A simulation model shows how individual differences affect major life decisions
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Subgroup differences in situational judgment test scores : evidence from large applicant samples
To promote diversity in organizations it is important to have accurate knowledge about subgroup differences associated with selection procedures. However, current estimates of subgroup differences in situational judgment tests (SJTs) are overwhelm‐ingly based on range‐restricted incumbent samples that are downwardly biased. This study provides much...
Situational judgement tests for selection : traditional vs construct-driven approaches
Context Historically, situational judgement tests (SJTs) have been widely used for personnel selection. Their use in medical selection in Europe is growing, with plans for further expansion into North America and Australasia, in an attempt to measure and select on 'non-academic' personal attributes. However, there is a lack of clarity regarding wha...
Emotional mental imagery abnormalities in monozygotic twins with, at high-risk of, and without affective disorders: pres...
Background: Mental imagery abnormalities feature across affective disorders including bipolar disorder (BD) and unipolar depression (UD). Maladaptive emotional imagery has been proposed as a maintenance factor for affective symptomatology and a target for mechanism-driven psychological treatment developments. Where imagery abnormalities feature bey...
Pace of life syndrome under warming and pollution: integrating life history, behavior, and physiology across latitudes
© 2018 by the Ecological Society of America To fully comprehend and predict the impact of drivers of global change such as climate warming and pollution, integrated multi-trait approaches are needed. As organismal traits are often correlated, responses to stressors are expected to induce coordinated changes in many traits. A promising framework to ...
The moral brain and moral behaviour in patients with Parkinson’s disease : a review of the literature
Morality is a complex and versatile concept that necessitates the integrated activity of multiple interacting networks in the brain. Numerous cortical and subcortical areas, many of which are implicated in either emotional and cognitive control or Theory of Mind, are involved in the processing of moral behaviour. Different methods have been used to...
BIS/BAS scale in primary school children : parent-child agreement and longitudinal stability
The current study provided psychometric information on the parent and child version of the Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS)/Behavioural Approach System (BAS) scale. Parent-child agreement was evaluated (N = 217, 7.5 to 14 years, 50% boys). Moreover, absolute and rank order stability of mother-reported BIS/BAS scores over a 2-year period were ass...
Shedding light on the dark side : associations between the dark triad and the DSM-5 maladaptive trait model
The current study investigates the usefulness of the DSM-5 maladaptive trait model to better understand the building blocks of the dark triad personality traits. Specifically, differential associations with 25 maladaptive personality facets are examined to uncover similarities and differences between the dark triad traits (objective 1). In addition...
Does shyness vary according to attained social roles? Trends across age groups in a large British sample
Objective The current study investigated (a) how a composite measure of shyness comprising introversion and neuroticism relates to other well‐known constructs involving social fears, and (b) whether mean levels of shyness vary for men and women depending on the adoption of various social roles. Method Study 1 used a sample of 211 UK participants ag...
The Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version in a general population sample of emerging adults.
Published in Psychological assessment
Prior studies with children and adolescents have shown that Youth Psychopathic Traits Inventory-Short Version (YPI-S) scores are internally consistent and manifest expected relations with external variables of interest. In the present study, the factor structure and the internal consistency of YPI-S scores, and the convergent validity of the interp...
