This study investigated the association between two creativity indicators: Divergent Thinking (DT) and Creative Personality (CP), and key aspects of cognitive ability, personality (Big Five), and trait emotional intelligence (trait EI or trait emotional self-efficacy). The sample consisted of 175 Spanish undergraduates and recent graduates from three university subject domains: Technical & Natu...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of Type D personality and assess the relationship between this personality type and self-efficacy/social support in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). PATIENTS AND METHODS From January 1, 2014, to July 31, 2014, 532 consecutive patients with T2DM were recruited from two hospitals in Guangzhou, China. The partic...

Men who batter, because of particular personality traits and sense of entitlement, may select partners whom they perceive will be dependent on them, meet their emotional needs, or be "objects" of physical attractiveness. During treatment intake, 181 offenders responded to the question, "What attracted you to her (your partner)?" We explored whether men who mentioned their own needs or her physi...

One of the greatest challenges facing psychology and psychiatry is the schism between science and practice. The schism is especially pronounced when it comes to understanding personality. For skilled clinical practitioners, personality assessment generally means clinical case formulation: understanding the patterns of thinking, feeling, fantasizing, desiring, fearing, coping, defending, attachi...

after the victory of the islamic revolution of iran a great number of islamic jurists entered the political scene, an event which made iranian politics to a great extent under a legalist approach. considering the structure of law and the way jurists look at reality, they have a different type of personality from other politicians. using the ideal type method, this article attempts to study isla...

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) types depict the psychological preferences by which a person perceives the world and make decisions. There are 4 principal functions through which the people see the world: sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. These functions along with the Introverted\Extroverted nature of the person, there are 16 personalities types, the humans are divided into. Here...