When one is company and two is a crowd: Why some children prefer solitude

RJ Coplan, LL Ooi, G Nocita - Child Development Perspectives, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we examine research on conceptualizing and assessing individual differences
in children's preference for solitude. Social withdrawal is typically defined as the process …

Loneliness and the Big Five personality traits: A meta–analysis

S Buecker, M Maes, JJA Denissen… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
This preregistered meta–analysis (k= 113, total n= 93 668) addressed how the Big Five
dimensions of personality (extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism …

[HTML][HTML] The interplay of personality traits and motivation in leisure travel decision-making during the pandemic

N Sreen, A Tandon, F Jabeen, S Srivastava… - Tourism Management …, 2023 - Elsevier
COVID-19 has negatively affected the travel and tourism industry and may continue to do so
in the future. Therefore, hospitality businesses need to pay attention to consumer reactions …

Impact of online gamers' personality traits on interdependence, network convergence, and continuance intention: Perspective of social exchange theory

HC Huang, TCE Cheng, WF Huang, CI Teng - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Interdependence and network convergence among users characterize strong online social
networks and fuel continuance intention. However, little is known about what personality …

Social identity threat in interpersonal relationships: Activating negative stereotypes decreases social approach motivation.

SE Martiny, J Nikitin - Journal of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 2019 - psycnet.apa.org
Research has shown that social identity threat can have a broad variety of negative
consequences. However, not much is known about the consequences of social identity …

Adolescent loneliness and negative affect during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of extraversion and neuroticism

G Gniewosz - Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2023 - Springer
The COVID-19 pandemic had varied but significant effects on the lives of adolescents. This
study aimed to examine the effects of extraversion and neuroticism on changes in loneliness …

The motivational power of the happy face

J Nikitin, AM Freund - Brain Sciences, 2019 - mdpi.com
People who are cheerful have better social relationships. This might be the case because
happy faces communicate an invitation to interact. Thus, happy faces might have a strong …

Unpacking social avoidance and substance use in social anxiety: does extraversion explain behavior variability?

P Aurora, KG Coifman - Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral …, 2021 - Springer
Social anxiety is characterized by heightened fear and anxiety associated with social
situations, resulting in the use of avoidance behaviors. Contemporary models suggest that …

Who gets social support, who gives it, and how it's related to recipient's mood

JA Williamson, MW O'Hara - Personality and Social …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
We sought to identify personal characteristics associated with receiving and perceiving
social support, and characteristics of support providers who give the most support and are …

Childhood antecedents of Agreeableness: A longitudinal study from preschool to late adolescence

S Baardstu, EB Karevold, T von Soest - Journal of Research in Personality, 2017 - Elsevier
Although the consensus view is that Agreeableness originates from childhood difficultness
and regulatory deficits, few studies have investigated such assumptions longitudinally. In …