The terms pampering and spoiling have roots within early psychoanalytic literature, and over
time they have become a part of the vernacular. This entry will focus on pampering/spoiling …

A comprehensive survey of teacher stress, job satisfaction and career commitment among
710 full‐time primary school teachers was undertaken by Borg, Riding & Falzon (1991) in …

State-trait research offers good prospects for new insights into human curiosity. It has
already generated development of new scales, and several studies have been undertaken …

The present paper critically reviews the psychometric adequacy of the Myers‐Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI). Although the instrument is extremely popular in applied settings, there is an …

Dark Triad Theory indicates that people's malevolent character consists of Machiavellianism,
characterized by cynicism, manipulativeness, a cynical worldview, and lack of morality; …

This paper examines some aspects of the psychometric adequacy of existing self‐report
depression measures, so that clinicians might better appreciate their reliability and validity …

Theorizing about personality and intelligence structure initially was limited to prescientific
literary and philosophical “insights”(see Howard, 1993). Among these early psychological …

This article reports the construction and validation of a culturally relevant and economical
measure of delinquent behaviour among Australian adolescents. The resulting Australian …

The effects of humour on health were investigated using a sample of 504 individuals
comprising three groups (community group, university students, and respondents with a …

Several multidimensional measures of state–trait affect dimensions have been reviewed,
including the Melbourne Curiosity Inventory (MCI); the State–Trait Personality Inventory …