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Comparison of methods for controlling acquiescence bias in balanced and unbalanced scales

Psico USF; 28 (4), 2023
Controlling acquiescence bias typically involves the application of positive and negative keyed items. However, little is known about the effect of balancing positive and negative items on bias control. The aim of this study was to compare three Confirmatory Factor Analysis models (without control, MIMIC...

Relationship between psychopathy, personality and human values in a prison sample

Psico USF; 28 (1), 2023
Our aim was to understand to what extent the characteristics of psychopathy are correlated with personality traits and human values in a sample of imprisoned inmates. To this end, a total of 56 prisoners were evaluated, predominantly female (80.4%) with a mean age of 33.44 (SD=7.15). The following instru...

Modeling social desirability in the Antisocial Self-Report (ASR-13) scores

Aval. psicol; 21 (4), 2022
The Antisocial Self-Report (ASR-13) was developed to assess a general antisocial personality factor. However, because antisocial traits are socially aversive, the ASR-13 scores can be potentially contaminated by social desirability in high-stakes testing situations. In the present study, we performed an ...

Análisis psicométrico de versiones cortas del Big Five Inventory en universitarios mexicanos

Aval. psicol; 21 (2), 2022
La personalidad es uno de los constructos centrales de la psicología, no obstante, las escalas extensas pueden dificultar su inclusión en diversos estudios. En este sentido, el objetivo de este estudio fue verificar si las dos versiones breves del Big Five Inventory (BFI, 15p y BFI-10p) presentan evide...

Personal Characteristics Related to Engagement Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract Personal resources influence professionals' relationships with their work and impact their engagement. Thus, we investigated whether the relationships between personality traits and meaningful work with engagement showed differences before and during the pandemic. The sample comprised 963 profes...

Somatotype characteristics of patients with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease and its relationships with physical activity and depression

Int. j. morphol; 40 (5), 2022
SUMMARY: Somatotype characters have been defined for many diseases. However, there is insufficient information on the somatotype characters of chronic kidney patients. The first aim of our study was to define the specific somatotype in patients diagnosed with CKD. The second aim was to investigate the re...

Predictive factors of quality of life in temporal and extratemporal lobe epilepsy: association with affective temperament profiles and psychiatric comorbidities

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 79 (9), 2021
ABSTRACT Background: Investigating predictive factors of reduced quality of life (QOL) of patients and their association with focal epilepsy can improve management and treatment strategies. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between affective temperaments, depression, anxiety, ...

Relationship between depression and global and specific personality global functioning

Psicol. teor. prát; 23 (2), 2021
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and pathological personality functioning (PPF) and specific indicators of pathological personality patterns. The participants were 446 adults from the general population. Part of the sample (n = 237) answered scales evaluating t...

DSM-5 Pathological Personality Traits Among College Students

Psychol. av. discip; 15 (1), 2021
Abstract Individuals with personality pathology exhibit significant impairment in intrapersonal and interpersonal functioning that compromise psychological welfare of significant others. However, common pathological personality traits in college students remain unclear. This study aimed to describe patho...

Perfil MBTI e a Tipologia dos Quatro Temperamentos: relações possíveis entre cargos de gestão e não gestão

Psicol. rev; 30 (1), 2021
A presente pesquisa objetivou avaliar a existência de um perfil de personalidade e de temperamento que possa ser associado aos ocupantes de cargos de gestão. Para isso foi realizada a análise documentária de 240.233 protocolos do MBTI, do banco de dados da empresa representante da ferramenta no Brasi...