sleep Difficulties in Early Non-metastatic Colorectal Cancer
(2016)Background: Sleep disturbances are common in cancer patients, but little is known about the complex interplay between the background psychological profile, coping with health stressors capacities and psychological distress ...
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Striving for the 'grand theory': Response to the commentators
(Blackwell Publishing, 1999)Responds to comments by F. Marton (see record rid]2000-00993-002/rid]), R. J. Sternberg (see record rid]2000-00993-003/rid]), C. F. M. van Lieshout (see record rid]2000-00993-004/rid]), E. C. Hair and W. G. Graziano (see ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Διερεύνηση της σχέσης της προσωπικότητας και του στυλ ηγεσίας των διευθυντών δημοτικής εκπαίδευσης με τη διαχείριση της αλλαγής στη σχολική μονάδα
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2009-04)Η παρούσα διατριβή πραγματεύεται τη διερεύνηση της σχέσης της προσωπικότητας και του στυλ ηγεσίας με τη διαχείριση της αλλαγής στη σχολική μονάδα. Ο βασικός σκοπός της έρευνας ήταν να δοθούν ολοκληρωμένες απαντήσεις στο ...
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Doctoral Thesis Open Access
Η δομή της συναισθηματικής ευφυίας και οι σχέσεις της με τη γνωστική ικανότητα και την προσωπικότητα
(Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου, Σχολή Κοινωνικών Επιστημών και Επιστημών Αγωγής / University of Cyprus, Faculty of Social Sciences and Education, 2009-05)Η παρούσα έρευνα σχεδιάστηκε για να διερευνήσει αν η συναισθηματική ευφυΐα είναι διακριτή από τις ήδη γνωστές ψυχολογικές έννοιες στο χώρο της προσωπικότητας και της νοημοσύνης. Για το σκοπό αυτό εξετάστηκαν 247 υποκείμενα ...