Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal

Adolescence is a period in which there are dramatic changes, and as a result of such changes an individual's perception of the world is altered. It is well documented that there are emotional ups and downs during this period (Adams, 1995). Adolescents...

Two of the predominant models in trait psychology are currently the Big Five model (e.g., Goldberg, 1990) and the Giant Three model (e.g., Eysenck, 1994). The Big Five model postulates that personality can be exhaustively described in terms of neuroticism,...

The art of gaining compliance plays an influential role in every society and every culture (Petrova, Cialdini, & Sills, 2007). The completion of set objectives (goals) usually entails the solicitation of others' assistance in accomplishing that...

A basic principle of probability is the conjunction rule, P (A & B) [less than or equal to] P (A). The probability of two events, taken together, cannot be more probable than that of either of the individual elements which comprise the conjunction....

Personality is generally accepted as a valid predictor of job performance given the conclusions reached in several recent meta-analyses (e.g., Barrick & Mount, 1991; Salgado, 1997; Tett, Jackson, & Rothstein, 1991). Considerable research has...

Self-esteem is regarded as a component of global self-concept (Rosenberg, 1989), and defined as an individual's overall positive evaluation of the self (Cast & Burke, 2002). Low self-esteem has been found to be associated with aggressive driving...

The nature of military operations places huge emphasis on those in positions of leadership. Adequate leadership at all levels is so important that success cannot be guaranteed without it--even with superior equipment or technology. Therefore, military...