employee's happiness is related to engagement, growth of task security, job and family consent that can be resulted from characteristic and environmental factors. the purpose of this research was to study the relationship between personality characteristics with happiness and job satisfaction among employees of vali-e-asr university of rafsanjan. therefore 150 employees were selected rando...

BACKGROUND Personality with stable behavioural traits emerges in the adolescent and young adult years. Models of putatively distinct, but correlated, personality traits have been developed to describe behavioural styles including schizotypal, narcissistic, callous-unemotional, negative emotionality, antisocial and impulsivity traits. These traits have influenced the classification of their rela...

Males and females score differently on some personality traits, but the underlying etiology of these differences is not well understood. This study examined genetic, environmental, and prenatal hormonal influences on individual differences in personality masculinity-femininity (M-F). We used Big-Five personality inventory data of 9,520 Swedish twins (aged 27 to 54) to create a bipolar M-F perso...

Personality disorders are a considerable risk factor for suicidal behavior. In psychological autopsy studies, individuals with personality disorders are frequently found among suicide victims. Suicidal attempts (which are a major risk factor for completed suicide) are also an important issue among affected patients. We performed careful MedLine, Excerpta Medica, PsycLit and PsycINFO searches fr...

Grit-perseverance and passion for long-term goals-has been shown to be a significant predictor of academic success, even after controlling for other personality factors. Here, for the first time, we use a U.K.-representative sample and a genetically sensitive design to unpack the etiology of Grit and its prediction of academic achievement in comparison to well-established personality traits. Fo...

Specific personality traits have been linked with substance use disorders (SUDs), genetic mechanisms, and brain systems. Thus, determining the specificity of personality traits to types of SUD can advance the field towards defining SUD endophenotypes as well as understanding the brain systems involved for the development of novel treatments. Disentangling these factors is particularly important...

This article is a sequel to a series of articles where the authors (1) gleaned the personality knowledge based on the five personality traits and six facets for each trait to form a basis for fuzzy agents with personality; (2) promoted the concept of dynamic personality for fuzzy agents; and (3) pointed out the pivotal relationships of personality trait openness with both problem solving abilit...

Young, novice drivers constitute a disproportionate percentage of fatalities and injuries in road traffic accidents around the world. This study, attempts to identify motivational factors behind risky driving behavior, and examines the role of personality, especially sensation seeking, impulsivity and sensitivity to punishment/reward in predicting negative driving outcomes (accident involvement...

There is an ongoing debate on which risk factors for developing posttraumatic stress symptoms are more important--personality traits reflecting vulnerability, previous stressful experiences or characteristics of the traumatic event. In this study, posttraumatic stress symptoms and their relationship with personality traits, previous stressful experiences and exposure to stressful events during ...

background: professional identity is a part of human identity and career has a beneficial impact on psychological health. the importance of personality in job achievement has also been increasingly concerned in economics. objective: to compare the big five personality factors between employed and unemployed persons. materials and methods: this study was an applied cross sectional analytic descr...