Based on cognitive concepts of personality disorders as well as on the bio-social model of borderline personality disorder (BPD), a 34-item instrument, the questionnaire of thoughts and feelings (QTF) was developed for the assessment of feelings, strategic cognitions, and assumptions characteristic for BPD. In different studies, item- and factor analyses were conducted with a dataset of N=646 c...

A short five-factor personality inventory developed from the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) was implemented as an online questionnaire and completed by 2,448 participants. Following factor analyses, a revised version was created with acceptable reliability and factor univocal scales. As preliminary evidence of construct validity, support was found for 25 hypothesized links with self...

BACKGROUND Ayurveda inventories for prakriti (constitution) have been developed and validated for adults. Children, however, require different categories of quarter and questions, for example, to assess the intelligence, the questions can be related to their scholastic performances. OBJECTIVE To develop and standardize an inventory to assess the prakriti of the children, and to compare with C...

We examined measurement invariance and age-related robustness of a short 15-item Big Five Inventory (BFI-S) of personality dimensions, which is well suited for applications in large-scale multidisciplinary surveys. The BFI-S was assessed in three different interviewing conditions: computer-assisted or paper-assisted face-to-face interviewing, computer-assisted telephone interviewing, and a self...

The aim of this study was to investigate 30-metre sprint performances athletes with and without finish line in terms personality traits. A total 61 male an age, height body weight mean 19.98±1.52 years, 173.16±.007 cm 65.49±10.06 kg, respectively, voluntarily participated the study. In order achieve aim, traits different branches values were measured twice. first taken by suggesting "Think that...

Hollon and Kendall's (1980) Automatic Thoughts Questionnaire (ATQ-30) was designed to identify and measure the frequency of occurrence of automatic negative thoughts associated with depression. This 30-item self-statement inventory was constructed and cross-validated using male and female undergraduates as subjects. The present study examined the applicability of the ATQ-30 to clinical populati...