Personality Profiles Research Articles

Who Makes Popular Content? Information Cues from Content Creators for Users’ game Choice: Focusing on User-Created Content Platform “Roblox”

User-generated game platforms have emerged as a channel fostering creative activities in online communities. Therefore, this study reveals users’ decision making at UGG platform such as Roblox, where millions of users contribute to game creation and play the game. In particular, teenagers, who are digital natives and known as Generation Z, select a game from various UGGs on Roblox. Thus, this study focuses on how game creator information in personal profile plays a significant role in determining digital natives’ choice of UGG. Drawing the signaling theory, this research focus on creators’ abilities and popularities as indicators for UGG choices. We collect a total of 1,301 fighting games from Roblox and game creator information. To address endogeneity, a two-stage least squares(2SLS) analysis was conducted using instrumental variables. The results show that the number of limited items and followers achieved by the creator positively affect game popularity.

The Mask of Sanity? Leader Primary Psychopathy and the Effects of Leader Emotion Regulation Strategies on Followers

Individuals with psychopathic tendencies are sometimes quite capable of acquiring and maintaining leadership positions. One explanation could be that leaders with psychopathic personality profiles “hide behind the mask of sanity” by managing the public display of their emotions so that it positively affects other people's perceptions. We conducted a multisource team study (N = 306 teams) to investigate how leader primary psychopathy and emotion regulation strategies are related to follower perceptions of leader authenticity and follower trust in the leader. We found that leaders with stronger primary psychopathic tendencies would do better to adhere to a strategy of surface acting and refrain from deep acting in order to affect follower trust positively. Perceived authenticity explains the interactive effect of leader emotion regulation and psychopathy on follower trust. We also found that for leaders with higher levels of primary psychopathy deep acting is a less fruitful strategy because they lack the necessary empathic concern, and that the display of naturally felt emotions is a good strategy because it is positively associated with follower trust. We discuss whether the differential use of emotion regulation strategies might explain primary psychopaths’ upward mobility and how their use of emotion regulation strategies could help them to be perceived positively.

Influence of Social Networking Usage on Mental Health of Tribal Adolescents

Abstract From past two decades , Social Networking Sites beheld a sporadic enhancement in quantity, quality and utility. As the body of an individual is nourished by the intake of necessary mineral elements obtained through nutrition, likewise human mind is nurtured by the availability of nutrition for thoughts. Social networking sites have become an important part of modern life. They are generally defined as web-based platforms that allow individuals to create their own personal profile and build a network of connections with other users. From the dawn of internet and social networking sites, human resources of contemporary world have become more social virtually but less practically. The virtual life is isolating present generation from their other fellow beings there by affecting their health both physically as well as mentally and overall balance. Increased usage of social networking sites particularly among adolescents in the present scenario is a matter of concern for the parents, society and researchers as there are always two sides (positive and negative) of every innovation. The aim of the present research study was to explore the influence of social networking sites on mental health of the adolescents of three government secondary school of Koraput district, Odisha. For the present study, an ex-post facto research method was employed. The stratified random sampling technology was employed to select the sample where total of 150 adolescent boys and girls from class -X ( 50 from each school) were purposively selected. The data was collected by administering a standardized tool based on mental health scale upon the students and the collected data was analysed by using several statistical techniques like- Mean, SD and t-test. This, the findings showed that there was significant difference between the mental health conditions of social networking users and non-users. The findings also showed that there was also significant difference between social networking users' mental health in terms of gender and locality.

Comparison of Clinical Profile and Current Status of the Treatment Nonadherent Persons with Mental Illness: A Study from a Rural Community Mental Health Center in India

Abstract Background: Treatment nonadherence comprises a combination of individual, family, social, treatment center, and illness-related factors. In this context, the present study aims to compare the clinical profile and the current status of persons with mental illness who have discontinued their treatment at a rural community mental health center (RCMHC) in India. Materials and Methods: The persons who discontinued treatment with a diagnosis category of severe mental disorders (SMDs), common mental disorders (CMDs), and substance use disorders (SUDs) who sought treatment at RCMHC are the study population. The present study has followed a comparative research design that compares the clinical profiles of SMDs, CMDs, and SUDs. A survey method of sampling was adopted. A semi-structured interview schedule, clinical global impression (CGI), and errors in drug adherence schedule were used as measures in the study. A home visit approach, telephone contacts, and collateral information were followed to collect the data. Results: Out of the 80 respondents, only 16 (20.0%) reported improvement, and the remaining 16 (20.0%) are receiving treatment from various facilities. The rest of the 48 (60.0%) subjects were not on treatment despite being ill. The number of respondents who did not take their medication even for a day was 10 (12.5%), and another 34 (42.5%) subjects completely stopped their medication within a month. CGI-improvement highlights that nearly 47 (58.7%) respondents had shown much and very much improvement while they were on treatment. The CGI-severity of illness rating scale revealed that 54 (67.5%), i.e., nearly 2/3 of the respondents, were currently in the mild-to-extreme mentally ill category. Conclusion: Comprehensive psychosocial and community-based approaches will enhance treatment adherence in mental illness.

Person-Centered Combinations of Individual, Familial, Neighborhood, and Structural Risk Factors Differentially Relate to Antisocial Behavior and Psychopathology

Research highlights risk factors across systems, from person to community, for understanding antisocial behavior. However, limited research used person-centered analyses to investigate how individual, familial, neighborhood, and structural risk factors cluster and relate to antisocial behavior. We applied latent profile analysis to questionnaires and Census-derived data ( N = 478; Northeast sample). A five-profile solution fit best (1: Low Risk; 2: Elevated Personality Risk; 3: Elevated Family and Structural Risk; 4: Elevated Personality, Family, and Neighborhood Risk; 5: Elevated Neighborhood and Structural Risk). We compared profiles across questionnaire-based, interview-based, and criminal record outcomes. The Elevated Personality, Family, and Neighborhood Risk profile had the strongest relationship to risky behavior and an antisocial personality disorder diagnosis. The Elevated Neighborhood and Structural Risk profile showed the strongest relationship to number of crimes. These results elucidate patterns of co-occurring risk within-people, across systems, and reveal important commonalities and dissociations among forms of antisocial behavior.

Happy narratives: stories of compulsory success in contemporary fashion and lifestyle publications for women

ABSTRACT This article focuses on the “happy narratives” of successful resolution and overcoming in fashion and lifestyle publications, and interrogates their relation to the increasing politicisation of fashion and lifestyle media. Analysing the “happy narratives” of celebrity and personality profiles, the article comments on the promissory and disciplining nature of such “happy narratives,” linking them to the “psychological turn” within neoliberalism Gill and Orgad and the rise of the “consumer citizen, and situating them within the economy of visibility, which sees exposure and visibility as solutions to structural problems. The article interrogates the (in)effectiveness of “happy narratives” in approaching political issues, and demonstrates their ineptitude in engaging with complex and potentially unresolvable issues. To further this point, the article employs a discursive analytic approach to survey celebrity profiles in Vogue US and Teen Vogue, including the highly controversial profile of Olena Zelenska that appeared in the October 2022 issue of Vogue US.

From work resources to safety performance: tour guides’ job burnout and personality profiles matter

ABSTRACT Tour guides play an integral role in ensuring safe tourism; however, exactly how to improve tour guides’ safety performance remains unclear. Two studies were conducted in this research to investigate how an external factor (i.e. work resources) and an internal factor (i.e. individual situational awareness [ISA]) interact to affect safety performance. Results showed that work resources significantly influenced tour guides’ safety performance, with this effect being partially mediated by ISA. Job burnout moderated the relationship between ISA and safety performance. A multi-group analysis was performed to examine the moderating impacts of tour guides’ personality profiles. Tour guides with the ‘resilient’ profile appeared more capable of transforming work resources into ISA. These findings bolster knowledge of tourism safety management and offer practical recommendations for tour guide recruitment, management, and training to enhance group tour safety.

Interpersonal Problem Profiles of Personality and Psychopathology Constructs in Chinese Undergraduates and Offenders.

The interpersonal problem circumplex is extensively used in the field as an assessment framework for understanding the interpersonal implications of a range of personality and psychopathology constructs. The vast majority of this large literature has been conducted in Western convenience and clinical samples. We computed interpersonal problem structural summary parameters for a range of personality and psychopathology variables in two Chinese offender samples (N = 424 and N = 555) and one undergraduate sample (N = 511) to test how well findings from Western samples generalize to Chinese undergraduates and offenders. The results showed that findings in Western samples generalized reasonably well to Chinese young adult and forensic contexts, although the interpersonal profiles of external variables were less specific in Chinese samples. Compared with undergraduates, interpersonal distress has stronger associations with the mental health of offenders. This study further elaborates the interpersonal correlates of individual differences in personality and psychopathology across cultures and assessment contexts, and it also extends the literature examining interpersonal problems in forensic settings.

Job description and perception of clinical research personnel working in a network of French intensive care units

BackgroundThere is a lack of information about the organisation and management of clinical research personnel in Europe and of their professional activity in intensive care. We therefore conducted a cross-sectional survey among personnel currently working in a French intensive care research network that involves 41 centres nationwide. The aim of the survey was to describe the personnel’s personal and institutional organisation and management, their job perception in terms of satisfaction and stress, and suggestions for improvement.MethodsOver 3 months in 2023, the research personnel received an electronic questionnaire on their personal and professional profile, past and present training, workplace and functions currently performed, personal knowledge about job skills required, job satisfaction and stress by as measured on a rating scale, and suggested ways of improvement.ResultsNinety seven people replied to the questionnaire (a response rate of 71.3%), of whom 78 (57.3%) were sufficiently involved in intensive care to provide complete answers. This core sample had profiles in line with French recruitment policies and comprised mainly Bachelor/Master graduates, with nurses accounting for only 21.8%. The female to male ratio was 77:23%. Many responders declared to have a shared activity of technician (for investigation) and assistant (for quality control). More than 70% of the responders considered that most of the tasks required of each worker were major. Figures were much lower for project managers, who were few to take part in the survey. On a scale of 10, the median of job satisfaction was 7 for personal work organisation, 6 for training and for institutional organisation, and only 5 for personal career management. The median of job stress was 5 and was inversely correlated with satisfaction with career management. Respect of autonomy, work-sharing activity between investigation and quality control, a better career progression, financial reward for demanding tasks, and participation in unit staff meetings were the main suggestions to improve employee satisfaction.ConclusionThis nationwide survey provides a new insight into the activity of French clinical research personnel and points to ways to improve the quality and efficiency of this workforce.

EXPLORING SKILLS THAT CAN BE IMPARTED TO PHYSICALLY CHALLENGED YOUTH FOR SELF- RELIANCE

In every individual, there exists a rich interplay of strengths and weaknesses, a truth that extends to specially-abled individuals as well. As a society, our role becomes pivotal in championing the strengths of these individuals rather than fixating on their limitations. Embracing them as equals, not objects of sympathy, and affording them equal opportunities are foundational steps. Engaging with them in a manner that fosters a sense of belonging and offering avenues of empowerment are essential elements to enable their pursuit of fulfilling lives. The present study aims to determine the need for skill training for specially-abled youth and to assess their quality of life. This study was conducted at Rambhadracharya Divyang University, Chitrakoot. A total of 150 specially-abled youth were selected and a systematic survey and experimental method was adopted to collect the information regarding respondent's personal profile, disabilities, problems, and present needs. A questionnaire was prepared in the form of Google Form. The survey covered various aspects of textiles and apparel designing-related skills, including fabric identification, cutting, sewing, embroidery, printing, and embellishment techniques, comparing the respondents' current skills with the desired ones for the skill training. The study revealed that the quality of life of specially-abled individuals is influenced by factors like family dynamics, living conditions, family occupation, social skills, education, and personal potential. The disparity between current and required skills highlighted the necessity for professional development, aiming to enhance the overall quality of life. To address these needs effectively and sustainably, the study proposed an individual- and ecosystem-cantered approach.

Gender Differences in Adverse Events of Ketamine Drugs: A Real-World Study Based on FAERS

Objective. To identify gender differences in the adverse events (AEs) of ketamine, reduce the AEs among patients, and contribute to the advancement of personalized medicine. Methods. A normalized dataset from 2004 Q1 to the 2022 Q4 in the US Food and Drug Administration Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) was analysed. The reporting odds ratio (ROR), proportional reporting ratio (PRR), and P value were used to detect the risk signals from the data in the FAERS database and quantify the presence and extent of gender differences in ketamine AEs. Results. Totally, 5,477 ketamine (female/male (2507/1795)) AE reports were analysed, and sedation (ROR 1.30 (1.07, 1.58)), suicidal ideation (ROR 1.30 (1.03, 1.64)), nausea (ROR 1.37 (1.05, 1.78)), depression (ROR 1.22 (1.13, 1.61)), dizziness (ROR 2.25 (1.78, 2.90)), anxiety (ROR 1.48 (1.09, 1.99)), and other adverse events were found to be significantly more frequent in male patients than in female patients. Conclusion. Using FAERS, we identified gender as factors associated with ketamine-related AEs. With the limitations inherent to this open data source, our data need prospective validation but elucidate potential factors for a personalized side effect profiling.

Seeking the roots of entrepreneurship: Childhood and adolescence extraversion predict entrepreneurial intention in adults

AbstractEntrepreneurial personality research has mostly used cross‐sectional data, giving rise to the question of whether the results can be used to predict entrepreneurial outcomes. Using a unique longitudinal dataset, we investigate whether and from what age personality in childhood and adolescence predicts entrepreneurial intention in young adulthood. We cover a time span of 17 years by assessing personality at four different developmental phases (6–9, 9–12, 12–15, and 14–17 years of age) and one measurement of entrepreneurial intention in young adulthood (23–26 years of age). We employ a variable‐oriented approach by studying the Big Five traits—imagination, conscientiousness, extraversion, benevolence, and emotional stability—individually and a person‐oriented approach by studying the “entrepreneurial personality profile,” a configuration of these traits. Extraversion as measured at 9–12 years already predicts entrepreneurial intention in young adulthood. This relationship becomes stronger as the age at which extraversion is measured increases. Unlike earlier literature, we do not find clear prospective relationships regarding the other traits. Our study presents insights into the antecedents of entrepreneurial intention and highlights the importance of extraversion in childhood and adolescence. The difference between our results and those of previous cross‐sectional research highlights the importance of using longitudinal data.

Psychological profiling of hackers via machine learning toward sustainable cybersecurity

This research addresses a challenge of the hacker classification framework based on the “big five personality traits” model (OCEAN) and explores associations between personality traits and hacker types. The method's application prediction performance was evaluated in two groups: Students with hacking experience who intend to pursue information security and ethical hacking and industry professionals who work as White Hat hackers. These professionals were further categorized based on their behavioral tendencies, incorporating Gray Hat traits. The k-means algorithm analyzed intra-cluster dependencies, elucidating variations within different clusters and their correlation with Hat types. The study achieved an 88% accuracy in mapping clusters with Hat types, effectively identifying cyber-criminal behaviors. Ethical considerations regarding privacy and bias in personality profiling methodologies within cybersecurity are discussed, emphasizing the importance of informed consent, transparency, and accountability in data management practices. Furthermore, the research underscores the need for sustainable cybersecurity practices, integrating environmental and societal impacts into security frameworks. This study aims to advance responsible cybersecurity practices by promoting awareness and ethical considerations and prioritizing privacy, equity, and sustainability principles.

Temperament Based Personality Types in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Latent Profile Analysis.

Three adaptive trait-based personality types have been replicated across ages, cultures, clinical problems and clustering methods: Resilient, Undercontrolled and Overcontrolled type (RUO). Recently there is growing interest in and importance of biopsychosocial transdiagnostic factors underlying personality types, such as temperamental reactivity and self-regulation. Latter can be understood in terms of Behavioural Inhibition (BIS), Behavioural Activation Systems (BAS) and Effortful Control (EC). The occurrence of temperament based RUO types has not yet been confirmed in older adults with or without a mental disorder. Therefore, based on a person-centered approach, the current study investigates whether RUO types can be corroborated in older adults based on the aforementioned temperamental factors. Latent profile analysis yielded two distinct personality profiles in community-dwelling over-60s, which we tentatively labeled a resilient (n = 167) and overcontrolled/inhibited type (n = 241). Compared to the resilient type, the overcontrolled/inhibited type scored lower on EC and higher on BIS. We could not corroborate an undercontrolled type (profiles scored equally on BAS). Group comparisons revealed that overcontrolled/inhibited older adults demonstrated significantly more clinical symptoms, higher emotional instability, lower scores on adaptive traits, less resilience and were significantly more likely to use passive and avoidant coping styles, compared to resilient older adults.

PsychoMetricaX : Multifaceted Personality Profiling with AI-driven Insights and Intelligent Recommendations

PsychoMetricaX : Multifaceted Personality Profiling with AI-driven Insights and Intelligent Recommendations

University or Personal Sustainability— What Shapes Sustainable Entrepreneurship Intentions of Students?

The intentions and behaviour of entrepreneurs have been well researched and explored and now the limelight has shifted to sustainable entrepreneurship. The present study aims to examine the personal and institutional sustainability inclination that may help students develop their intent for sustainable entrepreneurship. Quantitative analysis with partial least squares structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) was performed with 422 samples collected from students at Indian universities. The model tested the first-order variables for university and personal sustainability and further the effect on the intentions to start sustainable entrepreneurship. The first-order variables of university sustainability are education on sustainability and campus sustainability and the students’ personal consumption profile and moral obligations for the first-order variables of personal sustainability. The findings indicated that the tendency towards sustainable entrepreneurship was more strongly influenced by personal than university sustainability inclination. Further, the results of the importance–performance map analysis (IPMA) highlighted the importance of personal sustainability as well as further advancements in ethical standards and campus sustainability to nurture students’ intentions for sustainable entrepreneurship. The findings of this study offer policymakers, researchers and higher education institutes insights to establish campuses that contribute to sustainability and reframe the educational curriculum to focus on students’ innate propensities to engage in sustainable endeavours. This article outlines the pioneering research effort into the personal and university sustainability inclination in consideration for shaping sustainable entrepreneurship intentions among students.

Maria Adriana Prolo and Museo Nazionale del Cinema Collections

This issue of the ‘Archival Notes’ column describes two richly intertwined archival collections, one personal and one institutional. Both are held at the Museo Nazionale del Cinema in Turin (MNC, Italy) and house documents pertaining to the activities of MNC’s founder and film historian Maria Adriana Prolo (1908–91). The column provides a brief personal profile, details her personal and professional challenges – which led her to compare notes with Henri Langlois of the Cinémathèque française – and sheds light on the plans, accomplishments and never-realized projects of Italy’s first (and for decades only) woman film museum director.

Role of Central and Peripheral Physiological Markers in Understanding and Monitoring the Clinical Illness in Dementia

Patients with Alzheimer's dementia are known to have electrophysiological abnormalities such as increased slow wave power of resting electroencephalography (EEG), cortical excitability as detected using EEG epileptiform and epileptic activity, and deficits in cortical plasticity detected using brain stimulation combined with EEG. Understanding these neurophysiological abnormalities is important to improve our understanding of the mechanisms leading to brain dysfunction thus leading to the development of novel treatment interventions. Further, EEG is a non-invasive, low-cost, and portable technique that is widely available and can become an important tool in monitoring illness and response to treatment. To further improve objective measures to detect and monitor clinical symptoms of dementia, recently, there has been an increased interest in the development of peripheral physiological markers such as motor activity, skin conductance and temperature, and heart rate variability. These markers can be recorded using wearable devices and have shown usefulness in monitoring neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia. Further development of these markers can improve clinical care by improving objective assessment of clinical profiles of persons with dementia living in the community or those admitted to hospitals and can help individualize care. In this session, we will first review novel findings from studies using EEG to assess central neurophysiological markers, and then discuss the role of peripheral physiological markers in the detection and monitoring of clinical symptoms of dementia in community and dementia care units.These talks will be followed by a discussion about the relevance of the central and peripheral physiological markers (biometrics) in dementia.

Comparison of Cluster Analysis and Latent Class Analysis for the Detection of Fake Responses on Personality Tests

This study compared the effectiveness of cluster analysis and latent class analysis in detecting fake responses in personality tests. A post-test control group design was employed involving 543 11th-grade students from eight different high schools in Şanlıurfa province during the 2021–2022 academic year. The experimental group was instructed to portray a positive personality profile on the test and provide deceptive responses, as their admission to a university program was contingent on this. Conversely, the control group was asked to represent themselves truthfully and provide honest responses. In this study, the initial focus was on assessing the validity and reliability of the scores obtained from the personality test. Subsequently, a comparison was made between the scores of the participants in the experimental and control groups for each sub-dimension of the personality test to determine if there was a significant difference. The findings revealed a significant difference in mean scores between the two groups, favoring the experimental group. Moreover, the results obtained from Cluster Analysis and Latent Class Analysis demonstrated that Latent Class Analysis outperformed Cluster Analysis in detecting fake respondents, exhibiting a lower error rate.

Neurophysiological and Autonomic Correlates of Metacognitive Control of and Resistance to Distractors in Ecological Setting: A Pilot Study.

In organisational contexts, professionals are required to decide dynamically and prioritise unexpected external inputs deriving from multiple sources. In the present study, we applied a multimethodological neuroscientific approach to investigate the ability to resist and control ecological distractors during decision-making and to explore whether a specific behavioural, neurophysiological (i.e., delta, theta, alpha and beta EEG band), or autonomic (i.e., heart rate-HR, and skin conductance response-SCR) pattern is correlated with specific personality profiles, collected with the 10-item Big Five Inventory. Twenty-four participants performed a novel Resistance to Ecological Distractors (RED) task aimed at exploring the ability to resist and control distractors and the level of coherence and awareness of behaviour (metacognition ability), while neurophysiological and autonomic measures were collected. The behavioural results highlighted that effectiveness in performance did not require self-control and metacognition behaviour and that being proficient in metacognition can have an impact on performance. Moreover, it was shown that the ability to resist ecological distractors is related to a specific autonomic profile (HR and SCR decrease) and that the neurophysiological and autonomic activations during task execution correlate with specific personality profiles. The agreeableness profile was negatively correlated with the EEG theta band and positively with the EEG beta band, the conscientiousness profile was negatively correlated with the EEG alpha band, and the extroversion profile was positively correlated with the EEG beta band. Taken together, these findings describe and disentangle the hidden relationship that lies beneath individuals' decision to inhibit or activate intentionally a specific behaviour, such as responding, or not, to an external stimulus, in ecological conditions.