Personality Test Research Articles

Delving into the Happiness of Professional Accountants: Examining the Interplay between Personality Traits, and Job and Life Satisfaction

This study aimed to determine accountants’ personality profiles and test which personality traits make accountants happier at work and in social life. In this context, the relationships between the personality traits of professional accountants (within the scope of the Dark Triad and Big Five) and their job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and personality-profession fit were examined. In this direction, quantitative research was designed, and professional accountants participated (N = 202) in the study. According to the findings, it is determined that the Dark Triad traits (narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy) of the accountants are at a low level. Levels of dark personality traits were negatively associated with life satisfaction, while job satisfaction and personality-occupation fit were not significantly associated. Furthermore, the highest score regarding Big Five personality traits (i.e., openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) was obtained in agreeableness among the accountants. A positive relationship was found between the openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness characteristics of accountants and their job satisfaction, life satisfaction, and personality-profession fit, while a negative relationship was detected with neuroticism. As a result, it is concluded that accounting professionals with high levels of openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness are happier in their work and lives.

Experimental Research on whether personality label will distort people’s behaviors

In the last few years ,the personality test (MBTI and Eysenck)has been gaining popularity among young people, everyone is accustomed to using an personality test result to summarize themselves, especially when socializing. Both of these tests are interesting, one of this is divided all the personalities into 16 personalities by accurately, and the other is by looking at the three dimensions of extroversion and introversionit. But the phenomenon also raises some questions: Can our personalities be changed and limited by the results of the personality test? Therefore, we conducted the following experiments for the question: including questionnaire survey, bar chart and T-test were used for data analysis. However, instead of selecting all the mbti labels in our research completely, we chose to study only a subset of the mbti labels: extroversion and introversion(e and i), in other words , using the Eysenck personality test. In this series of work, the comparison and analysis of the data found similar results to the original suspects –-personality labels does change and limit people’s behavior and thinking in a subtle way. Therefore, being one of the pioneer studies on the impact of mbti results on people, the unique value of this research lies in help most people today understand themselves better, and not be held back by the results of some test that everyone is full of infinite possibilities.

Examining the personalities of football fans according to their typologies

This study aims to determine the typologies of football fans and reveal whether personality traits differ according to typologies. In this context, 353 fans who watched the match of the team they support at least twice from the stadium in the 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 Turkish Football Super League and First League were included in the study. Based on these results, 353 fans were included in the study, and related analyses were carried out. “Fan Typology Scale” and “Adjective-Based Personality Test (ABPT)” were used as data collection tools. A two-stage hierarchical clustering analysis was used to reveal the fan typology, and the research questions were tested with analysis of variance and chi-square analyses. As a result, four types of fans were obtained in the study: hooligan, fanatic, classic, and social. When the personality traits of the obtained typologies were analyzed, it was found that extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to innovation scores were high, and emotional instability scores were average. However, it was determined that there were no statistically significant differences in the personality traits of the typologies. It is thought that the fact that the personality traits of hooligan fans showing violent tendencies are similar to the classical, social, and fanatic fans will contribute to the literature as one of the striking results of this study.

A Correlational Study on Openness to Experience Trait, Attitude and SLA Proficiency of Chinese Undergraduate Students Based on Socio- educational Model: A Research Proposal

This study took a comprehensive approach to investigate the correlation between personality traits (openness to experience), attitudes towards second language acquisition (SLA), and SLA ability among Chinese undergraduate EFL students. The study utilized the Big-Five personality test, attitude questionnaire, and speaking interviews with 35 participants, ensuring a thorough exploration of the subject. Based on socio-educational model, the study found a strong correlation between

Study on the event-related potential in recognition of emotional words between typical “five-state personality”

Objective: To explore the event-related potential (ERP) differences of people with typical traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) “five-state personality” in the task of judging the emotional attributes (positive, neutral, and negative) of Chinese words. Methods: The “five-state personality test” was applied to screen the typical TCM “five-state personality”, and three groups were established including positive personality, negative personality, and atypical personality. The differences of electroencephalogram (EEG) components in the task of judging the emotional attributes of Chinese words were collected using ERPs. The 3 personality groups ×3 words with emotional attributes were analyzed by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA). Results: The N1 and P300 components were induced successfully. The analysis on the mean values of corresponding electrodes in left frontal lobe, right frontal lobe, frontal lobe and parietal lobe showed that in the typical negative personality group, the absolute value of N1 amplitude was smaller in the prefrontal and frontal lobes, and the latency was shorter in the left frontal lobe, while in the typical positive personality group, the absolute value of N1 amplitude was larger in the left frontal lobe. In the prefrontal and frontal lobes, the N1 peak absolute value of negative words was higher and the latency was longer, and the N1 latency of neutral words was shorter. The N1 latency of positive words was shorter in the parietal lobe. In the right frontal and frontal lobes, the P300 peak of negative words was higher and the latency was longer, while the latency of positive words was longer in the parietal lobe. In addition, there was some interaction between personality groups and emotional attributes of words. Conclusion: When people with typical “five-state personality” judge the emotional attributes of words, the absolute value of N1 amplitude in left prefrontal lobe of typical positive personality group is high, while that of typical negative personality group was small and the latency is short. The P300 latency of negative words is longer in the right frontal and frontal lobes, and that of positive words is longer in the parietal lobes, with more significant difference in the positive personality group.

The influence of the personality traits of newly graduated nurses on the knowledge, skills and professional self-efficacy in standardized training: a cross-sectional study

BackgroundNew graduate nurses often have certain potential safety hazards for patients due to insufficient knowledge and lack of clinical practice ability. To address these challenges, China has implemented a standardized training strategy. The improvements in the quality of this training involve not only the intervention of teaching methods but also the consideration of personality traits.MethodsThe application software based on the BFI-2 Chinese scale was utilized to administer personality tests to nursing students; nursing students were invited to scan the QR code and voluntarily fill in a questionnaire, including basic information, personality test results, and a professional self-efficacy test scale; offline paper-based theoretical examination results of nursing students were collected before and after training. The data was then analyzed using SPSS software version 26.0, which involved descriptive analysis, one-way between-groups analysis of variance (ANOVA) and Spearman correlation analysis.ResultsBased on the data, there were no observable differences in the theoretical results before and after training across different personality traits. In terms of skill assessment, conscientiousness exhibited the highest score at 78.91 ± 2.98 points, while negative emotionality showed the lowest score at 74.59 ± 2.12 points. These differences between different personality traits are statistically significant (P < 0.001). In terms of professional self-efficacy, conscientiousness scored the highest at 98.48 ± 12.69, while negative emotionality scored the lowest at 85.89 ± 11.71, with significant differences between different personality traits (P < 0.001). Professional self-efficacy was negatively correlated with agreeableness (r = -0.150, P = 0.044) and positively correlated with conscientiousness (r = -0.310, P < 0.001). Skill scores were negatively correlated with negative emotionality (r = -0.257, P < 0.001) and positively correlated with conscientiousness (r = 0.182, P = 0.014).ConclusionsThis study shows that personality traits affect the skills test results and professional self-efficacy of nursing students. Conscientiousness scored the highest in this study, while negative emotionality scored the lowest. Therefore, personalized training plans are recommended to improve the quality of care for such nursing students and to further enhance patient safety.

Personality Traits, Emotional Regulation, and Happiness in Nursing Students: A Cross-Sectional Study

This cross-sectional study explored the relationship between emotional regulation, the Big Five personality traits, and happiness among 411 nursing students in Saudi Arabia, with an average age of 19.6. The Oxford Happiness Inventory, Big Five Personality Test, and Emotional Regulation Inventory were used as research instruments through selfadministered questionnaires. The findings revealed that nursing students had a moderate level of happiness (mean = 3.5), with students in their third year being happier than those in their first year. The most expressed personality traits among the students were agreeableness (79%) and conscientiousness (69%). Furthermore, the study discovered that cognitive reappraisal was higher among single students and those aged 19 or younger. Finally, the study identified extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and cognitive reappraisal as predictors of happiness level (adjusted R 2 = 57%). The study suggests that improving emotional regulation could enhance the happiness and well-being of nursing students.

Linking HEXACO Personality Traits to Affective Commitment and Knowledge Sharing Behaviour in Higher Education Institutions

This study aimed to assess the connection between HEXACO personality traits (i.e. honesty–humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) and knowledge sharing behaviour (KSB) of university academic staff. Moreover, based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), this study aimed to examine the underlying process through which HEXACO personality traits contribute to academics’ KSB by examining mediating role of affective commitment. With a structured questionnaire survey, the data was conveniently collected from 234 full-time university faculty members employed in 20 private universities located in Bangladesh. Structural equation modelling partial least square (SEM-PLS) was utilised to analyse the research model. The results revealed that, with the exception of emotionality, all HEXACO personality traits (i.e. honesty–humility, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) have positive direct effects on academics’ KSB. The study further showed that the effects of honesty–humility, extraversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness on KSB were significantly mediated by affective commitment. Thus, universities should focus on academics’ personality profiles to improve knowledge sharing practices within the institutions. In particular, personality test should be introduced in the selection process of university teachers to identify the candidates with desirable personality traits. The findings offer a new understanding of how HEXACO personality traits result in academics’ KSB directly as well as via affective commitment.

Critical thinking and misinformation vulnerability: experimental evidence from Colombia.

Misinformation represents a vital threat to the societal fabric of modern economies. While skills interventions to detect misinformation such as de-bunking and prebunking, media literacy, and manipulation resilience have begun to receive increased attention, evidence on de-biasing interventions and their link with misinformation vulnerability is scarce. We explore the demand for misinformation through the lens of augmenting critical thinking in an online framed field experiment during the 2022 Presidential election in Colombia. Data from roughly 2.000 individuals suggest that providing individuals with information about their own biases (obtained through a personality test) has no impact on skepticism towards news. But (additionally) showing participants a de-biasing video seems to enhance critical thinking, causing subjects to more carefully consider the truthfulness of potential misinformation.

Personality testing of large language models: limited temporal stability, but highlighted prosociality.

As large language models (LLMs) continue to gain popularity due to their human-like traits and the intimacy they offer to users, their societal impact inevitably expands. This leads to the rising necessity for comprehensive studies to fully understand LLMs and reveal their potential opportunities, drawbacks and overall societal impact. With that in mind, this research conducted an extensive investigation into seven LLMs, aiming to assess the temporal stability and inter-rater agreement on their responses on personality instruments in two time points. In addition, LLMs' personality profile was analysed and compared with human normative data. The findings revealed varying levels of inter-rater agreement in the LLMs' responses over a short time, with some LLMs showing higher agreement (e.g. Llama3 and GPT-4o) compared with others (e.g. GPT-4 and Gemini). Furthermore, agreement depended on used instruments as well as on domain or trait. This implies the variable robustness in LLMs' ability to reliably simulate stable personality characteristics. In the case of scales which showed at least fair agreement, LLMs displayed mostly a socially desirable profile in both agentic and communal domains, as well as a prosocial personality profile reflected in higher agreeableness and conscientiousness and lower Machiavellianism. Exhibiting temporal stability and coherent responses on personality traits is crucial for AI systems due to their societal impact and AI safety concerns.

Preferring to work from home

AbstractWhat sort of people like to work from home (WFH)? In this study 1185 adults from different sectors and countries completed a work-related personality test (HPTI) and a self-esteem measure as well as indicating their preference for WFH. Correlations showed that those who were less Adjusted, Conscientious, and Risking Taking showed a preference for WFH. The regression suggested the strongest indicator was sex, degree status, and trait Conscientiousness. We split the sample by sex, age and education and reran the six regressions. Conscientiousness was consistently significant, though other personality factors were important for non-graduates. Explanations and implications of this finding are discussed. The limitations of a cross-sectional study using only self-report data is acknowledged.

Less is more? A review of psilocybin microdosing.

The applications of psilocybin, derived from 'magic mushrooms,' are vast, including a burgeoning practice known as microdosing, which refers to the administration of sub-hallucinogenic doses of psychedelic substances to obtain benefits without experiencing significant cognitive and perceptual distortion. However, current research is fairly new with several limitations and gaps that hinder adequate conclusions on its efficacy. This semi-structured review aimed to identify and highlight research gaps in the field of psilocybin microdosing for future research. A Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses based strategy was employed, utilizing a chain of keywords and key phrases across multiple databases, augmented by a cross-sectional Google search for relevant grey literature in the form of the top 10 search results. A total of 40 studies and 8 unique websites were identified, summarized and tabulated into four distinct categories, namely non-clinical, clinical, observational and anecdotal evidence. The majority of available evidence originates from observational studies, while non-clinical and clinical study findings remain comparatively sparse and inconsistent. Web-based findings were consistent with current research findings. Key research gaps were highlighted: the imperative for more randomized placebo-controlled trials, exploration of dose-response ranges, psychological and personality testing of participants, utilization of active placebos, greater diversity in study populations, an increase in psilocybin-exclusive microdosing studies and the refinement of animal models. Definitive conclusions regarding the efficacy of psilocybin microdosing remain elusive, emphasizing the need for further study. Numerous research gaps necessitate consideration for future investigations.

A - 146 Psychiatric Drugs Can Precipitate Neuropsychological Predicates of Homicide

Abstract Objective A man inexplicably killed his beloved wife. He had no history of violence, was a prominent member of the community, and gave no indications of the impending horrific act. He had been recently commenced treatment with psychiatric drugs, and his condition deteriorated, culminating in homicide. After his incarceration, he stopped taking psychiatric drugs and his mental health improved. Many practitioners are not aware that psychiatric drugs can create a risk for violence - or precursors of violence - such as anger, hostility, and agitation. This risk is often described on the product label. Method The subject was an intensive care nurse who became exhausted and despondent serving long hours during the Covid epidemic, when many of his patients were put on ventilators and died. He had suffered panic attacks from his difficulty breathing through the respiratory masks. He temporarily left employment and sought psychiatric assistance for his professional “burn-out” condition. After three doses of venlafaxine, he reported side effects including increased anxiety, blood pressure and heart rate. He was then prescribed escitalopram without tapering of the venlafaxine. As his anxiety progressed, he was prescribed escitalopram once daily and buspirone three times daily, yet he continued to deteriorate until the homicide. Results Expert genetic analysis found susceptibility to the psychiatric drugs prescribed. The neuropsychological evaluation, months post-homicide, found excellent neuropsychological function, although psychomotor and processing speed was deficit. Personality testing found no disorders, with a profile inconsistent with violent behavior. Conclusions Prescribers need to monitor patients carefully for potentially adverse and violent outcomes of treatment.

The degenerate coding of psychometric profiles through functional connectivity archetypes.

Degeneracy in the brain-behavior code refers to the brain's ability to utilize different neural configurations to support similar functions, reflecting its adaptability and robustness. This study aims to explore degeneracy by investigating the non-linear associations between psychometric profiles and resting-state functional connectivity (RSFC). The study analyzed RSFC data from 500 subjects to uncover the underlying neural configurations associated with various psychometric outcomes. Self-organized maps (SOM), a type of unsupervised machine learning algorithm, were employed to cluster the RSFC data. And identify distinct archetypal connectivity profiles characterized by unique within- and between-network connectivity patterns. The clustering analysis using SOM revealed several distinct archetypal connectivity profiles within the RSFC data. Each archetype exhibited unique connectivity patterns that correlated with various cognitive, physical, and socioemotional outcomes. Notably, the interaction between different SOM dimensions was significantly associated with specific psychometric profiles. This study underscores the complexity of brain-behavior interactions and the brain's capacity for degeneracy, where different neural configurations can lead to similar behavioral outcomes. These findings highlight the existence of multiple brain architectures capable of producing similar behavioral outcomes, illustrating the concept of neural degeneracy, and advance our understanding of neural degeneracy and its implications for cognitive and emotional health.

Personality traits of the small and medium oil palm farmer and crop productivity

Personality traits are the intrinsic factors that shape each person's behavior in different scenarios, situations, and contexts. Therefore, the present study, carried out in the municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander, was proposed with the objective of analyzing the personality traits of the small and medium oil palm growers of the associations ASOPALSER and ASOPALCATDOS of the municipality of Tibú, Norte de Santander, Colombia, which affected the Productivity of the crop in the period 2020-2021. The methodology used had a quantitative and descriptive approach, where two associations of small-scale African palm oil producers were chosen, Asopalser and Asopalcatdos, totaling 101 small producers, a population to which the Big Five test was applied, which measures five personality traits: extraversion, agreeableness, responsibility, neuroticism, and openness to change. The mean scores of the individuals were analyzed to detect which traits were most frequently present, and then the correlation with Productivity was studied, taking as a measure the income of each association. The results indicate that most of the population presents a medium level in terms of the final score for the personality traits evaluated, highlighting extraversion, neuroticism, and openness to change, which also have the highest coefficients with respect to Productivity. On the other hand, it was found that the correlation between personality traits and Productivity is low for all the dimensions, which leads to rejecting the hypotheses of the study. For this reason, group activities are proposed to improve this, and the other dimensions are evaluated in the personality test in order to improve the Productivity of the producers

Personality Testing in Employee Selection: Challenges, Controversies and Future Directions

Personality Testing in Employee Selection: Challenges, Controversies and Future Directions

The Enneagram: Personality Testing to Improve Your Engagement with Your Team and Patients

I learned about personality testing as a psychology major in undergraduate school. There are many different methods used to identify personality types, including the Myers-Briggs, one of the most used by industry to understand an organization’s or team’s strengths and weaknesses. Enneagrams are based on an ancient philosophic tradition and are used to better understand ourselves and those around us.

INOVASI GAMIFIKASI WEBSITE PERSY PERFUME SEBAGAI PENGALAMAN KONSUMEN DALAM PEMILIHAN PARFUM KEPRIBADIAN SECARA DIGITAL

This research will discuss how the gamification innovation of the Persy Perfume website in providing a consumer experience for digital personality perfume selection. The trend of using perfume products in Indonesia is increasing, marked by the emergence of many local perfume brands with globally competitive quality. However, product innovation is needed to increase consumer interest in using the product, one of the strategies that can be used is to provide a consumer experience in purchasing products. Persy Perfume is a local brand that uses the aroma of Indonesian spices as a unique selling product and elevates the local culture of wayang as a variant of each scent. Persy through its website provides a consumer experience through "Petualangan Persy Aroma" as a form of innovation in the form of personality test gamification to provide perfume scent recommendations that match the consumer's personality in digital purchases. This research is research with a qualitative descriptive method, to find out how gamification innovations in providing consumer experience to increase consumer interest in shopping for perfume digitally. The result found is that Persy Perfume has found a new innovation in providing a consumer experience through the " Petualangan Persy Aroma", this is an interesting innovation and a new way in the perfume industry to provide a digital consumer experience. By providing a new experience for consumers, this can invite interest from potential consumers to buy the product.

USE OF TECHNOLOGIES OF HIGHER NERVOUS ACTIVITY AND PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL HUMAN FUNCTIONS STUDYING IN EXTREME CONDITIONS

Applied techniques and some results of studies the higher nervous activity (HNA) of the people, their psychophysiological functions (PFF) by Ukrainian scientists and doctors were described, as well as influences of extreme conditions on HNA. Aim. Results of the influence of extreme mountain conditions at high altitudes (hypoxia, etc.) demonstration and further research of changes in the psychophysiological functions of the brain under these conditions; description of the developed methods of professional selection. Methods. Comparative analysis of a large number of the data from experiments and observations. Physical, mathematical, program modeling. Methods of HNA, brain research: electroencephalography, diagnosis of personal neurodynamic features, etc. Three methods of PFF research: parameters of the neurodynamic level, parameters of the neuropsychological level, and personal specifics. The adapted questionnaire scheme (QS) based on Cattell's 16-factor personality tests was applied. Results. The influence of hypoxia and other factors of mountain conditions on HNA were studied deeply. The results were presented. Also, there were presented results of registered changes of EEG in such extreme conditions. The influence of a number of stress factors in extreme conditions (hypoxia, etc.) has been demonstrated. Some basic methods of HNA researches used in such conditions were described as well as results of investigations of individual typological features of the nervous systems were presented. Methods for human psychophysiological functions studying were described. Studies of human personal characteristics were described in details. Data recorded by the PNN-3 device were taken for the diagnosis of personal neurodynamic features. The parameters of the neuropsychological level were determined using the following methods: "triangles" (the level of development of short-term visual memory), "instrument scales" (working memory, attention functions, etc.), and "red and black tables" (allocation and switching of attention). Personality structures, features, and types of behavior of operators in stressful situations were estimated basing on adapted QS by Cattell. Mathematical models of the reliability of human nervous system functioning under extreme conditions were developed. Conclusions. The obtained results were taken as the basis for the developed professional selection methods for special contingents, pilots, operators, etc. Physical, mathematical, and program models of the reliability of the human nervous system functioning in these conditions were proposed.

THE INFLUENCE OF THE PSYCHO-EMOTIONAL STATE ON THE REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH OF WOMEN AFTER THE EXPERIENCED DISEASE OF COVID-19

Introduction. The coronavirus disease (COVID-19) recognized as a pandemic caused by the rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus has become a serious challenge for the health care system around the world. Consequences of psychological health during recovery from COVID-19 can contribute to social alienation, social isolation, and economic losses. In particular, it remains to be investigated how the reproductive system can be directly or indirectly affected by SARS-CoV-2, in the long-term, precisely against the background of psycho-emotional changes. Aim. To study the psycho-emotional state of women and the impact on the reproductive system due to the impact of SARS-CoV-2. Materials and methods. In order to determine the impact of changes in the psycho-emotional state after suffering from the COVID-19 disease on the reproductive function of women with infertility, we included 80 patients who applied to the Carpathian Center for Human Reproduction in Ivano-Frankivsk in the period 2020–2022 for infertility treatment in a comprehensive examination, aged 18–40. Results. Vegetative dysfunction syndrome (VD), which was previously called vegetovascular dystonia (VDD), is attracting the attention of researchers again, in particular in association with "long-Covid-19", an increase in stressogenic loads. Currently, in world medicine, the term somatoform autonomic dysfunction is used, which most often refers to symptoms that are a consequence of another disease. Personal psycho-emotional characteristics of patients play a certain role in the occurrence and course of diseases, especially psychosomatic ones, which include the long-COVID-19 syndrome. A strong correlation of the severity of SVD with three main scales of the FPI personality test was established: with neuroticism (the strongest direct relationship, ρ = 0.72), depression (strong direct relationship, ρ = 0.64) and equanimity (strong inverse relationship, ρ = -0.61). Thus, the vast majority of women with long-Covid-19 were in an anxious state (91.2% vs. 30.0% of women in the control group, p&lt;0.05), 22.5% had an anxiety level of 11 or higher and corresponded to clinically expressed, only 5.5% patients with clinically expressed anxiety were found in the group without COVID-19 (p&lt;0.05). Clinically expressed depression in the main group was diagnosed 5 times more often than in the control group (13.8% vs. 2.5%, respectively, p&lt;0.05). Conclusions. Disturbance of the psycho-emotional state in women with impaired fertility of reproductive age after suffering from Covid-19 has an impact on the effectiveness of infertility treatment. Understanding the mechanisms of the impact of the SARS-CoV-2 virus on the psycho-emotional state of women with infertility will contribute to the search for ways to prevent reproductive losses and pregnancy complications in women who have experienced COVID-19.