the aim of this study was to determine the relationship between entrepreneurial personality characteristics and small and medium-sized sport enterprises start-up (smses). the methodology of this study was descriptive-correlation. population consisted of small and medium-sized sport enterprises (n=1500) and their owners and/or managers were randomly selected as the sample (n=258). for data colle...

the purpose of this research was to study deterrent factors for entrepreneurship in relation with personality and environmental characteristics for graduates of agriculture. the statistical population of the research is composed of graduates (n=98) have been able to establish a business in the field of agricultural production, in boushehr province (one of the southern provinces of iran). validi...

Personality effects on perceived support from social relationships and vice versa were longitudinally studied over adolescence. Within personality, core (Big Five personality traits) and surface characteristics (global self-worth, perceived peer acceptance, and loneliness) were distinguished. Core, but not surface, characteristics at age 12 predicted support from both parents and peers at age 1...

The objective of the present study was to examine the relationship between mental health and personality characteristics among students. A total of 300 participants were randomly selected from Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, India. Mental health was measured by mental health inventory and personality characteristics were measured by neo-five factor inventory. Correlation, regression and ind...

aim and background: insecure attachment style is one of the important effective factors in many mental disorders. the aim of this study was to compare the positive, negative and disorganized schizotypal characteristics in secure, avoidance and anxiety attachment patterns among students of tabriz university, iran. methods and materials: in this cross-sectional descriptive study 300 students (150...

background: aggressive personality changes are one of the most prevalent neuropsychiatric disorders after traumatic brain injury (tbi). it may lead to serious impairments in social relations and affect rehabilitation process. present research was performed to identify the determinant factors of personality change of aggressive characteristics after tbi. methods: 238 tbi patients (195 men and 43...

Five questionnaires measuring altruistic and aggressive tendencies were completed by 573 adult twin pairs of both sexes from the University of London Institute of Psychiatry Volunteer Twin Register. The questionnaires measured altruism, empathy, nurturance, aggressiveness, and assertiveness. The intraclass correlations for the five scales, respectively, were .53, .54, .49, .40, and .52 for 296 ...

Throughout history, men have tended to be more violent than women. Evolutionary theories suggest that this sex difference derives in part from their historically greater need to compete with other men over access to potential mates. In the current research, men and women (Experiment 1) or men only (Experiments 2 and 3) underwent a mating motive prime or control prime, and then performed a task ...