The Influence of Supervisor Temperament on Subordinate Job Satisfaction and Perceptions of Supervisor Sociocommunicative Orientation and Approachability

The goal of this study was to re-examine McCroskey, Valencic, and Richmond's findings about the impact of a teacher's temperament on her or his students by examining the findings in a different context, the supervisor-subordinate relationship in organizational settings. This study measured a supervisor's temperament to see if it affected a subordinate's job satisfaction, motivation, and perceptions of supervisor credibility, sociocommunicative style, and approachability. Results indicated a positive relationship between supervisor psychoticism and subordinate job satisfaction and motivation, while supervisor extraversion and neuroticism negatively related to subordinate job satisfaction and motivation. Furthermore, results indicated a positive relationship between supervisor extraversion and subordinate perceptions of supervisor responsiveness, and a negative relationship between supervisor neuroticism and psychoticism and subordinate perceptions of supervisor responsiveness. Overall, a supervisor's temperament was shown to affect subordinate perceptions of supervisor communicative behavior.     

Does Religious Education as an examination subject work to promote community cohesion? An empirical enquiry among 14- to 15-year-old adolescents in England and Wales

This study begins by examining the way in which, in both England and Wales, Religious Education has become implicated in political discussion regarding the role of education in promoting community cohesion. The relationship between taking Religious Education as an examination subject and attitude towards religious diversity (as an affective indicator of community cohesion) is then explored among 3052 14- to 15-year-old students. After controlling for contextual factors (school type and geographical location), personal factors (sex and age), psychological factors (psychoticism, neuroticism and extraversion) and religious factors (Christian affiliation, worship attendance, personal prayer and belief in God), a small but significant positive association was found between taking Religious Education as an examination subject and attitude towards religious diversity. This finding may be interpreted as supporting the view that Religious Education works to promote community cohesion, although the wider debate that the community cohesion agenda has generated among religious educators needs further exploration.     

Depressive mood and social maladjustment: Differential effects on academic achievement

The Children Depression Inventory (CDI) is a multidimensional instrument that includes items of social withdrawal, anhedonia, asthenia, low self-esteem (internalized) and behavioral problems (externalized). Child depression has been related with low academic achievement, neurotic and introverted personality traits and social maladjustment defined by aggressiveness, psychoticism and antisocial behavior. In this work, it is hypothesized that in non-clinical populations, the relationships between CDI scores and a low academic achievement might be basically due to social maladjustment assessed by the behavioral items of this instrument, which do not necessarily tap depressive mood. The effects of both depressive mood and social maladjustment on academic achievement are analyzed in an adolescent sample of 315 boys and 363 girls through Structural Equation Modelling procedures. Results corroborate the hypothesis that social maladjustment measured by the CDI behavioral items and Psychoticism explain low academic achievement over and above depressive mood measured by the rest of the CDI items, extraversion and neuroticism.     

Personality and Social Class among Eleven‐year‐old Children

The JEPQ‐S, short form of the JEPQ, was completed by 326 fourth‐year junior pupils from schools in predominantly working class and predominantly middle class areas, together with information about their fathers’ occupations. The lack of any significant correlations between the social class of fathers’ occupations and extroversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and the lie scale is discussed against the discrepant findings regarding the relationship between personality and social class among adults from the MPI to the EPQ‐R, the Eysenckian theory relating crime and personality and the relationship between deviant social behaviour and social class. On the other hand, pupils from the predominantly working class areas recorded significantly higher scores on the pychoticism scale than pupils from the predominantly middle class areas.     

Attitudes Toward Computers of Gifted Students and their Teachers

One of the prerequisites for acceptance and implementation of computers in an educational system is a positive attitude of both teachers and students toward their use. This research, therefore, focuses on differences in attitudes toward computers between male and female teachers, female and male gifted students, and teachers and gifted students. Samples consisted of 217 gifted students (115 males and 102 females) and 125 teachers (30 males and 95 females) in the Amman Educational District, Jordan. Computer attitudes were measured by means of the Attitudes of Both Teachers and Students Toward Computers Questionnaire, and compared statistically to variables such as performance in mathematics, IQ, gender, teachers’ experience in teaching and computing, and teachers’ training. Results showed that participants are generally positive towards computers, and there were no significant differences in attitude between gifted students and teachers or between males and females. Attitudes towards computers, however, may be predicted by performance in mathematics and by IQ scores.     

Relationships of Some Personality Variables to Academic Attainment of Secondary School Pupils

The study examined the relationship of extraversion (E), neuroticism (N), psychoticism (P), academic self‐concept and locus of control to academic attainment of lower secondary school pupils in a cross‐cultural context. Measures of E, N, P, academic self‐concept, locus of control and academic attainment were taken from 120 pupils (60 boys, 60 girls) of Standard 7 in a middle school in Bophuthatswana (Southern African region). The analysis of results revealed that E, N and P are significantly negatively related to academic attainment, while academic self‐concept and internality are significantly positively associated with measures of academic attainment. No significant sex differences were found. It was also observed that mean E and N scores of the subjects of this study were significantly lower than those given in Eysenck and Eysenck's (1975) normative data for English children of the same age.     

Assessing outgroup prejudice among 13–15-year-old students attending Catholic and Protestant secondary schools in Northern Ireland: An empirical enquiry

Northern Ireland has been and remains a religiously divided community. This study sets out to examine outgroup prejudice among a sample of 1799 13–15-year-old students attending Catholic or Protestant schools and employs both bivariate analyses and hierarchical modelling to chart the associations between outgroup prejudice and personal factors (sex and age), psychological factors (extraversion, neuroticism, and psychoticism), and religious factors (affiliation, church attendance, and personal prayer). After taking personal, psychological, and religious factors into account, little variance in levels of outgroup prejudice between students could be attributed to the type of school they attended.     

经济发展水平对高职生源心理影响的调查研究

用EPQ和UPI考察经济发展水平对人格与心理健康的影响。结果发现,发达地区与欠发达地区的高职生源在内外向、神垃质、精神质和掩饰性上均有显著差异,较发达地区生源基本处于两者之间。同时欠发达地区可能有心理问题学生的比例最高,咨询愿望最强烈,但是曾经接受过心理咨询和治疗的比例最低。     

高中生的人格、情绪及其关系的研究

本研究采用问卷调查方法,对高中生的人格、情绪及其关系进行研究。结果发现高中男女生在精神质上存在显著差异(t=-2.857,p=.005),而在神经质、外倾性、说谎量表上的得分均没有差异。高中生的积极情绪显著多于消极情绪,在积极情绪方面男女之间存在显著差异(t=2.89,p=.004),男性的积极情绪显著多于女性(M男=29.75,M女=27.73),而消极情绪男女之间不存在差异(t=.60,p=.55)。人格与情绪密切相关,神经质是和消极情绪相联系的,而外倾性是和积极情绪相联系的。     

Assessment of Morale in Further Education Students Studying for A‐level Examinations

This paper reports the results of an empirical study of psychological morale in further education students. Success in A‐level examinations is dependant on a number of factors, not only intellectual ability but also morale and other personality factors. This investigation aimed to assess the influence of these factors in the 16–18 years age range. The sample consisted of 357 A‐level students (156 male and 201 female). Students were asked to complete a number of inventories measuring various dimensions of personality, including morale, self‐esteem, extraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism and state and trait anxiety. Significant and positive correlations of morale with self‐esteem and extraversion were reported. Significant but negative correlations of morale with neuroticism and state and trait anxiety were reported. A factor analysis of the Well‐being Inventory revealed that the most significant factor was student optimism and belief in their future, but this was often moderated by the influence of anxiety. These findings have implications not only for the students who were participants in this investigation but also managers and teachers in further education colleges.     

大学生网络成瘾与人格特质关系研究

目的了解大学生网络成瘾现状,分析大学生网络成瘾与人格特质的关系。方法采用金伯利·扬的网络用户自我判断量袁和艾森克人格特质量表,对商洛学院120名和西安文理学院86名在校大学生进行测试,其中男生59人,女生147人。结果（1）被试大学生网络成瘾者在网络成瘾量表不同维度上的得分存在性别、是否是独生子女、学科性质、教育程度、生源地等变量上的差异,差异的表现是复杂多样的;（2）被试大学生网络成瘾者在神经质维度、精神质维度、掩饰性维度上存在显著差异,在内外向维度上的差异不显著;（3）网络成瘾者的网络依赖性和精神质维度、神经质维度呈正相关,而和掩饰性维度呈负相关。结论大学生网络成瘾与人格特质之间存在一定关系。     

Personality,conventional Christian belief and unconventional paranormal belief: a study among teenagers

A sample of 10,851 pupils (5493 males and 5358 females) attending Year 9 classes (13‐ to 14‐year‐olds) and a sample of 9494 pupils (4787 males and 4707 females) attending Year 10 classes (14‐ to 15‐year‐olds) in non‐denominational state‐maintained secondary schools in England and Wales completed questions concerned with conventional Christian belief and unconventional paranormal belief, alongside the short‐form Junior Eysenck Personality Questionnaire. The data demonstrated that conventional Christian belief and unconventional paranormal belief occupy different locations in relation to the Eysenckian model of personality in respect of the psychoticism scale and the lie scale. While conventional Christian belief is associated with lower psychoticism scores and higher lie scale scores (greater social conformity), unconventional paranormal belief is associated with higher psychoticism scores and lower lie scale scores (lower social conformity).     

大学生宽恕心理及其影响因素探析

宽恕是现代社会进步的标志之一,大学生的宽恕水平对社会的影响极大。本研究采用Hearland宽恕量表、自尊量表、一般自我效能感量表和艾森克人格问卷等研究工具对江西省480名学生进行测查。统计结果显示,大学生宽恕心理在性别、年级、是否独生、是否道歉、道歉的接受程度及是否得到安慰等因素上存在显著差异,宽恕与自我效能感、自尊、内外向呈显著正相关,宽恕与精神质、神经质呈显著负相关,神经质和精神质对宽恕有负向预测力,自尊对宽恕有正向预测力。大学生的性别、年级、是否独生、是否道歉、道歉的接受程度及是否得到安慰、自我效能感、自尊、人格等均会影响其宽恕水平。     

Student's attitudes towards computers in sixteen to nineteen education

Over the last two decades there have been numerous studies in a variety of countries examining students' attitudes towards computers, ranging from pre-school to postgraduate levels of education. Despite a plethora of international attitudinal research there has, however, been a conspicuous avoidance of the 16–19 educational setting (i.e. Grades 12–14). From this background the present study examined the attitudes towards computers of a sample of 983 students from nine school sixth-form and college based institutions in South Wales. Although students' attitudes towards IT were found to be influenced by a range of individually and educationally based factors, multivariate analysis showed that attitudes were primarily influenced by the subject area and qualification pathway students were following as well as their access to a home computer. Contrary to previous research, gender was found to only exert a lesser influence on students' attitudes. Furthermore, factors such as the educational institution attended and students' year group were not found to affect attitudes towards computers. Having contextualised these findings within the international work carried out on computer attitudes and use, areas of contention for future research are then discussed.p>     

Attitudes of special education teachers towards using technology in inclusive classrooms: a mixed‐methods study

The purpose of this mixed‐methods study was to explore special education teachers’ attitudes towards using technology in inclusive classrooms in Oman. The sample consisted of 428 special education teachers working in Omani public schools (250 teachers of students with learning disabilities (LD), 90 teachers of students with intellectual disability and 88 teachers of students with hearing impairment). Participants responded to the attitudes towards computers questionnaire. For the qualitative section of this study, three semi‐structured group interviews were conducted with a group of special education teachers: 15 teachers of students with hearing impairment, 15 teachers of students with intellectual disabilities and 15 teachers of students with LD). Also, the teachers responded to a survey of educational technology which encompassed seven questions about computer technology. Results of the study indicated that the special education teachers’ attitudes towards using computers were generally positive. The most notable positive attitudes were in the following subscales: special education considerations, staff development considerations, computers use in society, and computers and quality of instruction issues. The analysis of variance results showed that experience and type of disability did not have a significant effect on teachers’ attitudes towards technology.     

A case study of low‐status women’s attitudes towards computers

This study investigates the attitudes of a group of low‐status women towards computers through a deliberately designed computer training programme. Four aspects of the women’s attitudes were examined, including computer anxiety, confidence, liking and usefulness. Data sources consist of pre‐ and post‐surveys and interviews with the participants. The results show that the participants’ attitudes towards computers improved greatly after attending the training course, especially in terms of the aspect of anxiety. It was also found that the instructor’s patience, repeated step‐by‐step demonstrations, detailed notes presented with screen‐image snapshots, stand‐by tutors and a friendly learning environment were the main elements that effectively helped the learners increase their positive feelings towards learning to use computers. The study reveals that once women have opportunities to use computers and once they are adequately instructed, the majority will be connected to the digital world in no time.     

Child and Adolescent Predictors of Personality in Early Adulthood

This study investigated development of the Big Five personality traits from early childhood into adulthood. An initial group of 137 Swedish children were assessed eight times between ages 2 and 29 years. Initial decreases in extraversion leveled off in early adulthood; agreeableness and conscientiousness increased from ages 2 to 29; neuroticism initially increased, leveled off in later childhood and adolescence, and decreased throughout early adulthood; while openness to experience showed an initial increase, then decreased and leveled off in early adulthood. Individual developmental trajectories varied significantly, particularly in relation to gender. Personality traits became increasingly stable, and the fact that childhood scores predicted scores in adulthood indicated that personalities are fairly stable across this portion of the life span.     

Attitudes and confidence towards computers and books as learning tools: a cross-sectional study of student cohorts

Students today comprise a very diverse group, and this will be reflected in their attitudes towards learning. This study set out to examine four different cohorts of UK students during the same time period. Contrary to expectations, it was found that attitudes towards books and computers, as measured by separate but matched scales, were equal, even though experience of the two media varied considerably. A key predictor for computer attitude was found to be confidence for learning from computers rather than general computer confidence. Further, attitudes and confidence towards books and computers as learning tools varied significantly across the four cohorts.     

大学生病理性网络使用与人格特征、心理健康相关研究

为了解大学生病理性网络使用（PIU）现状,及对大学生病理性网络使用者的人格特征和心理健康水平进行分析探讨。文章利用各种相关量表,对杭州下沙高教园区上网程度较深的在校大学生进行测评。得到结论：PIU大学生的艾森克人格特征内外向（E）维度、掩饰性（L）维度得分低于全国常模,神经质（N）、精神质（P）维度得分高于全国常模;PIU大学生的神经质（N）、精神质（P）维度得分与网络依赖性呈正相关趋势,而内外向（E）、掩饰性（L）维度得分与网络依赖性呈负相关趋势;PIU大学生的心理健康水平显著低于全国常模水平;PIU大学生的网络依赖性与SCL-90的各项因子分（除其他因子外）呈显著正相关。     

Personality,Intelligence Components and Foreign Language Attainment

Approximately 1200 children from the Irish Republic were tested for various intelligence abilities, attainment in Irish (taught as a second language), personality traits of psychoticism, neuroticism and extroversion and attitude to learning foreign languages. Females had a significantly higher N score and had a significantly more positive attitude towards learning second languages and males had a significantly higher P score. The personality measures were not strongly related to the cognitive measures; anxiety, for example, does not appear to have an adverse effect on performance. There were low but positive correlations between attitude towards foreign language learning and the total score obtained in the Irish test. It is suggested that individuals have a more positive attitude towards subjects they are good at; hence the attitude could be influenced by innate ability. Attitude towards learning foreign languages also had low but significant correlations with some of the other cognitive tests, e.g. the English Spelling and Verbal Fluency tests. The results were very similar for both the primary and secondary school children. Age does not appear to influence personality measures during this period of childhood and adolescence.