Trevor Archer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 87602 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Trevor Archer |
| NOMBRES | Trevor |
| APELLIDO | Archer |
| FIRMA | ARCHER T |
| AFILIACIONES | Göteborg University |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 16 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 9 |
| OBRAS COMO AUTOR | 16 |
| OBRAS COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2000 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2015 |
| ÍNDICE H | 1 |
The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles
The affective profiles model is based on the combination of individuals’ experience of high/low positive affect and high/low negative affect: self-fulfilling, high affective, low affective, and self-destructive. We used the profiles as the backdrop for the investigation of individual differences in malevolent character traits (i.e., the Dark Triad: psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism). A total of 1,000 participants (age: M = 31.50 SD = …
Role of High School Teachers in Swedish Psychology Education
A descriptive, qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews involving six high school teachers of psychology was carried out in order to ascertain the factors contributing to the outcome of education in the discipline. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological method (EPP-method) was used. Eighteen categories of "meaning units" were derived from the analysis of the interview materials and are described together with representative quotations ta…
Predicting stress in male and female psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers
The present study was aimed at examining the relationships between affective status, mood, and stress in both a psychiatric patient group ( n = 100) and a healthy volunteer group ( n = 101 persons), as well as trying to find evidence of a gender effect. The Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA), Stress and Energy (SE), Dispositional optimism (LOT), Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) self-rating scale and the DSM-IV and I…
Moral Reasoning
This study examined the influence of affective personality, perfectionism, gender, arousal and dilemma content on moral reasoning. 264 participants were presented with moral dilemmas to which they had to provide a solution that reflected various degrees of justice and care. The results indicated that a) affective personality had an effect on moral reasoning, b) female participants reported higher levels of care morality than did male participants…
Altered Consciousness in Flotation-Rest and Chamber-Rest
Twenty-three sportsmen were given one 45-minute exposure to flotation-REST and one exposure to chamber-REST on two occasions, incorporating random assignment to either flotation-REST followed by chamber-REST or vice versa. On each occasion, the Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique (REST) procedure was followed immediately by testing experimentally induced pain to one arm using a blood pressure cuff. It was found that flotation-REST indu…
Adolescents' Fire-Setting Awareness under Boredom
The present study assessed whether or not there is a relation between fire-setting and boredom. 56 Swedish secondary-school students, 28 adolescent boys and 28 adolescent girls, were randomly assigned to a Control group and an Experimental [Boredom] group divided equally by sex. Participants were required to complete a projective test, a short story the content of which depicted a bored individual fingering a box of matches or lighter and with a …
New Age
New Age is experienced as being a growing phenomenon. Taking the New Age movement in Sweden as its point of departure, this explorative study attempts to derive a purpose for this outlook and to then describe it from a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. In-depth interviews were applied as the data collection method and selection centred on four men and four women professionally active within the New-Age movement. The domain was derived from t…
Conceptualization of the Unknown by 6-, 9- and 14-Year-Old Children in a Story-Telling Context
This study examines children's imagination of the unknown within a story-telling context. In total 40 children (20 girls and 20 boys) participated, distributed over three groups, as follows: 10 6-year-olds, 12 9-year-olds, and 18 14-year-olds. One chapter from the English children's book Winnie- the-Pooh (written by A.A. Milne in 1926) was read aloud by the respective teacher to each group, after which the children in the two youngest groups were…
Relative Constancy of Personality Characteristics and Efficacy of a 12-Month Training Program in Facilitating Coping Strategies
The present study reports a sublongitudinal experiment involving 15 employees (4 male and 11 female) of an insurance company all of whom underwent a 12-month program of intensive mental training and physical coaching in order to ascertain whether or not certain characteristics of personality, attitudes, beliefs or performance would be altered. Each participant was assessed on a battery of different questionnaires including: background variables, …
Performance During Stress
In order to study the role of stress upon performance as a function of age and personality type, participants were derived from three different occupational categories. Performance ability during stress and health condition of participants were studied through application of the Stroop Color and Word Test, the Stress and Energy Instrument, the Glare Pressure Test and systolic blood pressure measurements – whereas the four different personality ty…
Soccer referees’ experience of threat and aggression
The present study examined the circumstances pertaining to threat and aggression during soccer matches as experienced by 107 provincial Soccer Association referees. Three sources of aggression were identified—soccer players, coaches/trainers, and spectators—and the main measures included threat and physical and verbal aggression. Several outcomes, including prematch worry and effects on concentration, performance, and motivation, were affected by…
Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in Self-Concept
This meta-analytic approach, designed to explore the cross-cultural differences in levels of self-concept as measured by the Self-Description Questionnaire, yielded two main results. (a) There seems to be a general pattern in self-concept amongst schoolchildren from the three cultural groups included in this investigation (i.e., Asia, Africa, and Australia/United States). Girls have higher or equal means in most academic areas and boys are higher…
Moral Expression in 6- to 7-year-old Children's Stories in Sweden, Hungary and China
The present study examines ethical concepts in children's stories. The subject group of 94 children was derived from three different cultures: Swedish (44 children), Hungarian (18 children) and Chinese (32 children), who were all 6-7 years old. The assembled material consisted of transcribed stories (interviews). The task given to each child was that he or she should make up their own story about a dog. Karlsson's EPP method was used for the anal…
Psychological Androgyny and Creativity
The present study was performed to describe the involvement of gender-role and personality traits in a cluster of tests to ascertain individuals. creative ability. Participants were 200 students at Karlstad University. Five gender-role types, based upon masculinity/femininity scales were derived, namely the androgynic, stereotypic, retrotypic, midmost and undifferentiated types. Results indicated that the androgynic group scored higher than the o…
The Effects of Alcohol Intake and Induced Frustration Upon Art Vandalism
This study was designed to examine the interactive effects between alcohol-intake and frustration effects upon art vandalism. 100 subjects, 50 men and 50 women, were randomly assigned to five experimental conditions (Control, Alcohol, Alcohol+Frustration, Frustration and Placebo) with 10 men and 10 women in each group. Subjects were provided with the opportunity to scrawl on a picture of Adam and Eve (the AET test). AET was evaluated also on leve…
Health of Women
This study examined the effects of life events, social support, personality traits, and siblings' birth-order on the health of women. 199 middle-class participants were included. 95 women, randomly assigned from four different patient groups, were compared with a control group of 96 randomly selected women without any special health problems. They completed a questionnaire which included questions regarding family background, health, different li…
Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in Self-Concept
This meta-analytic approach, designed to explore the cross-cultural differences in levels of self-concept as measured by the Self-Description Questionnaire, yielded two main results. (a) There seems to be a general pattern in self-concept amongst schoolchildren from the three cultural groups included in this investigation (i.e., Asia, Africa, and Australia/United States). Girls have higher or equal means in most academic areas and boys are higher…
Role of High School Teachers in Swedish Psychology Education
A descriptive, qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews involving six high school teachers of psychology was carried out in order to ascertain the factors contributing to the outcome of education in the discipline. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological method (EPP-method) was used. Eighteen categories of "meaning units" were derived from the analysis of the interview materials and are described together with representative quotations ta…
Conceptualization of the Unknown by 6-, 9- and 14-Year-Old Children in a Story-Telling Context
This study examines children's imagination of the unknown within a story-telling context. In total 40 children (20 girls and 20 boys) participated, distributed over three groups, as follows: 10 6-year-olds, 12 9-year-olds, and 18 14-year-olds. One chapter from the English children's book Winnie- the-Pooh (written by A.A. Milne in 1926) was read aloud by the respective teacher to each group, after which the children in the two youngest groups were…
Soccer referees’ experience of threat and aggression
The present study examined the circumstances pertaining to threat and aggression during soccer matches as experienced by 107 provincial Soccer Association referees. Three sources of aggression were identified—soccer players, coaches/trainers, and spectators—and the main measures included threat and physical and verbal aggression. Several outcomes, including prematch worry and effects on concentration, performance, and motivation, were affected by…
Moral Expression in 6- to 7-year-old Children's Stories in Sweden, Hungary and China
The present study examines ethical concepts in children's stories. The subject group of 94 children was derived from three different cultures: Swedish (44 children), Hungarian (18 children) and Chinese (32 children), who were all 6-7 years old. The assembled material consisted of transcribed stories (interviews). The task given to each child was that he or she should make up their own story about a dog. Karlsson's EPP method was used for the anal…
Psychological Androgyny and Creativity
The present study was performed to describe the involvement of gender-role and personality traits in a cluster of tests to ascertain individuals. creative ability. Participants were 200 students at Karlstad University. Five gender-role types, based upon masculinity/femininity scales were derived, namely the androgynic, stereotypic, retrotypic, midmost and undifferentiated types. Results indicated that the androgynic group scored higher than the o…
The Effects of Alcohol Intake and Induced Frustration Upon Art Vandalism
This study was designed to examine the interactive effects between alcohol-intake and frustration effects upon art vandalism. 100 subjects, 50 men and 50 women, were randomly assigned to five experimental conditions (Control, Alcohol, Alcohol+Frustration, Frustration and Placebo) with 10 men and 10 women in each group. Subjects were provided with the opportunity to scrawl on a picture of Adam and Eve (the AET test). AET was evaluated also on leve…
Health of Women
This study examined the effects of life events, social support, personality traits, and siblings' birth-order on the health of women. 199 middle-class participants were included. 95 women, randomly assigned from four different patient groups, were compared with a control group of 96 randomly selected women without any special health problems. They completed a questionnaire which included questions regarding family background, health, different li…
Exploring Cross-Cultural Differences in Self-Concept
This meta-analytic approach, designed to explore the cross-cultural differences in levels of self-concept as measured by the Self-Description Questionnaire, yielded two main results. (a) There seems to be a general pattern in self-concept amongst schoolchildren from the three cultural groups included in this investigation (i.e., Asia, Africa, and Australia/United States). Girls have higher or equal means in most academic areas and boys are higher…
Moral Expression in 6- to 7-year-old Children's Stories in Sweden, Hungary and China
The present study examines ethical concepts in children's stories. The subject group of 94 children was derived from three different cultures: Swedish (44 children), Hungarian (18 children) and Chinese (32 children), who were all 6-7 years old. The assembled material consisted of transcribed stories (interviews). The task given to each child was that he or she should make up their own story about a dog. Karlsson's EPP method was used for the anal…
Relative Constancy of Personality Characteristics and Efficacy of a 12-Month Training Program in Facilitating Coping Strategies
The present study reports a sublongitudinal experiment involving 15 employees (4 male and 11 female) of an insurance company all of whom underwent a 12-month program of intensive mental training and physical coaching in order to ascertain whether or not certain characteristics of personality, attitudes, beliefs or performance would be altered. Each participant was assessed on a battery of different questionnaires including: background variables, …
Performance During Stress
In order to study the role of stress upon performance as a function of age and personality type, participants were derived from three different occupational categories. Performance ability during stress and health condition of participants were studied through application of the Stroop Color and Word Test, the Stress and Energy Instrument, the Glare Pressure Test and systolic blood pressure measurements – whereas the four different personality ty…
Soccer referees’ experience of threat and aggression
The present study examined the circumstances pertaining to threat and aggression during soccer matches as experienced by 107 provincial Soccer Association referees. Three sources of aggression were identified—soccer players, coaches/trainers, and spectators—and the main measures included threat and physical and verbal aggression. Several outcomes, including prematch worry and effects on concentration, performance, and motivation, were affected by…
New Age
New Age is experienced as being a growing phenomenon. Taking the New Age movement in Sweden as its point of departure, this explorative study attempts to derive a purpose for this outlook and to then describe it from a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach. In-depth interviews were applied as the data collection method and selection centred on four men and four women professionally active within the New-Age movement. The domain was derived from t…
Conceptualization of the Unknown by 6-, 9- and 14-Year-Old Children in a Story-Telling Context
This study examines children's imagination of the unknown within a story-telling context. In total 40 children (20 girls and 20 boys) participated, distributed over three groups, as follows: 10 6-year-olds, 12 9-year-olds, and 18 14-year-olds. One chapter from the English children's book Winnie- the-Pooh (written by A.A. Milne in 1926) was read aloud by the respective teacher to each group, after which the children in the two youngest groups were…
Altered Consciousness in Flotation-Rest and Chamber-Rest
Twenty-three sportsmen were given one 45-minute exposure to flotation-REST and one exposure to chamber-REST on two occasions, incorporating random assignment to either flotation-REST followed by chamber-REST or vice versa. On each occasion, the Restricted Environmental Stimulation Technique (REST) procedure was followed immediately by testing experimentally induced pain to one arm using a blood pressure cuff. It was found that flotation-REST indu…
Adolescents' Fire-Setting Awareness under Boredom
The present study assessed whether or not there is a relation between fire-setting and boredom. 56 Swedish secondary-school students, 28 adolescent boys and 28 adolescent girls, were randomly assigned to a Control group and an Experimental [Boredom] group divided equally by sex. Participants were required to complete a projective test, a short story the content of which depicted a bored individual fingering a box of matches or lighter and with a …
Moral Reasoning
This study examined the influence of affective personality, perfectionism, gender, arousal and dilemma content on moral reasoning. 264 participants were presented with moral dilemmas to which they had to provide a solution that reflected various degrees of justice and care. The results indicated that a) affective personality had an effect on moral reasoning, b) female participants reported higher levels of care morality than did male participants…
Predicting stress in male and female psychiatric patients and healthy volunteers
The present study was aimed at examining the relationships between affective status, mood, and stress in both a psychiatric patient group ( n = 100) and a healthy volunteer group ( n = 101 persons), as well as trying to find evidence of a gender effect. The Positive Affect (PA) and Negative Affect (NA), Stress and Energy (SE), Dispositional optimism (LOT), Comprehensive Psychopathological Rating Scale (CPRS) self-rating scale and the DSM-IV and I…
The Dark Side of the Affective Profiles
The affective profiles model is based on the combination of individuals’ experience of high/low positive affect and high/low negative affect: self-fulfilling, high affective, low affective, and self-destructive. We used the profiles as the backdrop for the investigation of individual differences in malevolent character traits (i.e., the Dark Triad: psychopathy, Machiavellianism, and narcissism). A total of 1,000 participants (age: M = 31.50 SD = …
Role of High School Teachers in Swedish Psychology Education
A descriptive, qualitative analysis of in-depth interviews involving six high school teachers of psychology was carried out in order to ascertain the factors contributing to the outcome of education in the discipline. The Empirical Phenomenological Psychological method (EPP-method) was used. Eighteen categories of "meaning units" were derived from the analysis of the interview materials and are described together with representative quotations ta…
Psychology (16 obras) · Social Psychology (13 obras) · Developmental psychology (12 obras) · Social Psychology (11 obras) · Personality (8 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Clinical Psychology (6 obras) · Optimism, Hope, and Well-being (6 obras) · Medicine (5 obras) · Optimism (4 obras)