Curtis S Dunkel
Biographic Data
| ID | 643047 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Curtis S Dunkel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Curtis S |
| FAMILY NAME | Dunkel |
| SIGNATURE | DUNKEL C S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Western Illinois University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5639-3278 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
A Prospective Study on the Association of Parental and Peer Attachment and the General Factor of Personality
INTRODUCTION: Personality traits covary to form a general factor of personality (GFP). The association of parental and peer attachment across adolescence and into early adulthood with the GFP in early adulthood were examined. METHODS: Data from the Oregon Youth Study were used in the analyses. Participants (N = 202 males) were administered measures of parental and peer attachment nine times, beginning in 1985, at ages 11-12 through ages 21-22. At…
The general factor of personality (GFP) in natural language
Using Large Language Models (LLMs), we tested the presence of a general factor of personality (GFP) in trait words in natural language (e.g., thousands of books and posts on internet). We included three set of trait words, extracted from well-known classical lexical studies on personality. The general factor we found represented a continuum of social desirable traits, similar to a typical GFP. Moreover, this LLM-based general factor correlated r …
Overlap between general factors of psychopathology and personality
Previous studies have shown that specific personality dimensions, -e.g., the Big Five-, consistently intercorrelate, such that they form a general factor of personality (GFP). It has been hypothesized that the GFP reflects social effectiveness. Similarly, in the clinical domain, overlap between various psychopathological symptoms has also been reported, leading to a general factor of Psychopathology, or p factor. The aim of this study was to test…
The General Factor of Personality (GFP) is associated with higher salary, having a leadership position, and working in a social job
Previous studies have suggested that a general factor exists at the top of the hierarchal structure of personality. One interpretation of this General Factor of Personality (GFP) is that it reflects social effectiveness. Accordingly, in a large employee sample (N = 1267), we tested whether the GFP relates to several outcomes assumed to be linked with social effectiveness. Specifically, we examine whether the GFP is positively related to salary an…
Maternal Sensitivity and Performance and Verbal Intelligence in Late Childhood and Adolescence
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal sensitivity and offspring intelligence in late childhood and adolescence. Secondary data ( N =117) from the Block and Block (2006a, b) 30-year longitudinal study of Californian children, which began in the late 1960s, was used to test the hypothesis that maternal sensitivity in childhood would be predictive of late childhood and adolescent intelligence. Correlational analys…
Using monozygotic twin differences to examine the relationship between parental affection and personality
How Universal Is the General Factor of Personality? An Analysis of the Big Five in Forager Farmers of the Bolivian Amazon
In various personality models, such as the Big Five, a consistent higher order general factor of personality (GFP) can be identified. One view in the literature is that the GFP reflects general social effectiveness. Most GFP studies, however, have been conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies (WEIRD). Therefore, to address the question of the universality of the GFP, we test whether the GFP can also be identified in a …
Overlap between the general factor of personality and emotional intelligence
We examine the relationship between the general factor of personality (GFP) and emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically test the hypothesis that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor overlapping conceptually with EI. Presented is an extensive meta-analysis in which the associations between the GFP, extracted from the Big Five dimensions, with various EI measures is examined. Based on a total sample of k = 142 data sources (N = 36,268) the…
Does identity continuity promote personality stability
Parenting influence on the development of life history strategy
Using the California Q-sort Measure of Life History Strategy to Predict Sexual Behavioral Outcomes
The role of life history strategy in the correspondence between being a victim and a perpetrator of sexual coercion
The current investigation was undertaken to examine the possible role of life history (LH) strategy in the correspondence between being a victim of sexual coercion and being a perpetrator. Although victimhood was associated with LH strategies for males, and LH strategy was associated with perpetration for both sexes, mediation by LH strategy between victimhood and perpetrating was not supported. Support was found for life history strategy as a mo…
The Role of Perceived Parental Dimensions and Identification in Late Adolescents' Identity Processing Styles
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which three dimensions of perceived parenting style (responsiveness, regulation, and autonomy), parental identification, and interactions between parenting and identification accounted for variation in the identity processing styles identified by Berzonsky (1989 Berzonsky , M. D. ( 1989 ). Identity style: Conceptualization and measurement . Journal of Adolescent Research , 4 , 268 – 282 .[Cro…
The Association Between Thoughts of Defecation and Thoughts of Death
Three studies were conducted examining the relationship between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death. In Study 1 and Study 3 it was found that making thoughts of feces salient reduced the accessibility of death thoughts. In Study 2 it was found that making thoughts of death salient decreased the accessibility of feces thoughts. It is proposed that this tendency for keeping thoughts of death and feces separate is part of a broader inclinat…
Terrorism
The present article outlines the role of personal, social, and cultural identity in religiously and ethnically motivated terrorism. It is proposed that terrorism represents the confluence of a cultural identity strongly based in collectivism and in fundamentalist adherence to religious or cultural principles, a social identity based in sharp contrasts between one's own group and groups perceived as threats, and a foreclosed and authoritarian sens…
Explaining Differences in Identity Styles
There are stylistic differences in the manner in which late adolescents approach or manage to avoid the tasks of constructing and revising their sense of identity. This study investigated the role that family functioning and personality variables may play in explaining variation in the adoption of these identity processing styles among late adolescent college students. The findings indicated that personality, but not family functioning, variables…
The Relation Between Self-Continuity and Measures of Identity
Conceptualizations of Erikson's (1968) fifth psychosocial stage, identity formation, have been criticized for failing to be inclusive of an individual's sense of self-continuity. However, recent research has shown that identity commitment is significantly correlated to measures of continuity. This study further examined the relation among measures of identity, including identity commitment and continuity. The results suggest that many of the curr…
Ego-identity and the processing of self-relevant information
Ego-identity has been defined as a theory of self (e.g., Moshman, 1999 Moshman, D. 1999. Adolescent psychological development: Rationality, morality, and identity, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. [Google Scholar]) in which identity exploration is the instrument used for the construction of the theory (Grotevant, 1987 Grotevant, H. D. 1987. Toward a process model of identity formation. Journal of Adolescent Research, 2: 203–222. [Cro…
Terror Management Theory and Identity
Baumeister and Muraven (1996) reasoned that those who have a well-formed identity should express a greater amount of fear when faced with the prospect of their own death. In Study 1, terror management theory methodology was applied to test this hypothesis. The results show that individuals who were exploring their identity had greater identity exploration scores when reminded of their death in comparison to those who were not given such a reminde…
Terrorism
The present article outlines the role of personal, social, and cultural identity in religiously and ethnically motivated terrorism. It is proposed that terrorism represents the confluence of a cultural identity strongly based in collectivism and in fundamentalist adherence to religious or cultural principles, a social identity based in sharp contrasts between one's own group and groups perceived as threats, and a foreclosed and authoritarian sens…
Overlap between the general factor of personality and emotional intelligence
We examine the relationship between the general factor of personality (GFP) and emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically test the hypothesis that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor overlapping conceptually with EI. Presented is an extensive meta-analysis in which the associations between the GFP, extracted from the Big Five dimensions, with various EI measures is examined. Based on a total sample of k = 142 data sources (N = 36,268) the…
Terror Management Theory and Identity
Baumeister and Muraven (1996) reasoned that those who have a well-formed identity should express a greater amount of fear when faced with the prospect of their own death. In Study 1, terror management theory methodology was applied to test this hypothesis. The results show that individuals who were exploring their identity had greater identity exploration scores when reminded of their death in comparison to those who were not given such a reminde…
How Universal Is the General Factor of Personality? An Analysis of the Big Five in Forager Farmers of the Bolivian Amazon
In various personality models, such as the Big Five, a consistent higher order general factor of personality (GFP) can be identified. One view in the literature is that the GFP reflects general social effectiveness. Most GFP studies, however, have been conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies (WEIRD). Therefore, to address the question of the universality of the GFP, we test whether the GFP can also be identified in a …
Using the California Q-sort Measure of Life History Strategy to Predict Sexual Behavioral Outcomes
The role of life history strategy in the correspondence between being a victim and a perpetrator of sexual coercion
The current investigation was undertaken to examine the possible role of life history (LH) strategy in the correspondence between being a victim of sexual coercion and being a perpetrator. Although victimhood was associated with LH strategies for males, and LH strategy was associated with perpetration for both sexes, mediation by LH strategy between victimhood and perpetrating was not supported. Support was found for life history strategy as a mo…
The Association Between Thoughts of Defecation and Thoughts of Death
Three studies were conducted examining the relationship between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death. In Study 1 and Study 3 it was found that making thoughts of feces salient reduced the accessibility of death thoughts. In Study 2 it was found that making thoughts of death salient decreased the accessibility of feces thoughts. It is proposed that this tendency for keeping thoughts of death and feces separate is part of a broader inclinat…
Terror Management Theory and Identity
Baumeister and Muraven (1996) reasoned that those who have a well-formed identity should express a greater amount of fear when faced with the prospect of their own death. In Study 1, terror management theory methodology was applied to test this hypothesis. The results show that individuals who were exploring their identity had greater identity exploration scores when reminded of their death in comparison to those who were not given such a reminde…
The Relation Between Self-Continuity and Measures of Identity
Conceptualizations of Erikson's (1968) fifth psychosocial stage, identity formation, have been criticized for failing to be inclusive of an individual's sense of self-continuity. However, recent research has shown that identity commitment is significantly correlated to measures of continuity. This study further examined the relation among measures of identity, including identity commitment and continuity. The results suggest that many of the curr…
Ego-identity and the processing of self-relevant information
Ego-identity has been defined as a theory of self (e.g., Moshman, 1999 Moshman, D. 1999. Adolescent psychological development: Rationality, morality, and identity, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc. [Google Scholar]) in which identity exploration is the instrument used for the construction of the theory (Grotevant, 1987 Grotevant, H. D. 1987. Toward a process model of identity formation. Journal of Adolescent Research, 2: 203–222. [Cro…
Explaining Differences in Identity Styles
There are stylistic differences in the manner in which late adolescents approach or manage to avoid the tasks of constructing and revising their sense of identity. This study investigated the role that family functioning and personality variables may play in explaining variation in the adoption of these identity processing styles among late adolescent college students. The findings indicated that personality, but not family functioning, variables…
The Association Between Thoughts of Defecation and Thoughts of Death
Three studies were conducted examining the relationship between thoughts of defecation and thoughts of death. In Study 1 and Study 3 it was found that making thoughts of feces salient reduced the accessibility of death thoughts. In Study 2 it was found that making thoughts of death salient decreased the accessibility of feces thoughts. It is proposed that this tendency for keeping thoughts of death and feces separate is part of a broader inclinat…
Terrorism
The present article outlines the role of personal, social, and cultural identity in religiously and ethnically motivated terrorism. It is proposed that terrorism represents the confluence of a cultural identity strongly based in collectivism and in fundamentalist adherence to religious or cultural principles, a social identity based in sharp contrasts between one's own group and groups perceived as threats, and a foreclosed and authoritarian sens…
The Role of Perceived Parental Dimensions and Identification in Late Adolescents' Identity Processing Styles
The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which three dimensions of perceived parenting style (responsiveness, regulation, and autonomy), parental identification, and interactions between parenting and identification accounted for variation in the identity processing styles identified by Berzonsky (1989 Berzonsky , M. D. ( 1989 ). Identity style: Conceptualization and measurement . Journal of Adolescent Research , 4 , 268 – 282 .[Cro…
The role of life history strategy in the correspondence between being a victim and a perpetrator of sexual coercion
The current investigation was undertaken to examine the possible role of life history (LH) strategy in the correspondence between being a victim of sexual coercion and being a perpetrator. Although victimhood was associated with LH strategies for males, and LH strategy was associated with perpetration for both sexes, mediation by LH strategy between victimhood and perpetrating was not supported. Support was found for life history strategy as a mo…
Parenting influence on the development of life history strategy
Using the California Q-sort Measure of Life History Strategy to Predict Sexual Behavioral Outcomes
Does identity continuity promote personality stability
Overlap between the general factor of personality and emotional intelligence
We examine the relationship between the general factor of personality (GFP) and emotional intelligence (EI) and specifically test the hypothesis that the GFP is a social effectiveness factor overlapping conceptually with EI. Presented is an extensive meta-analysis in which the associations between the GFP, extracted from the Big Five dimensions, with various EI measures is examined. Based on a total sample of k = 142 data sources (N = 36,268) the…
Using monozygotic twin differences to examine the relationship between parental affection and personality
How Universal Is the General Factor of Personality? An Analysis of the Big Five in Forager Farmers of the Bolivian Amazon
In various personality models, such as the Big Five, a consistent higher order general factor of personality (GFP) can be identified. One view in the literature is that the GFP reflects general social effectiveness. Most GFP studies, however, have been conducted in Western, educated, industrialized, and rich democracies (WEIRD). Therefore, to address the question of the universality of the GFP, we test whether the GFP can also be identified in a …
Maternal Sensitivity and Performance and Verbal Intelligence in Late Childhood and Adolescence
The aim of this study was to investigate the association between maternal sensitivity and offspring intelligence in late childhood and adolescence. Secondary data ( N =117) from the Block and Block (2006a, b) 30-year longitudinal study of Californian children, which began in the late 1960s, was used to test the hypothesis that maternal sensitivity in childhood would be predictive of late childhood and adolescent intelligence. Correlational analys…
Overlap between general factors of psychopathology and personality
Previous studies have shown that specific personality dimensions, -e.g., the Big Five-, consistently intercorrelate, such that they form a general factor of personality (GFP). It has been hypothesized that the GFP reflects social effectiveness. Similarly, in the clinical domain, overlap between various psychopathological symptoms has also been reported, leading to a general factor of Psychopathology, or p factor. The aim of this study was to test…
The General Factor of Personality (GFP) is associated with higher salary, having a leadership position, and working in a social job
Previous studies have suggested that a general factor exists at the top of the hierarchal structure of personality. One interpretation of this General Factor of Personality (GFP) is that it reflects social effectiveness. Accordingly, in a large employee sample (N = 1267), we tested whether the GFP relates to several outcomes assumed to be linked with social effectiveness. Specifically, we examine whether the GFP is positively related to salary an…
A Prospective Study on the Association of Parental and Peer Attachment and the General Factor of Personality
INTRODUCTION: Personality traits covary to form a general factor of personality (GFP). The association of parental and peer attachment across adolescence and into early adulthood with the GFP in early adulthood were examined. METHODS: Data from the Oregon Youth Study were used in the analyses. Participants (N = 202 males) were administered measures of parental and peer attachment nine times, beginning in 1985, at ages 11-12 through ages 21-22. At…
The general factor of personality (GFP) in natural language
Using Large Language Models (LLMs), we tested the presence of a general factor of personality (GFP) in trait words in natural language (e.g., thousands of books and posts on internet). We included three set of trait words, extracted from well-known classical lexical studies on personality. The general factor we found represented a continuum of social desirable traits, similar to a typical GFP. Moreover, this LLM-based general factor correlated r …
Psychology (18 works) · Social Psychology (14 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Personality (11 works) · Big Five personality traits (7 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (7 works) · Biology (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Cognitive Abilities and Testing (5 works) · Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior (5 works)