Barbara Gawda
Biographic Data
| ID | 3075879 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Barbara Gawda |
| GIVEN NAMES | Barbara |
| FAMILY NAME | Gawda |
| SIGNATURE | GAWDA B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maria Curie-Skłodowska University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6783-1779 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Emotions Toward the Institution of the Church
The aim of the study was to develop a scale for measuring emotions toward the Church as an institution. In Study 1, the initial development of the Emotions Toward the Church Scale (ETC) involved compiling a list of 91 Church-related emotions. Following evaluation by expert judges, the list was reduced to 27 items, which were administered to a representative sample of Polish adults (N = 518). Based on the results of an exploratory factor analysis,…
Low level of dark personality traits in transgender people and their relationships with resilience
The results of participants from the transgender group indicate lower level of dark personality traits. Observed differences in dark personality traits are related to gender and are independent of transgenderism. Psychological resilience provides a subtle protective function against the development of dark personality traits
The structure of lay-concepts within the fear spectrum revealed using emotional verbal fluency
Given the fact that natural language analysis can distinguish constituents of mental constructs, the present research was designed to investigate the structure of concepts related to the broad spectrum of emotions comprising worry, fear, anxiety, and panic, which in this article is referred to as the ‘fear spectrum’. A new technique presented here is based on a word association task and enables a description of the structure of emotion concepts. …
The Differentiation of Narrative Styles in Individuals with High Psychopathic Deviate
The current study was designed to show the differentiation of narrative styles in individuals with high scores in Psychopathic deviate (Pd) scale and develop a method enabling identification of psychopathic personality traits based on linguistic indicators. 600 spontaneous narrations related to emotional topics have been examined for grammar, syntactic, and lexical indicators. The indicators have been selected based on a review related to languag…
The Structure of the Concepts Related to Love Spectrum
Love has been thoroughly studied and a variety of definitions as well as types of love have been described in the literature. Given the data presenting natural language of love concept, the aim of the two present studies is to demonstrate a new technique which enables description of the structure of emotion concepts within love spectrum. This technique is based on emotional verbal fluency tasks. The procedure and the coding system used are report…
Prevalence of Personality Disorders in a General Population Among Men and Women
The aim of the present study is to establish the prevalence of personality disorders (PDs) in a healthy (nonclinical) Polish population, to examine sex difference in PDs, and to show the structure of clusters which PDs form with regard to men and women. A large sample of 1460 individuals of age between 18 and 65 years was examined. The Structured Clinical Interview for Axis II was used to obtain information on PDs, the Mini International Neuropsy…
Valence of Affective Verbal Fluency
Type D Personality Associated With Health and Mental Health Problems
Lussier and Loas examined relationship between anhedonia, depression, and type D personality. The aim of this commentary is to extend the discussion to four aspects not considered in the original article: association of type D personality with problems other than those of cardiovascular health, inconsistent findings in these associations, data on association between type D personality and mental problems, and an attempt to interpret their main fi…
Lack of evidence for the assessment of personality traits using handwriting analysis
Background: The aim of the study is to clarify the beliefs and numerous doubts about the possible identification of personality in handwriting. The purpose of the described studies was to show an association between personality traits and handwriting features. The author aimed to verify whether or not there are any specific characteristics of writing in relation to personality traits. | Method: Two different studies have been described. A differe…
Semantic and Affective Verbal Fluency
Sex may have an important influence on verbal fluency. The aim of this study is to examine possible sex differences in different types of verbal fluency. Four tasks of verbal fluency were used in this study: two tasks of semantic verbal fluency (Animals, Fruits) and two tasks of affective verbal fluency (Pleasant, Unpleasant). The results were analysed for 200 adults aged 18 to 70 years. The number of correctly enumerated words, the number of pho…
The Emotional Lexicon of Individuals Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder
This study investigated the specific emotional lexicons in narratives created by persons diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) to test the hypothesis that individuals with ASPD exhibit deficiencies in emotional language. Study participants consisted of 60 prison inmates with ASPD, 40 prison inmates without ASPD, and 60 men without antisocial tendencies who described situations involving love, hate and anxiety depicted by photograp…
Associations between Anxiety and Love Scripts
Relations between trait anxiety and love scripts expressed in narratives were examined to assess how anxiety affects the perception of love. Stories about love (N = 160) written by 80 men and 80 women were analyzed. The content of the scripts was evaluated in terms of descriptions of actors, partners, expressed emotions of actor and of partner, importance of love, and the ending of the scenario. To test the differences between men and women on co…
Syntax of Emotional Narratives of Persons Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality
Love Scripts of Persons With Antisocial Personality
Love Scripts of Persons with Antisocial Personality
This study compared the scripts of love among 60 prison inmates diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and those of 40 inmates without an Antisocial Personality Disorder diagnosis but low antisocial tendencies, and a control group of 100 adult students in extramural or evening secondary schools without Antisocial Personality Disorder traits. The study focused on emotional knowledge about love of the group with Antisocial Personality Disor…
Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Paralinguistic Expression
The purpose of this study was to test the associations among neuroticism, extraversion, and paralinguistic expression. The relevant literature provides ample information on the association between personality traits and voice intensity, pitch, pace of speaking, frequency of pauses, slips of the tongue, and other speech impediments. The author attempted to verify and supplement work reported previously. Scores for 100 persons (56 women, 44 men; M …
Valence of Affective Verbal Fluency
The Emotional Lexicon of Individuals Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder
This study investigated the specific emotional lexicons in narratives created by persons diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) to test the hypothesis that individuals with ASPD exhibit deficiencies in emotional language. Study participants consisted of 60 prison inmates with ASPD, 40 prison inmates without ASPD, and 60 men without antisocial tendencies who described situations involving love, hate and anxiety depicted by photograp…
Syntax of Emotional Narratives of Persons Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality
The Structure of the Concepts Related to Love Spectrum
Love has been thoroughly studied and a variety of definitions as well as types of love have been described in the literature. Given the data presenting natural language of love concept, the aim of the two present studies is to demonstrate a new technique which enables description of the structure of emotion concepts within love spectrum. This technique is based on emotional verbal fluency tasks. The procedure and the coding system used are report…
Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Paralinguistic Expression
The purpose of this study was to test the associations among neuroticism, extraversion, and paralinguistic expression. The relevant literature provides ample information on the association between personality traits and voice intensity, pitch, pace of speaking, frequency of pauses, slips of the tongue, and other speech impediments. The author attempted to verify and supplement work reported previously. Scores for 100 persons (56 women, 44 men; M …
Love Scripts of Persons With Antisocial Personality
Love Scripts of Persons with Antisocial Personality
This study compared the scripts of love among 60 prison inmates diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder and those of 40 inmates without an Antisocial Personality Disorder diagnosis but low antisocial tendencies, and a control group of 100 adult students in extramural or evening secondary schools without Antisocial Personality Disorder traits. The study focused on emotional knowledge about love of the group with Antisocial Personality Disor…
Syntax of Emotional Narratives of Persons Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality
Associations between Anxiety and Love Scripts
Relations between trait anxiety and love scripts expressed in narratives were examined to assess how anxiety affects the perception of love. Stories about love (N = 160) written by 80 men and 80 women were analyzed. The content of the scripts was evaluated in terms of descriptions of actors, partners, expressed emotions of actor and of partner, importance of love, and the ending of the scenario. To test the differences between men and women on co…
Semantic and Affective Verbal Fluency
Sex may have an important influence on verbal fluency. The aim of this study is to examine possible sex differences in different types of verbal fluency. Four tasks of verbal fluency were used in this study: two tasks of semantic verbal fluency (Animals, Fruits) and two tasks of affective verbal fluency (Pleasant, Unpleasant). The results were analysed for 200 adults aged 18 to 70 years. The number of correctly enumerated words, the number of pho…
The Emotional Lexicon of Individuals Diagnosed with Antisocial Personality Disorder
This study investigated the specific emotional lexicons in narratives created by persons diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder (ASPD) to test the hypothesis that individuals with ASPD exhibit deficiencies in emotional language. Study participants consisted of 60 prison inmates with ASPD, 40 prison inmates without ASPD, and 60 men without antisocial tendencies who described situations involving love, hate and anxiety depicted by photograp…
Lack of evidence for the assessment of personality traits using handwriting analysis
Background: The aim of the study is to clarify the beliefs and numerous doubts about the possible identification of personality in handwriting. The purpose of the described studies was to show an association between personality traits and handwriting features. The author aimed to verify whether or not there are any specific characteristics of writing in relation to personality traits. | Method: Two different studies have been described. A differe…
Type D Personality Associated With Health and Mental Health Problems
Lussier and Loas examined relationship between anhedonia, depression, and type D personality. The aim of this commentary is to extend the discussion to four aspects not considered in the original article: association of type D personality with problems other than those of cardiovascular health, inconsistent findings in these associations, data on association between type D personality and mental problems, and an attempt to interpret their main fi…
Prevalence of Personality Disorders in a General Population Among Men and Women
The aim of the present study is to establish the prevalence of personality disorders (PDs) in a healthy (nonclinical) Polish population, to examine sex difference in PDs, and to show the structure of clusters which PDs form with regard to men and women. A large sample of 1460 individuals of age between 18 and 65 years was examined. The Structured Clinical Interview for Axis II was used to obtain information on PDs, the Mini International Neuropsy…
Valence of Affective Verbal Fluency
The Structure of the Concepts Related to Love Spectrum
Love has been thoroughly studied and a variety of definitions as well as types of love have been described in the literature. Given the data presenting natural language of love concept, the aim of the two present studies is to demonstrate a new technique which enables description of the structure of emotion concepts within love spectrum. This technique is based on emotional verbal fluency tasks. The procedure and the coding system used are report…
The structure of lay-concepts within the fear spectrum revealed using emotional verbal fluency
Given the fact that natural language analysis can distinguish constituents of mental constructs, the present research was designed to investigate the structure of concepts related to the broad spectrum of emotions comprising worry, fear, anxiety, and panic, which in this article is referred to as the ‘fear spectrum’. A new technique presented here is based on a word association task and enables a description of the structure of emotion concepts. …
The Differentiation of Narrative Styles in Individuals with High Psychopathic Deviate
The current study was designed to show the differentiation of narrative styles in individuals with high scores in Psychopathic deviate (Pd) scale and develop a method enabling identification of psychopathic personality traits based on linguistic indicators. 600 spontaneous narrations related to emotional topics have been examined for grammar, syntactic, and lexical indicators. The indicators have been selected based on a review related to languag…
Low level of dark personality traits in transgender people and their relationships with resilience
The results of participants from the transgender group indicate lower level of dark personality traits. Observed differences in dark personality traits are related to gender and are independent of transgenderism. Psychological resilience provides a subtle protective function against the development of dark personality traits
Emotions Toward the Institution of the Church
The aim of the study was to develop a scale for measuring emotions toward the Church as an institution. In Study 1, the initial development of the Emotions Toward the Church Scale (ETC) involved compiling a list of 91 Church-related emotions. Following evaluation by expert judges, the list was reduced to 27 items, which were administered to a representative sample of Polish adults (N = 518). Based on the results of an exploratory factor analysis,…
Psychology (14 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Personality (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive psychology (6 works) · Personality Disorders and Psychopathology (6 works) · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Anxiety (5 works)