This study tested the utility of three different models of personality, namely the social and personality model, the pathological personality traits model, and the psychological dysregulation model, in predicting overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency in a sample of detained boys (ages 12 to 18; M age = 15.31; SD = 1.16). Results indicated that the three personality approaches demonstrated different unique associations with aggression and delinquency. The psychological dysregulation approach, composed of behavioral dysregulation, emotional dysregulation, and cognitive dysregulation, emerged as the overall best predictor of overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency. After controlling for the Big Five personality traits, psychological dysregulation accounted for significant variance in overt aggression and delinquency, but not relational aggression. After controlling for callous-unemotional traits and narcissistic traits, psychological dysregulation also accounted for significant variance in overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency. Psychological dysregulation did not account for significant variance in aggression or delinquency after controlling for borderline traits. The pathological personality traits approach, comprised of callous-unemotional traits, narcissistic traits, and borderline traits performed second best. In particular, within this approach borderline traits accounted for the most unique variance, followed by narcissistic traits, then callous-unemotional traits. Borderline traits accounted for significant variance in overt aggression, relational aggression, and delinquency when controlling for the Big Five traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. Narcissistic traits only accounted for significant variance in overt aggression and relational aggression after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. CU traits only accounted for significant variance in overt aggression after controlling for the Big Five personality traits, but not after controlling for psychological dysregulation. The social and personality model, represented by the Big Five personality traits accounted for the least amount of variance in the prediction of aggression and delinquency, on its own, and when pitted against the other two personality approaches. The exception was that the Big Five personality traits accounted for significant variance in relational aggression beyond narcissistic traits, as well as psychological dysregulation. These findings have implications for assessment and intervention with aggressive and antisocial youth.

Published Article / The relationship between the big five personality traits, Extraversion, Agreeableness Neuroticism, Conscientiousness and Openness to Experience and deep and surface approaches to learning forms the basis of this article. The findings of a research study in this milieu will be presented to prove that earlier studies in this field have been upheld, but that an important deviation has occurred on certain levels of personality. A students way of learning implies the type of learning that is taking place. Ultimately we as lecturers want to encourage deep learning as this stimulates retention of information, important in production of students that are ready for employment.

This study aimed at exploring the grade nine learners' experience of career counselling at school in order to determine their ability to make informed subject and career choices. The literature review explored career education programmes and the changing world of work in South Africa. The importance of knowledge about career possibilities, personal values, personality traits and individual interests and abilities was highlighted. Qualitative research involved grade nine learners and Life Orientation teachers in individual and focus group interviews. Data analysis led to the following conclusions: Life Orientation teachers are not adequately informed about the purpose and aim of the career counselling process. Most teachers do not have the necessary knowledge and skills to support learners to make informed subject and career choices. Career counselling in grade nine does not meet the needs of the learners. / Educational Studies / M. Ed.(Psychology of education)

This research deals with personality and biographical factors in absenteeism. The literature review looks at personality traits and absenteeism. The following question must then be asked: Can the construct ”personality” be analysed and described within the context of the work environment, and can the relationship between personality, biographical factors and absenteeism be studied empirically. The empirical study focuses on measuring the relationship between personality and absenteeism. The construct ”personality” is presented within the dimensional or trait perspective. The empirical investigation is presented within the functionalistic paradigm (quantitative approach). The chosen measuring instrument, namely, the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF SA 92) was administered by means of a random sample to 72 Aviation Security Officers. The reliability of the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire was determined using the Cronbach Alpha coefficient method. To determine if personality is a predictor of absenteeism, stepwise regression analysis was done. The results indicate that the degree (category) of absenteeism is associated only with marital status and number of dependants. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / M. Comm. (Industrial Psychology)

The aim of this study was to unify a South African model of organisational trust with the globally accepted Integrative model of organisational trust on a theoretical and empirical level. The antecedents of trust in direct supervisors represented by five personality dimensions and four managerial practices were used to extract the facets of trustworthiness of ability, benevolence and integrity to create a unified trust model. Based on literature, a methodology was developed to re-assign the various dimensions on an item level into three new scales representing the antecedents of trust. Data gathered between 1995 and 2013 in South African organisations by means of the Trust Relationship Audit was used and subject matter experts reassigned the items into the three antecedents of trust. Structural equation modelling was employed to replicate the Martins (2000) model and to test the measurement and structural regression models, arriving at a five-factor model. A unified model of trust in supervisors was fitted to the data and validated. This unified model emphasises the importance of the affective component as an antecedent of trust towards supervisors in organisations in an African context. Managerial concern, based on benevolent managerial practices and communication, was found to have the biggest impact on trust. Integrity as a personality trait was the only other component that had a positive impact on trust. Contrary to most studies, ability had a minimal or negative impact on interpersonal trust in direct superiors, but is a prerequisite for high integrity and benevolence as facets of trustworthiness. Managerial ability and, to a lesser degree, a benevolent personality are necessary but not sufficient for trust to develop. Being very agreeable and competent is not sufficient to be perceived as trustworthy; managers or supervisors also need to exhibit high levels of concern and integrity. In this study the author responds to the calls in the literature that a common terminology be used in trust research. The multitude of measures causes a situation where studies and concepts cannot be compared and therefore no basis exists upon which to build trust research. Future researchers can now with confidence apply the South African model of organisational trust within the context of a globally accepted model. / Industrial and Organisational Psychology / D. Com. (Industrial and Organisational Psychology)

本研究旨在探討郵政壽險業務員個人基本屬性在工作滿足與績效上之差異情形及其人格特質對工作滿足與績效之影響，期能依據研究成果提出建議，提供予郵政管理實務上之參考。 本研究係採用問卷調查法，問卷內容包含郵政壽險業務員人格特質量表、工作滿足量表、績效量表及個人基本資料，四大部份。以中華郵政股份有限公司台中郵局為研究對象，採分層比例隨機抽樣法，計抽取20個單位，以以25％至40％之比例為抽樣基準，總計抽取526份樣本進行施測，共計回收有效問卷458份，問卷調查所得資料運用電腦統計套裝軟體SPSS for windows 10.0 版，進行因素分析、信度分析、描述性統計分析、t考驗、單因子變異數分析（one-way ANOVA）、及Pearson積差相關係數等統計方法進行處理。 本研究經實證分析歸納結論如下： 一、郵政壽險業務員之年齡漸趨中年化。 二、郵政壽險業務員之教育程度以高中（職）為主。 三、郵政壽險業務員之婚姻狀況為已婚者居多。 四、擔任主管者工作滿足感較無擔任主管者為高。 五、人格特質中具有高成就動機者其工作滿足與績效都明顯較高。 六、人格特質中屬內控型人格特質者其工作滿足與績效較高。 七、人格特質中具有高風險偏好者其工作滿足與績效也都明顯較高。 八、擔任投遞郵件工作之壽險業務員其績效高於擔任窗口工作者。 九、郵政壽險業務員之工作滿足與績效表現存在明顯正相關。 十、郵政壽險業務員之績效表現與工作滿足存在明顯正相關。 / The purpose of this research is to discuss the difference between the job satisfaction and performance that results from individual characteristics of the postal life insurance personnel. The author wishes to provide the suggestion that is obtained from the empirical results to the postal administrator in practical management. The questionnaire research method is applied to the study, which contains four parts: the postal life insurance personnel personality traits measurement, job satisfaction measurement, performance measurement, and personal basic data. The questionnaire was collected from a Stratified Sampling with Proportional Allocation of 20 postal departments of the Taichung post office. Each department samples 25 to 40 percent of the personnel. Totally, there are 526 questionnaires were distributed to the postal departments with the return of 458 valid questionnaires. The data was analyzed through the methods of Factors Analysis, Descriptive Statistics Analysis, t-Test, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson’s product-moment correlation using the SPSS for Windows 10.0 package. The empirical results of this study are summarized as follows: 1. The age of postal life insurance personnel tends towards middle age. 2. The education level of the most postal life insurance personnel is senior high (vocational) school. 3. The marital status of the postal life insurance personnel is married. 4. The job satisfaction of the supervisor is higher than the employee’s. 5. The personnel who have the personality traits of high achievement motive characteristic have a higher satisfaction and performance than others. 6. The personnel who have the personality traits of internal control characteristic have a higher job satisfaction and performance than others. 7. The personnel who have the personality traits of high risk-taking characteristic have a higher satisfaction and performance than others. 8. The personnel serving as the mail deliver have higher performance than serving as the cashier. 9. The job satisfaction is obviously and positively related to the performance of the postal life insurance personnel. 10.The performance is obviously and positively related to the job satisfaction of the postal life insurance personnel.

本研究旨在瞭解臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質與團隊領導能力之內涵與現況，探討其兩者之間的關係，進而探討臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質對團隊領導能力的影響。 本研究方法主要為訪談法以及問卷調查法，問卷調查樣本以臺北市公立幼稚園園長及教師為研究對象，共500位，樣本回收290份，回收率為58%，可用樣本為287份，可用率為57.4%。研究工具為「臺北市公立幼稚園園長團隊領導能力調查問卷」，主要包括兩大部分，首先是參考Saucier(1994)所編製的「Mini-Markers」(五大人格特質精簡量表)，經翻譯與題意修正後發展成適用於國內的「臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質量表」，第二，則是自編之「臺北市公立幼稚園園長團隊領導能力量表」。本研究所使用的統計方法包含描述性統計分析、單因子變異數分析(One-way ANOVA)、皮爾森積差相關(Pearson’s product -moment correlation)、逐步多元迴歸分析(Stepwise Multiple Regression)等方法進行分析。根據研究結果與分析後歸納之研究結論如下： 一、臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質與團隊領導能力的內涵及現況 (一)臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質包含活潑外向、友善隨和、負責認真、情緒穩定、經驗敞開等五大向度；其整體和分向度得分均為中上，其中以「友善隨和」得分最高，「經驗敞開」得分最低。 (二)臺北市公立幼稚園園長團隊領導能力包含核心領導能力、團隊塑造能力、人際智能與問題解決能力等三大向度；其整體和分向度得分均為中上，其中以「人際智能與問題解決能力」得分最高，「團隊塑造能力」得分最低。 二、不同背景變項在臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質與團隊領導能力之差異情形 (一)不同背景變項在臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質的得分方面：研究發現在最高學歷、園長年資及園所規模有顯著差異，年齡和服務年資沒有顯著差異。 (二)不同背景變項在臺北市公立幼稚園園長團隊領導能力的得分方面：研究發現在園所規模有顯著差異，而年齡、最高學歷、服務年資、園長年資等方面無顯著差異。 三、臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質與團隊領導能力之相關情形 臺北市公立幼稚園園長整體人格特質與整體團隊領導能力之間呈顯著高度正相關(r=.810，p＜.01)，人格特質各分向度與團隊領導能力各分向度之間皆呈顯著正相關。 四、臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質對團隊領導能力之預測情形 臺北市公立幼稚園園長人格特質之經驗敞開、負責認真、友善隨和、活潑外向等聯合四個向度對整體團隊領導能力、核心領導能力、團隊塑造能力有顯著的預測力，而經驗敞開、友善隨和及負責認真等聯合三個向度對人際智能與問題解決能力有顯著的預測力，其中團隊領導能力及其分向度皆以經驗敞開最具預測力。 最後，本研究根據研究發現，提出相關建議，俾供臺北市教育行政機關、臺北市公立幼稚園園長以及後續研究參考。 / The main purpose of this study was to investigate personality traits and team leadership competencies of directors for public kindergarten in Taipei City, and to explore the relationship between personality traits and team leadership competencies, and to discuss personality traits how to influence team leadership competencies. The survey method included interview and questionnaires investigation. Participants in this study were teachers and directors for public kindergarten in Taipei City, and the number of participants were 500, and 290 samples(58%) were retrieved, and 287 valid samples(57.4%) were used in this study. The measures included Mini –Markers that made by Saucier (1994) and team leadership competencies questionnaire that made by author. Data were analyzed by description statistics, one-way ANOVA, Pearson’s product -moment correlation and Stepwise Multiple Regression. Based on the statistics analysis of the questionnaire, this study finds reaches the following results: A.In the aspect of personality traits and team leadership competencies of directors for public kindergarten in Taipei City: 1.The personality traits include five parts: (1) Extraversion, (2) Agreeableness,(3) Conscientiousness,(4) Emotional stability,(5) Openness to Experience. The perception of directors and teachers were above average agreement of the five parts. For directors, the best dimension is “Agreeableness”, and the worst dimension is “Openness to Experience”. 2.The team leadership competencies include three parts: (1) Core Leadership,(2) Team Building,(3) Interpersonal Intelligence and Problem-Solving. The perception of directors and teachers were above average agreement of the three parts. For directors, the best dimension is “Interpersonal Intelligence and Problem-Solving”, and the worst dimension is “Team Building”. B.The influences of personality traits and team leadership competencies of directors for public kindergarten in Taipei City: 1.Personality Traits: highest educational degree, years of director service, and school size have significant influences on personality traits. But director’s age and years of service do not have any significant influences. 2.Team Leadership Competencies: school size has significant influences on team leadership competencies. But director’s age, highest educational degree, years of service, and years of director service do not have any significant influences. C.In the aspect of relationship between personality traits and team leadership competencies of directors for public kindergarten in Taipei City: 1.There is a significant and positive correlation between personality traits and team leadership competencies. 2.Personality traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience) do promote team leadership competencies, especially Openness to Experience.

Plusieurs études ont confirmé que certains traits de personnalité des enfants et certaines attitudes et pratiques éducatives de leurs parents constituaient des prédicteurs des comportements perturbateurs à l’adolescence. Toutefois, la majorité des recherches ont adopté un modèle postulant des relations directes et indépendantes entre ces facteurs de risque et des comportements perturbateurs. Le modèle transactionnel est plus réaliste parce qu’il postule des relations bidirectionnelles à travers le temps entre ces deux facteurs de risque. Cette étude visait à vérifier l’existence de relations bidirectionnelles entre les traits de personnalité des enfants et les attitudes parentales de leur mère mesurés à deux reprises durant l’enfance (à 6 et 7 ans), pour ensuite vérifier si les comportements perturbateurs des enfants mesurés à l’adolescence (15 ans) pouvaient être prédits par les traits de personnalité et les attitudes parentales. Les données utilisées proviennent d’une étude longitudinale prospective de 1000 garçons et 1000 filles évalués à plusieurs reprises de la maternelle à l’adolescence. Six traits de personnalité des enfants et deux attitudes parentales ont été évalués par les mères à 6 et 7 ans, alors que les diagnostics de troubles perturbateurs (trouble des conduites, trouble oppositionnel avec provocation, trouble de déficit de l’attention/hyperactivité) ont été évalués par les adolescents et les mères à 15 ans. Afin de tester les hypothèses de recherche, des analyses de cheminement (« path analysis ») multi-groupes basées sur la modélisation par équations structurales ont été utilisées. Les résultats ont confirmé la présence de relations bidirectionnelles entre les traits de personnalité de l’enfant et les attitudes parentales durant l’enfance. Toutefois, peu de relations étaient significatives et celles qui l’étaient étaient de faible magnitude. Les modèles multi-groupes ont par ailleurs confirmé la présence de relations bidirectionnelles différentes selon le sexe. En ce qui concerne la prédiction des comportements perturbateurs, de façon générale, surtout les traits de personnalité et les attitudes parentales à 6 ans (plutôt qu’à 7 ans) ont permis de les prédire. Néanmoins, peu de relations prédictives se sont avérées significatives. En somme, cette étude est une des rares à avoir démontré la présence de relations bidirectionnelles entre la personnalité de l’enfant et les attitudes parentales avec des données longitudinales. Ces résultats pourraient avoir des implications théoriques pour les modèles explicatifs des comportements perturbateurs, de même que des implications pratiques pour le dépistage des enfants à risque. / Several studies confirmed that some children’s personality traits and parental attitudes constitute risk factors of later disruptive behaviors during adolescence. However, most research has adopted a model postulating direct and independent relations between these risk factors and disruptive behaviors. The transactional model is more realistic because it postulates bidirectional relations over time between these two risk factors. Even though the transactional model is popular amongst researchers, there is in fact very little research formally demonstrating the existence of bidirectional relations with longitudinal data during childhood. This study aimed at verifying the existence of bidirectional relations between children’s personality traits and their mothers’ parental attitudes measured on two occasions during childhood (ages 6 and 7), and later verifying if individuals’ disruptive behaviors during adolescence (age 15) could be predicted by children’s personality traits and parental attitudes. The data came from a prospective longitudinal study of 1000 boys and 1000 girls assessed on various occasions from kindergarten through adolescence. Six children’s personality traits and two parental attitudes were assessed by mothers at ages 6 and 7, while the disruptive behavior diagnostics (conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) were assessed by adolescents ant their mothers at age 15. In order to test the research hypotheses, multiple-group path analyses based on structural equations modeling were used. The results confirmed the presence of bidirectional relations between children’s personality traits and parental attitudes during childhood. Nevertheless, there were few significant relations and most of them were of small size. Multiple-group models also confirmed the presence of gender-specific bidirectional relations. With regards to the prediction of disruptive behaviors, especially children’s personality traits and parental attitudes at age 6 (rather than age 7) were predictive. Nonetheless, few predictive relations turned out to be significant. Overall, this study is one of the rare to demonstrate the presence of bidirectional relations between children’s personality and parental attitudes with longitudinal data. These results could have theoretical implications for explanatory models of disruptive behaviors, as well as practical implications for early screening of children at risk.

Cette étude longitudinale visait à évaluer si les traits de personnalité des adolescents permettent de prédire leurs comportements antisociaux ultérieurs, après avoir contrôlé pour l’effet du niveau initial du comportement antisocial ainsi que celui de plusieurs facteurs de risque connus de ces comportements. L’échantillon utilisé compte 1036 adolescents provenant de huit écoles secondaires québécoises. Les adolescents ont été évalués à deux reprises, soit en secondaire 1 (12-13 ans) et en secondaire 3 (14-15 ans). Ils ont répondu à un questionnaire autorévélé. Des modèles d’équations structurales ont d’abord confirmé que la covariation entre différents comportements antisociaux des adolescents peut être expliquée par une variable latente. Les résultats ont confirmé que les traits de personnalité des adolescents à 12 et 13 ans prédisent leurs comportements antisociaux à 14 et 15 ans. En accord avec les études antérieures, l’Extraversion, le Contrôle et la Stabilité émotionnelle prédisent les comportements antisociaux futurs. Toutefois, l’effet de l’Amabilité disparait une fois que le niveau initial est contrôlé. Finalement, des modèles d’équations structurales multi-groupes ont permis de démontrer que certaines relations prédictives sont différentes selon le sexe. Les résultats de cette étude soulignent l’importance des traits de personnalité pour les théories du comportement antisocial ainsi que pour la pratique clinique. / The goal of this longitudinal study was to evaluate if personality traits in early adolescence can predict future antisocial behavior, after controlling for initial level of antisocial behavior and the influence of various known risk factors. The sample includes 1036 adolescents from eight high schools in the province of Quebec. The adolescents were evaluated twice, once during the first year of high school (12-13 years old) and once during the second year of high school (14-15 years old). Adolescents filled a self-reported questionnaire. Structural equation models first confirmed that the covariation among different antisocial behaviors can be explained by a latent variable. The results confirmed that adolescents’ personality traits at ages 12 and 13 predict their antisocial behaviors at ages 14 and 15. In accordance with previous studies, Extraversion, Conscientiousness and Emotional Stability predict future antisocial behavior. However, the effect of Agreeableness disappeared once initial level of antisocial behavior was controlled for. Finally, multiple-group structural equation models showed significant gender-specific predictive relations. The results of this study support the relevance of personality traits for both theory of antisocial behavior and clinical practice.

Det finns individuella skillnader i hur vi påverkas av stress och ett sätt att identifiera skillnaderna är att undersöka hur personlighetsdrag predicerar upplevd stress. Detta kan tillämpas vid rekrytering till yrken med särskilda krav på stresstålighet. Lazarus transaktionsmodell är ledande inom stressforskning och inom personlighetsteorier representerar femfaktormodellens (FFM) neuroticism, extraversion, öppenhet, samstämmighet och samvetsgrannhet de grundläggande personlighetsdragen. Enligt tidigare forskning utgör neuroticism en särskild sårbarhet för stress. Tre hypoteser prövades och undersökningens syftet var att predicera hur personligheten påverkar benägenheten att uppleva stress utifrån FFM, på dimensions- och facettnivå, samt att undersöka skillnader i upplevd stress beroende på kön. Etthundratolv studenter svarade på en enkät innehållande NEO-PI-R som mäter personlighetsdimensionerna samt Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) som mäter upplevd stress. Korrelationsanalyser, t-test och hierarkiska multipla regressioner gjordes. Hypoteserna om neuroticism och stress får stöd i resultatet men inte hypotesen om kön och stress. Oväntade resultat beträffande andra personlighetsdimensioner framkommer och möjliga orsaker till detta diskuteras.