Psychologists and human resources personnel have used personality profiling as a predictor of human behavior in various environments for many decades. Knowing the personality traits of a particular individual allows management to tailor an environment ideally suited for an individual, attempting to maximize a person's productivity and job satisfaction. Measurements of personality are classically achieved through a self-reporting survey. This method has a potential inaccuracy due to its lack of objectivity and a bias due to cultural influences. This research explores the relationships between specific computer user behavior patterns and personality profiles. The results may provide a partial map between personality profile traits and computer user behavior. In an attempt to discover such correlations, forty-five fraternity and sorority students from Texas A&M University were selected to participate in a personality survey and three computer based tests. One test measured the subject's perceptive abilities, another measured their decision-making requirements, and a third measured their methods employed in organizing a task. The results show conclusively that some personality profile traits do influence how people visually interpret information presented on a computer screen. Individuals who exhibit high conscientiousness or agreeableness scores on a personality assessment survey take less time to find an icon among a collection during an icon search test. However, the results also show a significantly large variability in individuals, indicating that many other factors may influence attempts to measure an individual's personality traits. This indicates that the tests presented in this study, even though they show that behavior is related to personality traits, cannot be used as diagnostic tools. Further research will be required to obtain that goal.

It is to be observed that delinquent children are socially and to a degree, emotionally maladjusted. This social and emotional maladjustment includes: I. Children who are extremely disruptive, destructive, hostile, impulsive and delinquent. II. Children who are immature, overfearful, withdrawn, uncommunicative, apathetic, and readily thrown off balance. III. Children of good intelligence but with severe learning disabilities resulting in poor academic achievement. One rarely finds such a child who does not also manifest a more general pattern of emotional disorders. IV. Children with severe psychic disorders as diagnosed by clinicians. The adherents of the psychiatric approach to delinquency have typically regarded antisocial behavior as a result of emotional disturbance in an individual. All deviant behavior is seen as a make-up of something in the individual which may be labeled variously as personal disorganization, intrapsychic conflict, or "maladjusted personality," and this psychological "sickness" interferes with the normal development of conformity (Aichhorn, 1935 ; Fenichel, 1945; Karpman, 1935; Redland and Wineman, 1951, 1952; Zilborg, 1943). There is an extensive overlapping and interchanging of symptoms among these children. However, it was noted from a review of the literature and from a study of a fairly large sample at the Utah State Industrial School (here-in-after referred to as SIS) that there are several reasonably well differentiated fundamental patterns of behavior displayed by maladjusted children.

The purpose of this study is to analyze the relationships between stress and outcomes including organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), job satisfaction, and burnout in high-risk occupations. Moreover, how personality, emotions, coping, and leadership influence this relationship is investigated. Data were collected from 379 officers in 9 police organizations located in the Southern and Southwest United States. The primary research question addressed within this dissertation is: What is the relationship between stress and behavioral and affective outcomes in high-risk occupations as governed by coping, leadership, and crisis? The majority of the hypothesized relationships were supported, and inconsistencies center on methodological and theoretical factors. Findings indicate that occupational stressors negatively influence individuals in high-risk occupations. Moreover, crisis events exacerbate these influences. The use of adaptive coping strategies is most effective under conditions of low stress, but less so under highly stressful circumstances. Similarly, transformational leader behaviors most effectively influence how individuals in high-risk occupations are affected by lower, but not higher levels of stress. Profiles of personality characteristics and levels of emotional dissonance also influence the chosen coping strategies of those working in high-risk occupations. Prescriptively, it is important to understand the influences among the variables assessed in this study, because negative outcomes in high-risk occupations are potentially more harmful to workers and more costly to organizations. Thus, this dissertation answers the research question, but much work in this area remains to be done.

Bakgrunden för denna studie är problematiken kring beslutsfattande. Tidigare forskning visar att en individ dagligen fattar en mängd medvetna och omedvetna beslut. Dessa beslut faller sig olika utefter vilka erfarenheter, preferenser och känslor individen har och hur detta påverkar individen vid köp av dyra sällanköpsvaror. Syftet med studien är att identifiera faktorer och personlighetstyper som influerar köparens beslut gällande dyra sällanköpsvaror. / The aim of this study is to identify factors and personality characteristics influencing the buyer's decision regarding expensive durable goods. The findings suggest how to apply knowledge and awareness of the decision process in on-site presentation to improve the efficiency of the selling process from the sellers’ perspective.

The thesis offers results of a research which has been conducted to look for and describe the typical personal characteristics of a change manager using Predictive Index tool and Kotter´s 8 steps process of change management. The thesis also offers set of practical recommendations for change management leaders as well as for the organizations.

En el present treball analitzem el maltractament contra les dones exercit per la parella o el cònjuge a través d'un estudi de naturalesa exploratòria, transversal i descriptiu. Hem avaluat a un total de 43 dones amb l'Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II, Millon, 1999), la Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS, Spanier, 1976), i una adaptació de l'Entrevista Semiestructurada sobre Maltractament Domèstic (Echeburúa, Corral, Sarasua, Zubizarreta i Sauca, 1994). Concloíem que: 1) es tractava d'un conjunt de dones maltractades que es caracteritzaven per haver patit experiències de maltractament greus en les seves relacions de parella, pel que fa a intensitat, duració, freqüència i extensió, 2) si bé per una banda el grup de dones maltractades valorava la qualitat i l'ajustament de les seves relacions de parella d'una forma deficient i insatisfactòria; per l'altra, alguns aspectes de la relació quedaven preservats, 3) no es constatava la presència clínicament significativa de simptomatologia ansiosa i depressiva en més de la meitat de les dones estudiades. No s'observaren diferències simptomatològiques entre les dones d'ambdós recursos assistencials, 4) trobàrem alteracions en els seus estils de personalitat on predominaven els perfils esquizoides, dependents, i evitatius i 5) les dones que havien patit maltractament en la seva infantesa es diferenciaven de les que no respecte a algunes circumstàncies del maltractament i en determinades escales de personalitat i clíniques, mostrant major gravetat psicopatològica. Caldrà que futures recerques amb mostres més àmplies determinin l'abast d'aquesta aportació. / En el presente trabajo analizamos el maltrato contra las mujeres ejercido por la pareja o el cónyuge a través de un estudio de naturaleza exploratoria, transversal y descriptivo. Hemos evaluado a un total de 43 mujeres con el el Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II, Millon, 1999), la Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS, Spanier, 1976), y una adaptación de la Entrevista Semiestructurada sobre Maltrato Doméstico (Echeburúa, Corral, Sarasua, Zubizarreta y Sauca, 1994). Concluíamos que: 1) se trataba de un conjunto de mujeres maltratadas que se caracterizaban por haber sufrido experiencias de malos tratos graves en sus relaciones de pareja, respecto a su intensidad, duración, frecuencia y extensión, 2) aunque por un lado el grupo de mujeres maltratadas valoraba la calidad y el ajuste de sus relaciones de pareja de forma deficiente e insatisfactoria; por otro lado, algunos aspectos de la relación quedaban preservados, 3) no se constataba la presencia clínicamente significativa de sintomatología ansiosa y depresiva en más de la mitad de las mujeres estudiadas. No se observaron diferencias sintomatológicas entre las mujeres de ambos recursos asistenciales, 4) hallamos alteraciones en sus estilos de personalidad, predominando los perfiles esquizoides, dependientes, y evitativos, y 5) las mujeres que habían sufrido malos tratos en su infancia se diferenciaban de las que no respecto a algunas circunstancias del maltrato y en determinadas escalas de personalidad y clínica, mostrando mayor gravedad psicopatológica. Futuras investigaciones con muestras más amplias deberán determinar el alcance de esta aportación. / In this work we analyse mistreatment towards women by their partner or spouse. This is an exploratory study, and we use a descriptive transversal design. 43 battered women were assessed in total, with the Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-II (MCMI-II, Millon, 1999), the Dyadic Adjustment Scale (DAS, Spanier, 1976), and an adapted version of the Semi-structured Interview on Domestic Mistreatment (Echeburúa, Corral, Sarasua, Zubizarreta, and Sauca, 1994). We concluded that: (1) the sample was a group of mistreated women characterised by having suffered from severe mistreatment experiences in their couple relationships, concerning intensity, length, frequency, and extension; (2) although on the one hand the group of mistreated women assessed the quality and adjustment of their couple relationship as deficient and dissatisfactory, on the other hand, some aspects of their relationships were protected; (3) there was no clinically significant presence of anxious and depressive symptomatology in more than half the women under study. There were no symptomatological differences between women in both heath care services groups; (4) there were alterations in their personality styles, with a predominance of schizoid, dependent and avoidant profiles; and (5) women that had been mistreated during their childhood were distinguished from those who had not with regards to some circumstances of mistreatment and to certain personality and clinical scales, showing higher psychopathological severity. Future research should deal with wider samples to delimit the scope of this contribution.