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Temporary change in personality states among social media users: effects of Instagram use on Big Five personality states and consumers' need for uniqueness. 社交媒体用户人格状态的暂时变化:Instagram使用对五大人格状态的影响及消费者独特性需求
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-02-10 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.110938
Dariusz Drążkowski, Sebastian Pietrzak, Laura Mądry
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Materialism, conspicuous consumption, and brand engagement in self-concept: a study of teenagers. 自我概念中的物质主义、炫耀性消费和品牌参与:一项针对青少年的研究
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-02-10 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.110060
Magdalena Kolańska-Stronka, Oleg Gorbaniuk
{"title":"Materialism, conspicuous consumption, and brand engagement in self-concept: a study of teenagers.","authors":"Magdalena Kolańska-Stronka, Oleg Gorbaniuk","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110060","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110060","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Contemporary adolescents, also known as Generation Z, are an important group of consumers due to the role they play in today's economy. The present study investigates the relationship between materialism and brand engagement in self-concept (BESC) and whether conspicuous consumption is a mediator of this relationship in early, middle, and late adolescence.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The participants were 581 students from Poland, aged 13 to 17 (<i>M</i> = 15 years, <i>SD</i> = 1.42); 51.6% of them were girls. Data were gathered using a demographic information form, the Youth Materialism Scale, the Conspicuous Consumption Scale, and a BESC Scale, completed during personal interviews.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The study indicated an association of higher materialism and higher conspicuous consumption with a higher level of BESC, where conspicuous consumption acts as a mediator of the correlation between materialism and BESC. Age also moderates this mediation, i.e., the older the teenagers are, the weaker is the analyzed mediation effect.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The research is part of an essential step in understanding the mechanism of BESC by testing a moderated mediation model in teenagers.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653352/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74884537","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The body as a reflection of relations with others. 身体是与他人关系的反映
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-02-08 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2022.112928
Mateusz J Lammek
{"title":"The body as a reflection of relations with others.","authors":"Mateusz J Lammek","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2022.112928","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2022.112928","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Corporeality is an important element of the self structure. Tattoos have been associated with self-esteem, identity diffusion, and aggression.PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURE: Convicted modified (<i>n</i> = 78; 78.8%) and non-modified men (<i>n</i> = 21; 21.2%) completed the following research tools: the Aggression Severity Scale from the Inventory of Personality Organization (IPO), the Group Identification Scale, the Identity Fusion Scale, a measure of identity fusion, and an agency scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Body modifications were a weak predictor (5%) of aggression intensity among male prisoners. About 20% of the study participants, regardless of having a body modification, presented aggression characterized by severe personality pathology.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Nowadays, body modifications should not be treated as an indicator of severe psychopathology and more aggressive relations with others, including among convicted men. In prisoners who presented high levels of aggression, identity diffusion was observed and treated as a form of adaptation, characteristic for borderline personality integration.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535630/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79686253","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Secondary traumatic stress among police officers - the relationship with personality and ruminations. 警察的二次创伤压力--与人格和反思的关系。
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-01-24 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.112335
Nina Ogińska-Bulik, Grzegorz Bąk, Paulina Michalska
{"title":"Secondary traumatic stress among police officers - the relationship with personality and ruminations.","authors":"Nina Ogińska-Bulik, Grzegorz Bąk, Paulina Michalska","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.112335","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.112335","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Like many professionals who work with victims of trauma, police officers may experience negative consequences expressed in the form of secondary traumatic stress (STS) symptoms. The study aim was to establish the relationship between personality, ruminations (intrusive and deliberate) and secondary traumatic stress symptoms, including the mediating role of ruminations, in a group of police officers exposed to secondary trauma.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>A group of 235 police officers working, at least partly, with trauma victims were surveyed. The age of the participants ranged from 30 to 60 years (<i>M</i> = 40.79, <i>SD</i> = 3.96). Three questionnaires were used: the Secondary Traumatic Stress Inventory, the NEO Five-Factor Inventory and the Event-Related Rumination Inventory.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The results demonstrate a rather low level of STS among police officers. Ruminations, particularly intrusive ones, were more strongly connected with symptoms of STS than personality traits. Neuroticism correlated more strongly with STS than other personality traits, and extraversion was not connected with any negative effects of secondary trauma exposure. The conducted analysis confirmed that ruminations act as mediators in the relationship between neuroticism and STS.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Although the police officers working with trauma victims revealed low levels of STS symptoms, it is nevertheless advisable to ameliorate, if not prevent, them. Interventions should aim to expand the competencies in coping with trauma, including reducing the tendency to ruminate about the traumatic events experienced by clients.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10699295/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88340368","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Mindfulness, relationship quality, and conflict resolution strategies used by partners in close relationships. 亲密关系中伴侣使用的正念、关系质量和冲突解决策略
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-01-24 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.111981
Eugenia Mandal, Martyna Lip
{"title":"Mindfulness, relationship quality, and conflict resolution strategies used by partners in close relationships.","authors":"Eugenia Mandal, Martyna Lip","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111981","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111981","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Mindfulness is a specific state of attention which involves a constant focus on what is happening at the present time in a way that is neither judgmental nor evaluative. The aim of this study was to investigate the importance of mindfulness for relationship quality and conflict resolution strategies in close relationships. Five components of mindfulness were examined: observing, describing, acting with awareness, nonjudging, and nonreactivity.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The study included 153 participants (79 women, 74 men; aged 19-60 years). 39.2% of the respondents were married, 20.9% were engaged, 39.9 were in romantic relationships. The mean duration of the close relationship was 6.25 years. The following measures were used: the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, the Patterns of Problem Solving Questionnaire, and the Dyadic Adaptation Scale.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Acting with awareness, dialogue and avoiding conflict escalation strategy were predictors of relationship quality. The relationship status (marriage and engagement) was also a predictor of relationship quality. Gender, age, and duration of the relationship were not predictors of relationship quality. The results showed correlation between mindfulness and relationship quality (<i>r</i> = .28). There was a positive correlation between nonjudging and satisfaction in the relationship and between describing and emotional expression. Also, there was a negative correlation between nonreactivity and compatibility. Mindfulness was positively correlated with dialogue and negatively correlated with escalation of and withdrawal from a conflict.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Mindfulness is important to the relationship's quality and conflict resolution strategies. Among the components of mindfulness, especially acting with awareness is important to relationship quality.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10653557/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75219417","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Psychometric properties of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (KKaPsy). 心理资本问卷(KKaPsy)的心理测量特征
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-01-24 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.112374
Agnieszka Lipińska-Grobelny, Olga Zwardoń-Kuchciak
{"title":"Psychometric properties of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire (KKaPsy).","authors":"Agnieszka Lipińska-Grobelny, Olga Zwardoń-Kuchciak","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.112374","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.112374","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The aim of the study was to prepare and design a Polish version of the Psychological Capital Questionnaire. The psychometric tool allows synthetic assessment of four personal resources known to play a significant role in effective functioning, viz. self-efficacy, hope, optimism and resilience.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The psychometric properties of the questionnaire were developed in two studies, the first one involving 308 people (166 women and 142 men) and the second involving 206 people (111 women and 95 men).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed that the tool has a four-component structure with an overall score. It is characterized by satisfactory internal consistency (α = .73-.86), stability (<i>rtt</i> = .85-.92) and construct validity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The Psychological Capital Questionnaire is a reliable and valid tool that can be used in research and in practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535548/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90373061","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Cyberbullying and its protective and risk factors among Polish adolescents. 波兰青少年中的网络欺凌及其保护和风险因素
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2022-01-24 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.111404
Julia Łosiak-Pilch, Paweł Grygiel, Barbara Ostafińska-Molik, Ewa Wysocka
{"title":"Cyberbullying and its protective and risk factors among Polish adolescents.","authors":"Julia Łosiak-Pilch, Paweł Grygiel, Barbara Ostafińska-Molik, Ewa Wysocka","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111404","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111404","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cyberbullying has recently attracted attention because of its increasing occurrence and serious consequences for victims. The purpose of the study was to examine the prevalence rates of cyberbullying and the association between cyberbullying and protective/risk factors (cognitive empathy, assertiveness, cooperation, pro-social behaviour, and social support) among Polish adolescents.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>Participants (822 students, 448 girls and 374 boys, <i>M</i> = 12.97, <i>SD</i> = 1.02) completed a computer-based online questionnaire.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The majority of respondents did not experience cyberbul-lying in the last six months, while a significant group still experienced cyberbullying regularly (28.1%). Engaging in cyberbullying appeared to be even less common: it was reported by 12.3% of respondents. Family and peer social support appeared to be the strongest protective factor against experiencing cyberbullying while assertiveness was a characteristic that makes a person more likely to engage in cyberbullying.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results of our study can serve as guidance for preventive interventions against cyberbullying.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535628/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84286272","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Influence of personality and emotional competences on academic performance: direct and indirect pathways mediated by perceived stress. 人格和情绪能力对学业成绩的影响:感知压力介导的直接和间接途径
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2021-12-12 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.111423
Min You, Sylvain Laborde, Robert Samuel Vaughan, Agnès Salinas
{"title":"Influence of personality and emotional competences on academic performance: direct and indirect pathways mediated by perceived stress.","authors":"Min You, Sylvain Laborde, Robert Samuel Vaughan, Agnès Salinas","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111423","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.111423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Among the factors influencing academic performance (AP), individual differences at the trait level such as personality and emotional competences (EC) have been found to play a critical role, similarly to state variables such as perceived stress (PS).</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The aim of this study was to clarify whether the influence of personality (Big Five) and EC on AP (general point average) is direct and/or mediated via PS. 537 undergraduate students from a French university (112 male and 425 female, <i>M</i><sub>age</sub> = 19.84 years, <i>SD</i><sub>age</sub> = 1.74 years, range = 18-30 years; first year: <i>n</i> = 293, 55%; second year: <i>n</i> = 162, 30%, third year: <i>n</i> = 82, 15%) filled out the test battery around three weeks before the final examination.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Path analysis showed that AP was directly predicted by conscientiousness (+), neuroticism (+), extraversion (-) and perceived stress (-), while perceived stress was predicted by neuroticism (+) and by intrapersonal EC (-).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The results illustrate the robust influence of conscientiousness on AP, while EC was not found to influence AP directly, but indirectly via its effect on PS.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535623/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84309201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Teachers of socially maladjusted children and youth. Occupational burnout - sense of self-efficacy - teachers' life optimism. A comparative study. 社会适应不良儿童和青少年的教师。职业倦怠-自我效能感-教师生活乐观主义。比较研究
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2021-12-12 eCollection Date: 2023-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.110855
Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska
{"title":"Teachers of socially maladjusted children and youth. Occupational burnout - sense of self-efficacy - teachers' life optimism. A comparative study.","authors":"Ewa Sygit-Kowalkowska","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110855","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110855","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The psychological specificity of the occupation of teachers in youth fostering centres (<i>Młodzieżowe Ośrodki Wychowawcze</i>, MOW) and youth psychotherapy centres (<i>Młodzieżowe Ośrodki Psychoterapii</i>, MOS) is rarely explored in empirical studies. As indicated in the literature, working in resocialization facilities (such as MOWs or MOSs) requires more effort expended in contacts with students. Study results indicate that teachers at greater risk of experiencing aggression are also at a greater risk of occupational burnout.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The aim of the current study was to gather data on the intensity of occupational burnout among MOW/MOS teachers and public school teachers as well as to analyse the correlates and predictors of burnout. One hundred and sixty-nine people from two voivodeships in Poland took part in the study. The following measures were used in the study: the Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), the Generalized Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES) and the Link Burnout Questionnaire (LBQ).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Psychophysical exhaustion and a sense of a lack of self-efficacy among teachers are related to their workplace conditions. Longer job experience had a significant influence on the intensity of the individual aspects of occupational burnout and sense of self-efficacy. The current study did not reveal a significant influence of life optimism.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>The current study requires continuation, as detailed scientific analyses of this occupational group are still lacking. There is a need for further studies on the impact of occupational burnout on the effectiveness of teachers' pedagogical interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535544/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81703036","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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I believe what I see: Impact of attire and academic degree on evaluation of personality traits of a politician. 我相信我所看到的:衣着和学历对政治家性格特征评价的影响。
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Current Issues in Personality Psychology Pub Date : 2021-12-10 eCollection Date: 2022-01-01 DOI: 10.5114/cipp.2021.110851
Bożydar L J Kaczmarek, Marcin Stencel
{"title":"I believe what I see: Impact of attire and academic degree on evaluation of personality traits of a politician.","authors":"Bożydar L J Kaczmarek, Marcin Stencel","doi":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110851","DOIUrl":"10.5114/cipp.2021.110851","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The image of a politician primes people to judge his/her personality traits. Voters are looking for such qualities as honesty, intelligence, friendliness, sincerity, and trustworthiness. Most studies, however, concentrate on the evaluation of faces, and only some take into account the candidate's attire.</p><p><strong>Participants and procedure: </strong>The research included 320 participants between 18 and 78 years. It aimed to assess whether the parliamentary candidate's attire affects voters' evaluation of his personality traits. A description of his program was also presented to determine whether it affected the candidate's evaluation. Participants observed four versions of a fictional candidate's election materials: the candidate dressed in a formal suit or dressed casually and dressed formally or casually but bearing a doctor's degree. We used a self-constructed questionnaire to evaluate selected traits of the candidate's character.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The findings revealed that participants believed an individual in casual wear to be more <i>active, attractive, open to people and the world, friendly, honest</i>, and <i>reliable</i>, and only more <i>smart</i>, and <i>effective</i> while dressed formally. Also, the academic degree proved to be of importance. Accordingly, the same person with a doctorate was additionally evaluated as <i>competent, responsible</i> when dressed casually, and <i>responsible</i> when wearing a suit. It confirms the assumption that the informal dress and academic degree are most influential. The program description proved to be of no significance.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Our study shows that the way the candidate was dressed affected the evaluation of his personality characteristics. The participants attributed the casually dressed candidate the traits expected from a politician.</p>","PeriodicalId":43067,"journal":{"name":"Current Issues in Personality Psychology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10535635/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138446562","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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