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Authenticity and Its Adaptive and Maladaptive Relations
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2019
Pages:
33-37
Received:
15 March 2019
Accepted:
26 April 2019
Published:
15 May 2019
Abstract: The aim of the research was to evaluate the factors of authenticity (Self-alienation, Accepting external influence and Authentic living) in their nomological network including positive and negative affect, self-esteem, psychological distress and psychological wellbeing. The sample were 206 students (93.2% females) from the University in Novi Sad. Instruments used were Authenticity Scale, Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale - RSE, The Positive and Negative Affect Schedule - PANAS and Mental Health Inventory – 38 - MHI-38. Results implied that Authentic living has adaptive relations with self-esteem and positive affectivity, while Self-alienation and Accepting external influences has adaptive relations with psychological distress. Maladaptive relations has Self-alienation with self-esteem, positive affectivity and psychological well-being (overall positive affectivity, emotional relations and satisfaction with life) and Accepting external influences has with positive affectivity. This study is significant for further illumination of the role of authenticity in mental health.
Abstract: The aim of the research was to evaluate the factors of authenticity (Self-alienation, Accepting external influence and Authentic living) in their nomological network including positive and negative affect, self-esteem, psychological distress and psychological wellbeing. The sample were 206 students (93.2% females) from the University in Novi Sad. I...
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Personality Patterns in Familiar and Delinquency Violence in Mexican Men
Amada Ampudia Rueda,
Guadalupe Sánchez Crespo,
Fernando Jiménez Gómez
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2019
Pages:
38-44
Received:
19 March 2019
Accepted:
29 April 2019
Published:
4 June 2019
Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine personality patterns of aggressive and violent behaviors in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) scales data obtained from homicide and domestic violence offenders. A group of homicide and domestic violence offenders were administered the test to identify differences and causes. Method 140 subjects participated in this study. We divided them into two groups of 70 incarcerated offenders each based on the cause of their arrest: homicide and domestic violence. Inmates were sampled by non-probability quota sampling, and voluntarily completed the Inventory after giving informed consent. Results: By applying the parametric Student's t-test to the scales and using Cohen's d, the effect size of identified differences was obtained. High scores in some scales suggesting differences in expression of aggression between groups were observed. Homicide offenders expressed more openly emotions of aggression, hostility, and anger, while domestic violence perpetrators tend to deny any such factors in their behavior. Both groups showed emotional deviation associated with their offenses. Conclusions: The MMPI-2 has been proved to detect behavior patterns of offenders and their reluctance to readapt to civil society. An interesting matter can be highlighted: Given the conditions in Mexican correctional facilities, currently offenders overall are not motivated enough to reintegrate into social life, having expressed reactions of aggression-related behaviors.
Abstract: The objective of this study was to examine personality patterns of aggressive and violent behaviors in the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2) scales data obtained from homicide and domestic violence offenders. A group of homicide and domestic violence offenders were administered the test to identify differences and causes. Method ...
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Influence Factors of College Students' Creativity: The Effect of Self-Esteem and Motivation
Lu Liu,
Sheng Lin,
Jinlan Liu,
Jingyi Zhang
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2019
Pages:
45-54
Received:
2 April 2019
Published:
15 June 2019
Abstract: This study attempted to examine the influence of self-esteem and learning motivation for college students' creativity. Data was obtained from 530 students in 11 schools of 7 cities in China. From the results: (1) self-esteem (self-competence and self-liking) has a significantly positive influence on creativity; (2) IM (internal motivation) and SEM (synergistic external motivation) have significantly positive influences on creativity; (3) IM mediates the relationship between SEM and creativity, IM mediates the relationship between self-competence and creativity; (4) N-SEM (non-synergistic external motivation) moderated the relationship between self-esteem and creativity. When the level of individual self-esteem is higher, the higher N-SEM has a stronger promoting effect on creativity. Thus, self-esteem and motivation both impact on creativity, and constitute a dynamic cycle system of creativity which improving constantly. Implications of this study are further discussed.
Abstract: This study attempted to examine the influence of self-esteem and learning motivation for college students' creativity. Data was obtained from 530 students in 11 schools of 7 cities in China. From the results: (1) self-esteem (self-competence and self-liking) has a significantly positive influence on creativity; (2) IM (internal motivation) and SEM ...
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Viewing the Anti-Social Personality Transformation of School Bullying Victims from the Perspective of Experimental Analysis
Issue:
Volume 8, Issue 2, April 2019
Pages:
55-60
Received:
17 May 2019
Published:
15 June 2019
Abstract: School bullying is on the rise around the world. The phenomenon of school bullying is a microcosm of the social environment, which means that the bullying phenomenon in the school can be magnified to the whole society, inducing and presenting as a crime, so it must be studied, controlled and prevented. In this paper, horizontal and vertical comparisons were made in the three dimensions of bullies, victims and irrelevant personnel, so as to study and analyze the psychological status of victims by means of scale measurement, and then reveal the relationship between victims and their own anti-social personality. Students from three different middle schools in X city, S Province were randomly selected as the research objects, who had finished the questionnaires of Middle School Bullying Questionnaire, Chinese Big Five Personality Inventory Brief Version, and Anti-social Screening Questionnaire Self-evaluation version. The current bullying situations were obtained through data analysis; significant differences were found in the dimensions of neuroticism, conscientiousness, agreeableness, and extraversion among bullies, victims, and non-bullied; therefore, it was concluded that the bullying victims and their anti-social behavior tendencies were in positive correlation; school bullying had severe impacts on the social activities and personality formations of the victims. The results have provided the theoretical basis for the research on personality building of adolescent victims of school bullying.
Abstract: School bullying is on the rise around the world. The phenomenon of school bullying is a microcosm of the social environment, which means that the bullying phenomenon in the school can be magnified to the whole society, inducing and presenting as a crime, so it must be studied, controlled and prevented. In this paper, horizontal and vertical compari...
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