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Visar resultat 16 - 20 av 231 avhandlingar innehållade orden personality traits.

1. 16. Utilizing research in the practice of personnel selection : General mental ability, personality, and job performance

   Författare :Sofia Sjöberg; Magnus Sverke; Katharina Näswall; Marise Born; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personnel selection; job performance; correction for range restriction; general mental ability; personality; clinical and mechanical data collection; clinical and mechanical data combination; utility; preference for hiring approach; Psychology; psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Identifying and hiring the highest performers is essential for organizations to remain competitive. Research has provided effective guidelines for this but important aspects of these evidence-based processes have yet to gain acceptance among practitioners. LÄS MER

3. 17. Mind & Well-being : The relationships between personality and health related pathology

   Författare :Markus J. T. de Ruijter; Helgi B. Schiöth; Gull Rukh; Hui Xin Wang; Uppsala universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; personality; epidemiology; cardiovascular disease; well-being; job satisfaction; autism spectrum disorder; animal models;

   Sammanfattning : The study of the associations between personality, lifestyle and health related pathology has revealed important associations. These include associations with physical health such as the onset of cardiovascular disease, but also with mental and emotional health such as depression or life satisfaction. LÄS MER

4. 18. The importance of personality, IQ and learning approaches : predicting academic performance

   Författare :Pia Rosander; Martin Bäckström; Åge Diseth; Högskolan Kristianstad; []
   Nyckelord :SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; personality; IQ; learning approaches; academic performance; high school;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of the present doctoral thesis was to examine to what extent personality traits and approaches to learning contribute to academic performance in upper secondary school (high school), after controlling for the well-known fact that general intelligence accounts for a large part of the variance. The general proposition of the thesis is that personality traits are stable dispositions and therefore predispose an individual to behave or act in a specific manner (Costa & McCrae, 1976). LÄS MER

5. 19. Aggressive Antisocial Behavior: Risk Factors and Personality Profile

   Författare :Örjan Falk; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Aggressive Antisocial Behavior; Life History of Aggression; Personality; Character maturity; Temperament and Character Inventory; Gender; Crime; Persistence; Total population registry; Prison population; Risk factors; Clinical factors;

   Sammanfattning : Background: There is an increasing knowledge that violent criminality is restricted to a group of individuals with early onset of behavioral problems. These problems often emerge in combination with substance abuse and evolve into an antisocial personality disorder when the individual reaches adulthood. LÄS MER

7. 20. Adolescents at risk of persistent antisocial behaviour and alcohol problems : The role of behaviour, personality and biological factors

   Författare :Jenny M. Eklund; Britt af Klinteberg; Per-Anders Rydelius; David P. Farrington; Stockholms universitet; []
   Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; adolescence; gender; hyperactive behaviour; biological vulnerability; personality; norm breaking behaviour; criminality; violence; alcohol problems; Psychology; Psykologi;

   Sammanfattning : Antisocial behaviour and alcohol problems are areas of great concern to society, not only associated with personal and emotional costs for the affected individuals and their victims, but also with major societal financial costs. What makes some individuals more likely than others to develop these kinds of problems? The general aim of this thesis was to explore the role of individual characteristics in the development of antisocial behaviour and alcohol problems. LÄS MER