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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
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RELAÇÃO ENTRE COPING, TRAÇOS DE PERSONALIDADE E APOIO SOCIAL E SUAS REPERCUSSÕES EM SOBREVIVENTES DE QUEIMADURAS GRAVES / RELATIONSHIP AMONG COPING, PERSONALITY TRAITS, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AND ITS REPERCUSSIONS ON BURN SURVIVORS

Frota, Priscilla Maria Pires 01 December 2010 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2016-07-27T14:22:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Priscilla Maria Pires Frota.pdf: 4466873 bytes, checksum: 737dd748e5c812cead9713d22cb32acb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-12-01 / Previous studies have demonstrated that both the experience of stressing events and the strategies chosen to deal with them greatly influence people s adaptation and welfare. Taking this into consideration, the main goal of the present study was to examine the existence of correlation among the use of coping strategies, personality, and social support in a group of burn survivors. Initially, a theoretical review on the aforementioned themes was carried out, and, posteriorly, an empirical study was developed. In order to perform the empirical study, the participants answered questions regarding their sociodemographics. For the extraction and evaluation of data such as the coping strategies adopted, social support received and perceived from the social network of each participant, as well as the personality traits, the following instruments were used: Coping Strategy Indicator, Personality Markers, and MOS Social Support Survey. The results obtained evidenced that the sample analyzed presented correlation among the variables coping, personality markers, and social support, demonstrating that socialization correlated positively with reported social support whereas neuroticism correlated negatively with reported social support. It is important to emphasize that, differently from other studies, no significant relationships were found between social support and coping in the sample analyzed. These data are useful to a better planning of the types of intervention that should be implemented in the treatment of burn survivors, based on their peculiarities, so that their results and consequent adaptation to the new routine can be optimized. / Estudos anteriores demonstraram que não apenas a vivência de eventos estressantes como também as maneiras escolhidas para enfrentar estas situações muito influenciam na adaptação e bem-estar das pessoas. Em função disso, o presente estudo teve como objetivo principal investigar a existência de correlação entre o uso de estratégias de coping, personalidade e apoio social para um grupo formado por sobreviventes de queimaduras graves. Em um primeiro momento, foi realizada revisão teórica sobre os temas acima citados e, posteriormente, foi desenvolvido um estudo empírico. Para a realização do estudo empírico, os participantes responderam a perguntas relativas aos seus dados sociodemográficos. Também foram submetidos à aplicação dos instrumentos Coping Strategy Indicator, Marcadores de Personalidade e Questionário de Apoio Social (Escala de MOS) para a extração e a avaliação de dados como as estratégias de coping adotadas, o apoio social recebido e percebido da rede social de cada sujeito, além de características de personalidade. Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram que, na amostra pesquisada, houve correlação entre as variáveis coping, marcadores de personalidade e apoio social, demonstrando que quanto maior a pontuação em socialização, maior o relato de apoio social, assim como quanto maior a pontuação em neuroticismo, menor o relato de apoio social. Ressalta-se que, diferentemente de outros estudos, não foram encontradas relações significativas entre apoio social e coping na amostra avaliada. Esses dados são úteis para melhor planejar os tipos de intervenção que devem ser implementados no tratamento de sobreviventes de queimaduras graves, com base em suas particularidades, de modo a otimizar seus resultados e a consequente adaptação ao novo cotidiano.
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Identificação da tipologia psicológica em pacientes com câncer de esôfago / Identification of psychological type in patients with esophageal cancer

Pinto, Stela Duarte 29 November 2016 (has links)
O Câncer de Esôfago é uma das neoplasias mais agressivas do trato gastrointestinal; é considerado como a nona neoplasia mais comum no mundo, além de ter altas taxas de mortalidade. A doença pode ser desencadeada por hábitos de vida, tais como etilismo e tabagismo, e também por fatores intrínsecos ao indivíduo. De todo modo, interfere significativamente em vários setores da vida do sujeito. Uma doença como o câncer pode conter uma tentativa simbólica para compensar uma atitude unilateral do indivíduo, ao relacionar-se com o ambiente e consigo mesmo. Acredita-se que conhecer aspectos do funcionamento e da dinâmica psíquica do sujeito pode contribuir para o foco do tratamento psicológico, de forma a propiciar intervenções psicológicas precoces e a auxiliar as demais equipes assistenciais nos cuidados e no modo de interação com o paciente. Entre elementos da estrutura psíquica do sujeito, buscou-se a tipologia psicológica dos referidos pacientes; para tanto, foi utilizado o Questionário de avaliação tipológica - QUATI (Zacharias, 2003). Além disso, valemo-nos de aspectos contidos na avaliação psicológica, rotina da instituição, com a finalidade de acessarmos as particularidades de cada um dos pacientes, especialmente no que se refere à reação ao diagnóstico e ao significado atribuído à doença. O estudo pode ser considerado como transversal, exploratório e descritivo. Foram incluídos 90 pacientes, derivados de análise estatística. Foram sujeitos da pesquisa pacientes maiores de 18 anos com diagnóstico de câncer de esôfago; com ensino fundamental completo; virgens de tratamento; atendidos em primeira consulta, no ambulatório de cirurgia do aparelho digestivo, do Instituto do Câncer do Estado de São Paulo (ICESP-HCFMUSP). Encontramos esses pacientes em sala de espera da consulta médica, onde foram informados sobre o objetivo da pesquisa; e, àqueles que aceitaram participar, foi aplicado o termo de consentimento livre e esclarecido, seguido da avaliação psicológica (rotina da instituição) e aplicação do instrumento. Os resultados indicaram que a maior parte da nossa amostra tem uma atitude introvertida. O tipo psicológico mais comum foi o introvertido sensação, com função auxiliar sentimento. A partir da avaliação psicológica, constatou-se uma variedade de mecanismos defensivos para minimização da angústia. A grande parte dos pacientes valeu-se de defesas adaptativas diante do processo de adoecimento. Conclui-se que, no atendimento com esses pacientes, torna-se necessária uma postura prática e objetiva dos profissionais de saúde, em que se busque fornecer orientações com base na realidade dos pacientes, assim como ter um modo de agir empático, com o estabelecimento de vínculo significativo, mas respeitando os limites dos pacientes, sobretudo ao que se refere à forma reservada e introspectiva de interagirem com o mundo e com as pessoas que os cercam / Esophageal cancer is one of the most aggressive neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract, and can be triggered by life habits such as alcoholism and smoking and factors intrinsic to the individual. A disease such as cancer can hold a symbolic attempt to compensate for a onesided attitude of the individual. It is believed that knowing aspects of the psychic dynamics of the person, can contribute to the focus of a psychological treatment, in order to provide early psychological interventions, as well as assisting other attending teams in the care of and interaction with the patient. Among the psychic structure elements of a subject, we looked for the psychological typology of these patients. Typological Assessment Questionnaire was used to evaluate the psychological typology. In addition, we drew on aspects from within the psychological assessment, routine of the institution, in order to access the particularities of each one of the patients, especially concerning their reaction to the diagnosis and the meaning attributed to the disease. Ninety patients were included. They were over 18 years old, having completed middle-school education, diagnosed with esophageal cancer, and interviewed during their first medical appointment at the Digestive Surgery Clinic at the Cancer Institute of the State of São Paulo (ICESP-HCFMUSP). We met these patients in the waiting room, where they were informed of the purpose of the survey. Those who agreed to participate, were given the terms of free and informed consent, followed by a psychological evaluation and the application of the instrument used. The results indicated a predominant introverted attitude. The most common psychological type was the introverted feeling, with feeling as a secondary function. From this psychological evaluation, we found a variety of defensive mechanisms to minimize the anguish. Most of the patients made use of adaptive defenses when facing the illness process. Therefore, when attending these patients, health professionals must have a practical and objective posture, seeking to guide the patients according to their reality. In addition, they should be empathetic in their manner, establishing significant bond, but respecting the patients\' limits, especially when it comes to their reserved and introspective way of interacting with the world and the people around them
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Traços de personalidade e estrutura de prática na aquisição de uma habilidade motora / Personality traits and practice schedule in the acquisition of a motor skill

Perez, Carlos Rey 05 June 2008 (has links)
O conhecimento de características das pessoas auxilia a individualizar a maneira de estruturar a prática de tarefas, o fornecimento de informação e a seleção de pessoas mais aptas a desempenhar certas funções. Há evidências de que essas características individuais, como traços de personalidade, podem afetar a aprendizagem de habilidades motoras. Investigar o efeito de diferentes estruturas de prática na aquisição de uma habilidade motora em indivíduos extrovertidos e introvertidos foi o objetivo deste trabalho. Noventa e seis universitários de ambos os sexos foram selecionados depois de responder o EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). A tarefa envolveu o pressionamento seqüencial de teclas em duas fases: aquisição (108 tentativas, em três variações da tarefa, exceto os grupos de prática constante, que executaram apenas uma variação) e transferência (imediata e atrasada, cada uma com 12 tentativas). Os participantes foram alocados em seis grupos de prática, formados com a combinação do traço Extroversão/Introversão e a estrutura de prática (constante, blocos e aleatória). As medidas envolveram o erro global, o erro de timing relativo e o erro de timing absoluto. Os resultados indicaram que, além de ter havido aprendizagem da tarefa motora, o desempenho dos introvertidos em relação aos extrovertidos foi melhor no início da aquisição e pior na transferência. Conclui-se que, independentemente da estrutura de prática, as características individuais relativas à Extroversão/Introversão influenciam não só o desempenho, mas também a aprendizagem motora / The knowledge of personal characteristics aids to individualize the way practice is scheduled and information is provided, as well as to selecting better suitable people to carry out certain functions. There is evidence that these individual characteristics, for instance personality traits, might affect the learning of motor skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different practice schedules on the acquisition of a motor skill in extraverts and introverts. 96 undergraduate students were selected after answering the EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). The task involved a sequential key-press and the design comprised two phases: acquisition (108 trials, at three task variations, except the constant groups, which performed only one variation) and transfer (immediate and delayed, 12 trials each). The participants were allocated in one of six practice groups, formed by the combination of Extraversion/Introversion trait and the practice schedule (constant, blocked and random). Measurement involved global error, relative timing error and absolute timing error. The results showed that, not only did learning occur, but also the performance of introverts, in comparison with extraverts, was higher at the beginning of acquisition and lower on transfer. As a conclusion, regardless of the practice schedule, individual characteristics of Extraversion/Introversion have influence over motor performance, as well as over motor learning
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O fenótipo ampliado do autismo em pais e mães de crianças com transtorno do espectro do autismo / The broader autism phenotype in parentes of children with autism spectrum disorder

Endres, Renata Giuliani January 2013 (has links)
A presença de traços de personalidade em familiares de pessoas com diagnóstico de Transtornos do Espectro do Autismo (TEA) parece corresponder a algumas das características comportamentais de indivíduos com TEA, apontando para a alta herdabilidade dessa condição. Esta área de estudos é referida como aquela que investiga o fenótipo ampliado do autismo (FAA). A presente pesquisa é composta por dois estudos: o primeiro teve como objetivo apresentar uma revisão crítica da literatura, especialmente sobre os aspectos comportamentais ligados ao FAA, abordando-se os traços de personalidade e diferenças de gênero, nos genitores. O segundo investigou a presença desses traços em genitores de crianças com o diagnóstico de TEA, através de um delineamento de estudos de casos múltiplos, utilizando instrumentos nacionais e internacionais. Os resultados apontam para a presença de traços autísticos nos genitores, especialmente em relação à área de Interação Social Recíproca e Comportamentos Repetitivos e Estereotipados. Esta pesquisa alinha-se a outras, ao identificar alguns traços de personalidade em pais e mães de crianças com autismo, que parecem corresponder, em algum nível, aos encontrados no TEA e, por isso, podem representar o fenótipo ampliado do autismo. / The presence of personality traits in relatives of people diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) seems to correspond to some of the behavioral characteristics of individuals with ASD, pointing to the high heritability of this condition. This area of study is referred to as one that investigates the Broader Autism Phenotype (BAP). This research consists of two studies: one aimed at reviewing the literature, especially on the behavioral aspects related to the BAP, approaching the personality traits and gender differences in parents of children with autism. Second, we investigated the presence of these traits in these parents through a design of multiple case studies, using national and international measures. The results indicate the presence of autistic traits in these parents, especially in relation to the area of Social Interaction and Repetitive and Stereotyped Behaviors. This research aligns to other studies of the field, to identify some personality traits in parents of children with autism, which seem to correspond to some degree, those found in ASD and therefore may represent the broader autism phenotype.
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Institutional and social factors influencing informal sector activity in Sub-Saharan Africa : a Nigerian case study

Adike, Abinotam Joshua January 2018 (has links)
The extant entrepreneurship literature is replete with competing narratives about the concept of informal sector (IS). Also, IS’ potential as a source of income and the behavioural tendencies of operators in the sector remain highly contested but under-researched. In particular, not much is known about the incentives and the motivations for engaging in informal economic activity from the perspective of Sub-Saharan African (SSA) context where a significant proportion of all economic activities are informal. Thus, the lack of conceptual clarity and consensus about the underlying factors driving individuals into informal economic activity constitutes a major knowledge gap. To fill this gap, this study seeks to clarify the domain of IS from a SSA viewpoint, and through this paves the way for a more holistic understanding of the behavioural tendencies and motivations of IS operators in SSA. Specifically relying on the institutional, social exclusion, and personality trait theoretical frameworks, the study demonstrates how a combination of separate yet related phenomena of personality traits, institutional factors, and more importantly, situational factors that manifest as perceptions of social exclusion serve as the incentives and the motivations to engage in informal economic activity in SSA. To achieve its goal, qualitative primary data obtained through thirty-eight semi-structured interviews were transcribed verbatim and analysed using Nvivo. Firstly, the study found that institutional ambiguity, institutional delinquency, institutional passivity, and institutional incongruence are sources of voids in Nigeria's institutional framework that influence an individual to enter the IS. Secondly, social exclusion regarding lack of access to requirements such as finance and formal education to start and sustainably operate a business influences people to enter into the IS. Lastly, the findings indicate that personality traits’ influence regarding the decision to engage in informal economic activities is dependent on individual circumstances. These are valuable contributions to the stock of knowledge about the IS. Particularly, the identification and categorisation of four specific institutional voids and partitioning of the sources of exclusion; the finding that in adverse economic circumstances personality traits could influence potential opportunity-entrepreneurs to start-up in the IS; the finding about the role of trade associations; and the new understanding about the collaborative dimension of corruption in the context of IS practice, represent a significant contribution of this study. These contributions are valuable not just in terms of creating new windows of research opportunities, but also for evidence-based policy relating to the IS that is appropriately targeted at relevant groups. This is in addition to facilitating collaborations for business support, enlightenment, improved business practice, and inclusive growth.
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LIDERANÇA FEMININA NA ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA: ESTUDO DE CASO NA UEPB / LIDERANÇA FEMININA NA ADMINISTRAÇÃO PÚBLICA: ESTUDO DE CASO NA UEPB / FEMININE LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION / FEMININE LEADERSHIP IN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Farias Filho, José Gomes de 30 November 2007 (has links)
Made available in DSpace on 2015-09-25T12:22:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 JoseGomesDeFariasFilho.pdf: 1538333 bytes, checksum: 50a8e5139bd84975ad24ae7904329e1f (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-11-30 / The current globalized reality requires that private or public organizations have leadership as influence process so that leaders can use their actions to develop a team with the same interests and shared goals. Regarding this trend, the present research aims to investigate the role of female leadership at Universidade Estadual da Paraíba UEPB, Campus I in Campina Grande, PB besides analyzing its sociodemographic profile, identifying its personality traits and characteristics, as well as detecting the leadership styles exerted by the women sho have management positions. To conduct this study, it was necessary to use personality traits and characteristics that, according to Maximiano (2004), correspond to impulse and achievement motivation, power motivation, selconfidenc, honesty, integrity and openness. As for the leadership styles, the research used Dubrin s view (1998) which relates to autocratica and participating style, and entire freedom, and Jesuino s (2001) which adds the caring and visionary styles. A questionnaire was used to collect data. It consisted of 45 closed questions and an open one for suggestions. The methodology applied into the study was based on descriptive and exploratory surveys with quantitative approach. According to the subjects surveyed, the results showed that the female managers at the Universidade Estadual da Paraíba tend to develop perception, selfconfidence and participating leaderschip style. Indeed, these managers are expected to ponder and enhance the of leading. / Na atual conjuntura globalizada as organizações Pública ou Privada , precisam da liderança como um processo de influência pelo qual os líderes com suas ações facilitam o movimento de uma equipe de pessoas rumo a metas comuns ou compartilhadas. Neste contexto a presente pesquisa tem como objetivo geral averiguar a atuação da liderança feminina na Universidade Estadual da Paraíba Campus I Campina Grande PB, e como objetivos específicos traçar o perfil sociodemográfico, identificar as caracteristicas e os traços da personalidade e conhecer quais são os estilos de liderança exercidos pelas mulheres que ocupam cargos de chefia. Utilizou-se para direcionar tal estudo, as características e traços da personalidade que segundo Maximiano (2004) correspondem a: Impulso e motivação de realização ; Motivação de poder"; Autoconfiança ; e Honestidade, integridade e abertura ; e quanto aos estilos de liderança, optou-se por Dubrin (1998), que destaca: Estilo autocrático ; Participativo ; Liberdade total ; e por (Jesuíno 2001), que acrescenta: os estilos Carismático e Visionário . Para coleta de dados o instrumento adotado foi um questionário, elaborado com 45 perguntas fechadas e uma aberta para sugestões. Quanto à metodologia a mesma foi baseada em pesquisas do tipo descritiva e exploratória com abordagem quantitativa. Os resultados mostram que na Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, conforme o universo pesquisado as mulheres gestoras têm tendência de percepção, autoconfiança e estilo liderança participativo. Espera-se que as gestoras reflitam e melhorem cada vez mais a arte de liderar.
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Traços de personalidade e estrutura de prática na aquisição de uma habilidade motora / Personality traits and practice schedule in the acquisition of a motor skill

Carlos Rey Perez 05 June 2008 (has links)
O conhecimento de características das pessoas auxilia a individualizar a maneira de estruturar a prática de tarefas, o fornecimento de informação e a seleção de pessoas mais aptas a desempenhar certas funções. Há evidências de que essas características individuais, como traços de personalidade, podem afetar a aprendizagem de habilidades motoras. Investigar o efeito de diferentes estruturas de prática na aquisição de uma habilidade motora em indivíduos extrovertidos e introvertidos foi o objetivo deste trabalho. Noventa e seis universitários de ambos os sexos foram selecionados depois de responder o EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). A tarefa envolveu o pressionamento seqüencial de teclas em duas fases: aquisição (108 tentativas, em três variações da tarefa, exceto os grupos de prática constante, que executaram apenas uma variação) e transferência (imediata e atrasada, cada uma com 12 tentativas). Os participantes foram alocados em seis grupos de prática, formados com a combinação do traço Extroversão/Introversão e a estrutura de prática (constante, blocos e aleatória). As medidas envolveram o erro global, o erro de timing relativo e o erro de timing absoluto. Os resultados indicaram que, além de ter havido aprendizagem da tarefa motora, o desempenho dos introvertidos em relação aos extrovertidos foi melhor no início da aquisição e pior na transferência. Conclui-se que, independentemente da estrutura de prática, as características individuais relativas à Extroversão/Introversão influenciam não só o desempenho, mas também a aprendizagem motora / The knowledge of personal characteristics aids to individualize the way practice is scheduled and information is provided, as well as to selecting better suitable people to carry out certain functions. There is evidence that these individual characteristics, for instance personality traits, might affect the learning of motor skills. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of different practice schedules on the acquisition of a motor skill in extraverts and introverts. 96 undergraduate students were selected after answering the EPQ (Eysenck Personality Questionnaire). The task involved a sequential key-press and the design comprised two phases: acquisition (108 trials, at three task variations, except the constant groups, which performed only one variation) and transfer (immediate and delayed, 12 trials each). The participants were allocated in one of six practice groups, formed by the combination of Extraversion/Introversion trait and the practice schedule (constant, blocked and random). Measurement involved global error, relative timing error and absolute timing error. The results showed that, not only did learning occur, but also the performance of introverts, in comparison with extraverts, was higher at the beginning of acquisition and lower on transfer. As a conclusion, regardless of the practice schedule, individual characteristics of Extraversion/Introversion have influence over motor performance, as well as over motor learning
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Seleção de conteúdo referencial com base em traços de personalidade / Selection of referential content based on personality traits

Danielle Sampaio Monteiro 28 September 2018 (has links)
O presente trabalho traz um estudo no âmbito de Geração de Língua Natural, com ênfase na tarefa de Geração de Expressões de Referência (GER), a qual consiste em gerar expressões referenciais semelhantes às produzidas por humanos. Existem estudos que exploram o uso da variação individual do ser humano no aprendizado do padrão de seleção de conteúdo na construção de descrições, contudo, treinar tais conjuntos de dados é computacionalmente caro. O trabalho apresenta um modelo de seleção de conteúdo para GER, baseado em traços de personalidade, o qual generaliza padrões de comportamentos referenciais similares em cada perfil de personalidade. Na pesquisa também realizou-se um levantamento bibliográfico sobre o tema, e construiu-se um córpus com expressões de referência contendo informações de personalidade de cada participante, as quais foram anotadas tomando por base o modelo dos Cinco Grandes Fatores. Este córpus tem como finalidade ser utilizado como entrada tanto no modelo desenvolvido, como em outros estudos na área. Os resultados comprovam que modelos de GER dependentes da personalidade superam os algoritmos GER tradicionais, e que são uma alternativa viável em abordagens que dependam da variação de locutores / The present work presents a study in the field of Generation of Natural Language, with emphasis on the task of Generation of Reference Expressions (GER), which is to generate reference expressions similar to those produced by humans. There are studies that explore the use of individual human variation in learning the pattern of content selection in the construction of descriptions, however, training such datasets is computationally expensive. The paper presents a content selection model for GER based on personality traits, which generalizes patterns of similar referential behavior in each personality profile. The research also carried out a bibliographic survey on the subject, and a corpus was constructed with reference expressions containing personality information of each participant, which were annotated based on the model of the Five Great Factors. This corpus is intended to be used as an input in both the developed model and other studies in the area. The results show that personality-dependent GER models exceed traditional GER algorithms, and are a viable alternative in approaches that depend on the variation of speakers
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Sugar Intake and the Five Personality Traits of Millennials

Gashi, Flora 01 January 2017 (has links)
Sugar intake continues to be connected to an increased risk of heart diseases, diabetes, arthritis, and certain forms of cancers, depression, and schizophrenia. The purpose of the study was to examine if sugar intake is related to personality traits in the Millennial population. The health belief model was used as the theoretical framework for conducting the study. The research questions addressed in the current study were in regards to the relationships between Millennials daily sugar intake and openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. This study was a cross-sectional design in which a panel of randomly selected United States Millennials (N = 106) between the ages of 18-34 were requested to complete a demographic questionnaire and the Big Five Inventory. The survey was conducted online using SurveyMonkey. Multiple linear regression was used to test the five stated hypotheses. Study results indicated no significant relationship between sugar intake and the five personality traits (p > .05). A sequential multiple regression model after controlling for age and gender indicated no significant relationship between the five personality traits and Sugar Intake (p > .05). In effecting positive social change, further investigations are warranted to establish the relationships between personality traits and sugar intake which may help to inform policy to reduce the associated health risks of consuming high sugar.
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16PF® Traits as Predictors of Emergency Medical Service Worker Tenure

Paschal, Beverly J. 01 January 2016 (has links)
The United States is experiencing a severe shortage of Emergency Medical Service (EMS) paramedics. The job outlook for paramedics (EMT-P) for the years 2012-2022 is predicted to increase by 23%-33%, which is much faster than the 4% average increase of other first-response professions. The average tenure of paramedics is less than 4 years. There is a significant gap in the literature concerning paramedic personality traits and tenure. The primary objective of the current study is to provide empirical data on the personality traits possessed by long-term paramedics (5+ years), and compare them to those with shorter tenure (< 5 years). Using Allport's Trait Theory, I predicted that personality would affect paramedic longevity. The 6 personality traits tested were warmth, reasoning, emotional stability, liveliness, social boldness and openness to change. A socio-demographic questionnaire, determined the length of their EMS career, while the 16PF® Assessment, tested their personality traits. Using t tests, Mann-Whitney U tests, and a set of regression analyses, data were examined to determine if length of career and personality traits predicted paramedic tenure. The research sample consisted of long term paramedics and former paramedics. The results showed that of the 6 personality traits, only warmth was a significant predictor of paramedic tenure. A logistic regression showed for every additional point in warmth, the odds of leaving EMS prior to 5 years increased by a factor of 2.77. This study provides support for positive social change by helping EMS to learn how to increase recruitment and tenure. It also helps by advising EMS agencies to attend to the mental and emotional health of their paramedics by being aware of the level of their warmth personality trait.

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