J. Malte Runge , Birk Hagemeyer , Franz J. Neyer , Stefan Engeser
{"title":"Transgenerational Transmission: An Investigation of Parents’ Achievement Motives, Achievement Imagery in Children’s Books and Children’s Academic Performance","authors":"J. Malte Runge , Birk Hagemeyer , Franz J. Neyer , Stefan Engeser","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104569","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104569","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We investigated the relationship between parents’ implicit and explicit achievement motives and their children’s academic performance, examining whether achievement imagery in children’s books mediated this relationship. For <em>N</em> = 178 parents, we assessed achievement motives, prevalence of achievement imagery in children’s books at home, parental educational expectation, and children’s academic performance in Grade 4. The findings support a positive relationship between parents’ achievement motives and children’s performance, with some support for educational expectation. However, there was no evidence that achievement imagery mediated this relationship. Parents’ achievement motives did not correlate significantly with achievement imagery, nor did achievement imagery show expected positive relationships with grades. The implications for transgenerational transmission of achievement striving are discussed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104569"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142408","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karla Waldenmeier , Katja M. Friederichs , Julius Kuhl , Nicola Baumann
{"title":"Erratum to “(Un)Locking self-motivation: Action versus state orientation moderates the effect of demanding conditions on self-regulatory performance” [J. Res. Pers. 104 (2023) 104361]","authors":"Karla Waldenmeier , Katja M. Friederichs , Julius Kuhl , Nicola Baumann","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104581","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104581","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104581"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143488578","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Personality, political party identification, and partisan news consumption: A replication and extension in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic","authors":"Zoe Dunnum , Jennifer Watling Neal","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104586","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104586","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In previous research, individuals high in openness were more likely to use liberal news regardless of their political party identification. Using 786 representative Michigan adults from the 2020 State of the State Survey, this pre-registered study aimed to conceptually replicate this finding focusing on COVID-19 related news use. Additionally, this study examined the role conscientiousness plays in liberal and conservative COVID-19 related news use. We found no significant association between openness and liberal COVID-19 related news use; however, openness did predict less conservative COVID-19 related news use. After controlling for political party identification and ideology, conscientiousness did not significantly predict liberal or conservative COVID-19 related news use.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104586"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zhuo Yang , Ruiming Guo , Wei Li , Wenchao Meng , Yijing Shi , An Li , Morris Hoffman , Qun Yang
{"title":"Psychopathic traits predict reduced social punishment: Evidence from a large-sample survey and an experimental study","authors":"Zhuo Yang , Ruiming Guo , Wei Li , Wenchao Meng , Yijing Shi , An Li , Morris Hoffman , Qun Yang","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104588","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104588","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psychopathic traits are linked to reduced social cooperation, often prioritizing personal gain over others’ welfare. However, it remains unclear whether individuals with higher psychopathic traits are less likely to punish uncooperative behavior when acting as victims or observers. We examined this relationship through a large-scale online survey with hypothetical scenarios and a controlled experiment with economic games. In Study 1, psychopathic traits predicted reduced punishment across perspectives and costs. In Study 2, these traits predicted punishment only under cost conditions, driven by self-oriented justice sensitivity. These findings suggest egoism is the main reason for reduced social punishment among individuals with high psychopathic traits, which has implications for developing educational initiatives aimed at fostering their sense of justice and fairness.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104588"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143428043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Roxana Hofmann , Dmitri Rozgonjuk , Christopher J. Soto , Fritz Ostendorf , René Mõttus
{"title":"There are a million ways to be a woman and a million ways to be a man: Gender differences across personality nuances and nations","authors":"Roxana Hofmann , Dmitri Rozgonjuk , Christopher J. Soto , Fritz Ostendorf , René Mõttus","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104582","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104582","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Gender differences in personality are typically summarised using broad trait domains. To acknowledge personality traits’ multidimensionality, we studied gender differences on different levels of the personality hierarchy. Using data spanning 74 countries and four different inventories, we compared the multivariate and univariate associations of gender with aggregate trait domains and facets, and unaggregated items as markers of trait nuances. Many gender differences were specific to narrow traits and geographical contexts. While gender is accurately predictable by aggregating small gender differences in multiple traits (multivariate gender difference), individual traits cannot be accurately predicted from gender (univariate gender differences), making many simplistic statements about gender differences inconsistent with data.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104582"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142411","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Associations Among the Big Five, Health Values, and Health Behaviors","authors":"Priscilla H. Whang , Olivia E. Atherton","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104567","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104567","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Prior work shows that the Big Five are associated with goals and values. However, we know less about whether personality traits are related to health values, if these associations vary by age and sex, and whether health values explain the associations between personality traits and health behaviors. Using cross-sectional and longitudinal data from a sample of Dutch adults (N = 1,986–2,876, 53% female, age = 17–91) we found that Conscientiousness, Extraversion, and Agreeableness were positively, and Openness to Experience was negatively, associated with health values. However, there were some different patterns in these associations by age and sex. Longitudinal mediation models showed that personality traits predicted physical activity and excessive alcohol consumption, but health values did not mediate the associations.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104567"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Skyler T. Maples , Craig S. Neumann , Scott Barry Kaufman
{"title":"Profiling narcissism: Evidence for grandiose-vulnerable and other subtypes","authors":"Skyler T. Maples , Craig S. Neumann , Scott Barry Kaufman","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104585","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104585","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Narcissism is viewed in terms of grandiose versus vulnerable conceptualizations, though among individuals both features may be present. The Narcissism Admiration and Rivalry questionnaire (NARQ) was designed to assess grandiose narcissism. Yet, the rivalry domain also reflects vulnerable narcissism. Using three large general population samples we examined the nature of the NARQ via variable- and person-centered latent variable modeling. Structural modeling results supported the two-factor NARQ model. The rivalry domain accounted for traditional measures of vulnerable narcissism, neuroticism, and aggression. The admiration domain accounted for traditional measures of grandiose narcissism and extroversion. Latent profile analysis resulted in four replicable subtypes, including a grandiose-vulnerable subtype, which were validated in terms of general personality traits, antagonism, aggression, and self-esteem.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104585"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142412","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Large language models can replicate cross-cultural differences in personality","authors":"Paweł Niszczota , Mateusz Janczak , Michał Misiak","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104584","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2025.104584","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>We use a large-scale experiment (<em>N</em> = 8000) to determine whether GPT-4 can replicate cross-cultural differences in the Big Five, measured using the Ten-Item Personality Inventory. We used the US and South Korea as the cultural pair, given that prior research suggests substantial personality differences between people from these two countries. We manipulated the target of the simulation (US vs. Korean), the language of the inventory (English vs. Korean), and the language model (GPT-4 vs. GPT-3.5). Our results show that GPT-4 replicated the cross-cultural differences for each factor. However, mean ratings had an upward bias and exhibited lower variation than in the human samples, as well as lower structural validity. We provide preliminary evidence that LLMs can aid cross-cultural researchers and practitioners.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"115 ","pages":"Article 104584"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143142414","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dark and Blue: A meta-analysis of the relationship between Dark Triad and depressive symptoms","authors":"Chunwei Lyu , Danna Xu , Guo Chen","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104553","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104553","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Certain personality traits and depression formation are closely related, but when exploring the relationship between personality traits and depressive symptoms, researchers have paid little attention to dark personality traits. Although current studies have explored the correlations between the dark triad and depressive symptoms, different findings have been provided. This study conducted a <em>meta</em>-analysis that included 31 studies involving 15,567 participants. The results indicated that both psychopathy and machiavellianism had significant positive correlations with depressive symptoms, while the correlation between narcissism and depressive symptoms was not significant. In addition, this correlation varies due to the different instruments. Psychologists and healthcare professionals need to take into account the important role of the dark triad traits when identifying, preventing, and treating depressive symptoms.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104553"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142744293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sophie C. Bauditz , Aidan G.C. Wright , Ursula Hess , Matthias Ziegler
{"title":"The many faces of narcissism: A question of situation perception?","authors":"Sophie C. Bauditz , Aidan G.C. Wright , Ursula Hess , Matthias Ziegler","doi":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104554","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jrp.2024.104554","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study investigated the dynamic interplay between narcissistic states—narcissistic agency, antagonism, and vulnerability—and situation perceptions using the DIAMONDS framework. Participants (<em>N</em> = 183) engaged in weekly online group discussions over six weeks, simulating the natural acquaintance process. Results showed significant co-occurrences: situation perceptions of Positivity<!--> <!-->related to heightened narcissistic agency, while Duty and Negativity perceptions were linked to narcissistic antagonism and vulnerability. Random-Intercept Cross-Lagged Panel Models revealed first causal relations, with situation perceptions often preceding changes in narcissistic states. For example, perceptions of Intellect and Positivity increased narcissistic agency, while Intellect, Duty, and Negativity triggered higher-than-usual narcissistic antagonism. Findings highlight the role of situation perceptions in shaping the momentray manifestations of narcissisism.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":48406,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Research in Personality","volume":"114 ","pages":"Article 104554"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143127952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"心理学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}