An adaptationist framework for personality science

AW Lukaszewski, DMG Lewis… - European Journal …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
The field of personality psychology aspires to construct an overarching theory of human
nature and individual differences: one that specifies the psychological mechanisms that …

Getting along and/or getting ahead: Differential HEXACO personality correlates of likeability and popularity among adolescents

RE de Vries, J Pronk, T Olthof… - European Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Getting along (ie to be liked) and getting ahead (ie to be popular) are two fundamental
psychological motives that have important consequences for adolescents' well–being …

Gender differences in the personality correlates of reactive and proactive aggression in a Spanish sample of young adults

L Maneiro, O Cutrín… - Journal of interpersonal …, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Since the conceptual distinction of reactive and proactive aggression has been proposed,
numerous studies have tried to disentangle the correlates of each function of aggression …

“The Devil in Disguise”: A Test of Machiavellianism Instruments (the Mach-IV, the Machiavellian Personality Scale, and the Five Factor Machiavellianism Inventory)

B Grabovac, BM Dinić - Primenjena psihologija, 2022 - primenjena.psihologija.ff.uns.ac.rs
The main aim of this study was to test the convergent, discriminant, and criterion validity of
the Serbian adaptations of three Machiavellianism instruments (the Mach-IV, the short …

An item response theory analysis and further validation of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ): The Serbian adaptation of the RPQ

BM Dinić, A Raine - Journal of Personality Assessment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this study was to further explore the psychometric properties of the Serbian
adaptation of the Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ) using item response …

The revised assessment of sadistic personality (ASP-8): evidence for validity across four countries

RA Plouffe, CM Kowalski… - Journal of personality …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Subclinical sadism, characterized by infliction of cruelty, aggression, or humiliation on
another for subjugation or pleasure, provides important information in the prediction of …

Effects of HEXACO traits and experimental provocation on aggression

BM Dinić, S Smederevac - Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 2019 - econtent.hogrefe.com
The aim of this study was to explore the effects of HEXACO traits and levels of provocation
on aggressive behavior. The sample consisted of 168 participants randomly assigned to no …

A criminological and psychological approach to criminal offender personality traits

M Montalto - 2021 - research-repository.uwa.edu.au
This thesis aims to create personality profiles based on several different types of criminal
behaviour. Additionally, the thesis seeks to demonstrate that 1) these personality profiles …

The Role of HEXACO Personality Traits on Predicting Problematic and Risky Behaviors in Adolescents

F Mottola, VP Senese, M Perugini, A Gnisci… - Applications of Artificial …, 2023 - Springer
The aim of this study was to investigate the role of the HEXACO personality traits in
predicting emotional and behavioral problems and risky behaviors in adolescents evaluated …

Psychometric properties of the multidimensional temperance scale in adolescents

FI García-Vázquez, AA Valdés-Cuervo… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Recent research has shown the relevance of measuring the virtue of temperance. The
present study tested a multidimensional and second-order structure scale to assess …