Gideon P De Bruin
Biographic Data
| ID | 77446 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gideon P De Bruin |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gideon P |
| FAMILY NAME | De Bruin |
| SIGNATURE | DE BRUIN G P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Johannesburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0330-5956 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 27 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Rasch Analysis of the Proactive Personality Scale
The Proactive Personality Scale (PPS) is used widely to measure proactive personality. Previous research has evaluated the psychometric properties of the 6-item PPS (hereafter called PPS-6) using classical test theory. There is a need to provide further validity evidence for the PPS-6 using modern test theory. This study evaluated the psychometric properties of the PPS-6 using Rasch analysis. A total of 429 participants completed the PPS-6. Rasch…
The moderating effects of culture-driven individual differences in the stress-strain relationships: Comparison between Switzerland and South Africa
This study investigated the moderating effects of culture-driven individual differences in the relationship between work conditions and work-related health outcomes in Switzerland and South Africa: Swiss natives (n = 397) and Swiss foreigners (n = 224), White South Africans (n = 432) and non-White South Africans (n = 434). We used the horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism scale to measure culture-driven individual differences, th…
The internal structure of the Work-related Risk and Integrity Scale
Personality-based integrity tests are used in selection procedures to reduce the chance of hiring employees who are likely to engage in counterproductive work behaviour. This study reports the internal psychometric properties of a personality-based measure developed for this purpose. Data collected from 1353 working adults were used to investigate the internal consistency reliability and to examine construct validity with confirmatory factor anal…
The effect of incidental haptic sensations on intrapersonal judgements on a personality questionnaire
Extant research has shown that incidental haptic sensations can, nonconsciously, influence judgements of objects or people that are non-diagnostic (unrelated) for the actual qualities of the items being judged – including interpersonal judgements. Evidence suggests that this could also be true for intrapersonal judgements. The application of this conception to the use of personality questionnaires lead to the following hypothesis: incidental expo…
Using Rasch Modelling to Examine the International Personality Item Pool (Ipip) Values in Action (Via) Measure of Character Strengths
This paper investigates the psychometric properties of the values in action (VIA) character strengths (Peterson and Seligman, 2004 Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [Google Scholar]). A sample of 904 South African undergraduate students (female=77%, male=23%, black=70%, mean age=21.07 years, SD age=2.73 years) was assessed usi…
Bifactor Analysis of the Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (MHC—SF)
This report examined the factor structure of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) using bifactor analysis to evaluate a general well-being factor and the three group factors that correspond with emotional, social, and psychological well-being. Using a sample of 902 South African psychology students (M age=21.1 yr., SD=2.7), the MHC-SF was examined using confirmatory factor models, (1) a one-factor model conceptualizing well-being as un…
Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale in a Sample of South African Adolescents
Gender differences in Holland’s circular/circumplex interest structure as measured by the South African Career Interest Inventory
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the structural validity of Holland’s circular/circumplex model across men and women in South Africa and compare mean score differences in the people–things and data–ideas dimensions underlying the circular/circumplex model. The validity of Holland’s model was examined on a sample of 500 men and 500 women. The randomization test of hypothesized order relations, salience ratios, and t-tests w…
Ethnic Identity in Emerging Adults in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the USA, and Its Associations with Psychological Well‐Being
Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well‐being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst dominant–non‐dominant groups. We investigate ethnic identity across the mainstream group of a prototypical Western society (the USA) and several multi‐ethnic sub‐Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, and Zam…
Operationalizing burnout in the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey: Personal efficacy versus personal inefficacy
Burnout is conceptualized and measured as a three-dimensional construct consisting of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and personal efficacy. Research suggests that the personal efficacy scale be replaced by a personal inefficacy scale. The purpose of this study was to explore (a) differences in the general factor saturation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey when efficacy or inefficacy items are included, (b) the strength of the corr…
Identity in Descriptions of Others Across Ethnic Groups in South Africa
We examined the structure of identity implied in descriptions of others in four South African ethnic groups (Black, Coloured, Indian, and White). We tested the validity of an identity model with attributes, relational orientation, situational aspects, ideology, and valence as constituent dimensions of other-identity, and social distance as a moderator of constituent dimensions. Data were collected from 1,160 participants who provided descriptions…
Dimensionality of the 9-Item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Uwes-9)
Despite wide-spread use, questions remain about the dimensionality of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Theoretical underpinnings of the UWES-9 point toward a hierarchical structure with a general factor and three group or primary factors: Dedication, Vigor, and Absorption. To date, researchers have failed to model the general factor, which contributes to the lack of consensus about the dimensionality of the scale. Bi-factor anal…
Dimensionality of the 9-Item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Uwes–9) 1
The construct validation of the Relationship Harmony and Soft-Heartedness Scales of the South African Personality Inventory
This study forms part of the South African Personality Inventory project that aims to develop: (a) an indigenous theoretical model of personality; and (b) a unique personality measure that is in line with South African legislation and that can be used fairly to assess personality across different South African language and cultural groups. In line with this mandate, the objectives in this study were twofold: first, to validate the Relationship Ha…
Comparing the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale in Two Cultures: Switzerland and South Africa
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale (HVIC) and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale (AICS). The sample consisted of 1,403 working individuals from Switzerland ( N = 585) and from South Africa ( N = 818). Principal component factor analyses indicated that a two-factor structure replicated well across the two countries for both scales. In addition, the …
Similarities and Differences in Implicit Personality Concepts across Ethnocultural Groups in South Africa
Using a combined emic-etic approach, the present study investigates similarities and differences in the indigenous personality concepts of ethnocultural groups in South Africa. Semistructured interviews asking for self- and other-descriptions were conducted with 1,027 Blacks, 58 Indians, and 105 Whites, speakers of the country's 11 official languages. A model with 9 broad personality clusters subsuming the Big Five-Conscientiousness, Emotional St…
Identity in South Africa: Examining self-descriptions across ethnic groups
Implicit Personality Conceptions of the Nguni Cultural-Linguistic Groups of South Africa
The present study explored the personality conceptions of the three main Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa: Swati, Xhosa, and Zulu. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 116 native speakers of Swati, 118 of Xhosa, and 141 of Zulu in their own language. Participants provided free descriptions of 10 target persons each; responses were translated into English. Twenty-six clusters of personality-descriptive terms were construct…
Exploring the Personality Structure in the 11 Languages of South Africa
The present study, part of the development of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), explores the implicit personality structure in the 11 official language groups of South Africa by employing a mixed-method approach. In the first, qualitative part of the study, semistructured interviews were conducted with 1,216 participants from the 11 official language groups. The derived personality-descriptive terms were categorized and clustered ba…
Examining the Cheats: The Role of Conscientiousness and Excitement Seeking in Academic Dishonesty
This study examines the relationships of the personality traits of conscientiousness and excitement seeking with self-reported frequency of premeditated cheating in tests and exams among university students. The results show that the two traits combine to account for a statistically and practically significant proportion of variance in academic cheating. It appears that a lack of effort and a need for high excitement seeking may serve as predispo…
The South African Former Detainees Distress Scale: Results of a Rasch Item Response Theory Analysis
The present study was undertaken to determine the performance of items on a scale developed to measure distress associated with the experience of political detention and torture during the apartheid era in South Africa. In Stage 1 of the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants who were former detainees. These qualitative data were used to form the 24 items of the South African Former Detainees' Distress Scale. In Sta…
Predictive Validity of General Intelligence and Big Five Measures for Adult Basic Education and Training Outcomes
This study explored whether scores on intelligence tests and personality questionnaires can predict performance in an adult basic education and training (ABET) programme. Participants in ABET programmes often have limited English reading skills, which make the use of conventional assessment tools problematic. A proposed solution is to utilise instruments that make limited demands on the use of language. Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), a well-…
Development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory
This article describes the development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory (SWSI). Factor analyses of the generated items produced (a) a General Work Stress Scale and (b) eight Sources of Work Stress scales, namely Bureaucracy/Autonomy, Relationships, Tools and Equipment, Workload, Role Ambiguity, Work/Home Interface, Job Security and Career Advancement. Rasch rating scale analyses supported the construct validity and reliability of the scale…
The Factor Structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a South African Peri-Urban Settlement
The factor structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale (EPDS) and similar instruments have received little attention in the literature. The researchers set out to investigate the construct validity and reliability of the EPDS amongst impoverished South African women. The EPDS was translated into isiXhosa (using Brislin's back translation method) and administered by trained interviewers to 147 women in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Response…
Factor Analysis of an Afrikaans Translation of the Comrey Personality Scales
The factorial validity of an Afrikaans translation of the Comrey Personality Scales, was investigated using a sample of 804 South African university students. Nine factors were extracted and rotated. Eight of the factors were clearly recognisable as the eight factors that comprise Comrey's 1970 taxonomy of personality traits. Coefficients of congruence indicated that seven of the factors were very similar to the factors obtained in the American n…
Exploring the Personality Structure in the 11 Languages of South Africa
The present study, part of the development of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), explores the implicit personality structure in the 11 official language groups of South Africa by employing a mixed-method approach. In the first, qualitative part of the study, semistructured interviews were conducted with 1,216 participants from the 11 official language groups. The derived personality-descriptive terms were categorized and clustered ba…
Identity in South Africa: Examining self-descriptions across ethnic groups
Implicit Personality Conceptions of the Nguni Cultural-Linguistic Groups of South Africa
The present study explored the personality conceptions of the three main Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa: Swati, Xhosa, and Zulu. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 116 native speakers of Swati, 118 of Xhosa, and 141 of Zulu in their own language. Participants provided free descriptions of 10 target persons each; responses were translated into English. Twenty-six clusters of personality-descriptive terms were construct…
The Factor Structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a South African Peri-Urban Settlement
The factor structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale (EPDS) and similar instruments have received little attention in the literature. The researchers set out to investigate the construct validity and reliability of the EPDS amongst impoverished South African women. The EPDS was translated into isiXhosa (using Brislin's back translation method) and administered by trained interviewers to 147 women in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Response…
Ethnic Identity in Emerging Adults in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the USA, and Its Associations with Psychological Well‐Being
Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well‐being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst dominant–non‐dominant groups. We investigate ethnic identity across the mainstream group of a prototypical Western society (the USA) and several multi‐ethnic sub‐Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, and Zam…
Similarities and Differences in Implicit Personality Concepts across Ethnocultural Groups in South Africa
Using a combined emic-etic approach, the present study investigates similarities and differences in the indigenous personality concepts of ethnocultural groups in South Africa. Semistructured interviews asking for self- and other-descriptions were conducted with 1,027 Blacks, 58 Indians, and 105 Whites, speakers of the country's 11 official languages. A model with 9 broad personality clusters subsuming the Big Five-Conscientiousness, Emotional St…
Predictive Validity of General Intelligence and Big Five Measures for Adult Basic Education and Training Outcomes
This study explored whether scores on intelligence tests and personality questionnaires can predict performance in an adult basic education and training (ABET) programme. Participants in ABET programmes often have limited English reading skills, which make the use of conventional assessment tools problematic. A proposed solution is to utilise instruments that make limited demands on the use of language. Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), a well-…
Development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory
This article describes the development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory (SWSI). Factor analyses of the generated items produced (a) a General Work Stress Scale and (b) eight Sources of Work Stress scales, namely Bureaucracy/Autonomy, Relationships, Tools and Equipment, Workload, Role Ambiguity, Work/Home Interface, Job Security and Career Advancement. Rasch rating scale analyses supported the construct validity and reliability of the scale…
Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale in a Sample of South African Adolescents
Identity in Descriptions of Others Across Ethnic Groups in South Africa
We examined the structure of identity implied in descriptions of others in four South African ethnic groups (Black, Coloured, Indian, and White). We tested the validity of an identity model with attributes, relational orientation, situational aspects, ideology, and valence as constituent dimensions of other-identity, and social distance as a moderator of constituent dimensions. Data were collected from 1,160 participants who provided descriptions…
Comparing the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale in Two Cultures: Switzerland and South Africa
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale (HVIC) and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale (AICS). The sample consisted of 1,403 working individuals from Switzerland ( N = 585) and from South Africa ( N = 818). Principal component factor analyses indicated that a two-factor structure replicated well across the two countries for both scales. In addition, the …
Gender differences in Holland’s circular/circumplex interest structure as measured by the South African Career Interest Inventory
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the structural validity of Holland’s circular/circumplex model across men and women in South Africa and compare mean score differences in the people–things and data–ideas dimensions underlying the circular/circumplex model. The validity of Holland’s model was examined on a sample of 500 men and 500 women. The randomization test of hypothesized order relations, salience ratios, and t-tests w…
Operationalizing burnout in the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey: Personal efficacy versus personal inefficacy
Burnout is conceptualized and measured as a three-dimensional construct consisting of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and personal efficacy. Research suggests that the personal efficacy scale be replaced by a personal inefficacy scale. The purpose of this study was to explore (a) differences in the general factor saturation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey when efficacy or inefficacy items are included, (b) the strength of the corr…
The construct validation of the Relationship Harmony and Soft-Heartedness Scales of the South African Personality Inventory
This study forms part of the South African Personality Inventory project that aims to develop: (a) an indigenous theoretical model of personality; and (b) a unique personality measure that is in line with South African legislation and that can be used fairly to assess personality across different South African language and cultural groups. In line with this mandate, the objectives in this study were twofold: first, to validate the Relationship Ha…
Examining the Cheats: The Role of Conscientiousness and Excitement Seeking in Academic Dishonesty
This study examines the relationships of the personality traits of conscientiousness and excitement seeking with self-reported frequency of premeditated cheating in tests and exams among university students. The results show that the two traits combine to account for a statistically and practically significant proportion of variance in academic cheating. It appears that a lack of effort and a need for high excitement seeking may serve as predispo…
N Vergelyking van die invloed van barokmusiek en tradisionele Afrikamusiek op die leesontwikkeling van swart studente
n Vergelyking van die invloed van barokmusiek en tradisionele Afrikamusiek op die leesontwikkeling van swart studente is in hierdie studie getref. Die resultate dui daarop dat, alhoewel die studente almal by die leesontwikkelingsprogram baat gevind het, die barokmusiek en die Afrikamusiek geen gedifferensieerde bydrae tot hul leesontwikkeling gemaak het nie. Dit blyk ook dat die studente wat aan Afrikamusiek blootgestel was, dit as meer steurend …
Die faktoriale geldigheid van die Psychiatric Symptom Index. Kommentaar oor Duckitt
Factor Analysis of an Afrikaans Translation of the Comrey Personality Scales
The factorial validity of an Afrikaans translation of the Comrey Personality Scales, was investigated using a sample of 804 South African university students. Nine factors were extracted and rotated. Eight of the factors were clearly recognisable as the eight factors that comprise Comrey's 1970 taxonomy of personality traits. Coefficients of congruence indicated that seven of the factors were very similar to the factors obtained in the American n…
The Factor Structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale in a South African Peri-Urban Settlement
The factor structure of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression scale (EPDS) and similar instruments have received little attention in the literature. The researchers set out to investigate the construct validity and reliability of the EPDS amongst impoverished South African women. The EPDS was translated into isiXhosa (using Brislin's back translation method) and administered by trained interviewers to 147 women in Khayelitsha, South Africa. Response…
Predictive Validity of General Intelligence and Big Five Measures for Adult Basic Education and Training Outcomes
This study explored whether scores on intelligence tests and personality questionnaires can predict performance in an adult basic education and training (ABET) programme. Participants in ABET programmes often have limited English reading skills, which make the use of conventional assessment tools problematic. A proposed solution is to utilise instruments that make limited demands on the use of language. Raven's Progressive Matrices (RPM), a well-…
Development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory
This article describes the development of the Sources of Work Stress Inventory (SWSI). Factor analyses of the generated items produced (a) a General Work Stress Scale and (b) eight Sources of Work Stress scales, namely Bureaucracy/Autonomy, Relationships, Tools and Equipment, Workload, Role Ambiguity, Work/Home Interface, Job Security and Career Advancement. Rasch rating scale analyses supported the construct validity and reliability of the scale…
Examining the Cheats: The Role of Conscientiousness and Excitement Seeking in Academic Dishonesty
This study examines the relationships of the personality traits of conscientiousness and excitement seeking with self-reported frequency of premeditated cheating in tests and exams among university students. The results show that the two traits combine to account for a statistically and practically significant proportion of variance in academic cheating. It appears that a lack of effort and a need for high excitement seeking may serve as predispo…
The South African Former Detainees Distress Scale: Results of a Rasch Item Response Theory Analysis
The present study was undertaken to determine the performance of items on a scale developed to measure distress associated with the experience of political detention and torture during the apartheid era in South Africa. In Stage 1 of the study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 20 participants who were former detainees. These qualitative data were used to form the 24 items of the South African Former Detainees' Distress Scale. In Sta…
Implicit Personality Conceptions of the Nguni Cultural-Linguistic Groups of South Africa
The present study explored the personality conceptions of the three main Nguni cultural-linguistic groups of South Africa: Swati, Xhosa, and Zulu. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 116 native speakers of Swati, 118 of Xhosa, and 141 of Zulu in their own language. Participants provided free descriptions of 10 target persons each; responses were translated into English. Twenty-six clusters of personality-descriptive terms were construct…
Exploring the Personality Structure in the 11 Languages of South Africa
The present study, part of the development of the South African Personality Inventory (SAPI), explores the implicit personality structure in the 11 official language groups of South Africa by employing a mixed-method approach. In the first, qualitative part of the study, semistructured interviews were conducted with 1,216 participants from the 11 official language groups. The derived personality-descriptive terms were categorized and clustered ba…
Identity in South Africa: Examining self-descriptions across ethnic groups
Dimensionality of the 9-Item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Uwes-9)
Despite wide-spread use, questions remain about the dimensionality of the 9-item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (UWES-9). Theoretical underpinnings of the UWES-9 point toward a hierarchical structure with a general factor and three group or primary factors: Dedication, Vigor, and Absorption. To date, researchers have failed to model the general factor, which contributes to the lack of consensus about the dimensionality of the scale. Bi-factor anal…
Dimensionality of the 9-Item Utrecht Work Engagement Scale (Uwes–9) 1
The construct validation of the Relationship Harmony and Soft-Heartedness Scales of the South African Personality Inventory
This study forms part of the South African Personality Inventory project that aims to develop: (a) an indigenous theoretical model of personality; and (b) a unique personality measure that is in line with South African legislation and that can be used fairly to assess personality across different South African language and cultural groups. In line with this mandate, the objectives in this study were twofold: first, to validate the Relationship Ha…
Comparing the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale in Two Cultures: Switzerland and South Africa
This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Horizontal and Vertical Individualism and Collectivism Scale (HVIC) and the Auckland Individualism and Collectivism Scale (AICS). The sample consisted of 1,403 working individuals from Switzerland ( N = 585) and from South Africa ( N = 818). Principal component factor analyses indicated that a two-factor structure replicated well across the two countries for both scales. In addition, the …
Similarities and Differences in Implicit Personality Concepts across Ethnocultural Groups in South Africa
Using a combined emic-etic approach, the present study investigates similarities and differences in the indigenous personality concepts of ethnocultural groups in South Africa. Semistructured interviews asking for self- and other-descriptions were conducted with 1,027 Blacks, 58 Indians, and 105 Whites, speakers of the country's 11 official languages. A model with 9 broad personality clusters subsuming the Big Five-Conscientiousness, Emotional St…
Operationalizing burnout in the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey: Personal efficacy versus personal inefficacy
Burnout is conceptualized and measured as a three-dimensional construct consisting of emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and personal efficacy. Research suggests that the personal efficacy scale be replaced by a personal inefficacy scale. The purpose of this study was to explore (a) differences in the general factor saturation of the Maslach Burnout Inventory–Student Survey when efficacy or inefficacy items are included, (b) the strength of the corr…
Identity in Descriptions of Others Across Ethnic Groups in South Africa
We examined the structure of identity implied in descriptions of others in four South African ethnic groups (Black, Coloured, Indian, and White). We tested the validity of an identity model with attributes, relational orientation, situational aspects, ideology, and valence as constituent dimensions of other-identity, and social distance as a moderator of constituent dimensions. Data were collected from 1,160 participants who provided descriptions…
Using Rasch Modelling to Examine the International Personality Item Pool (Ipip) Values in Action (Via) Measure of Character Strengths
This paper investigates the psychometric properties of the values in action (VIA) character strengths (Peterson and Seligman, 2004 Peterson, C., & Seligman, M. E. P. (2004). Character strengths and virtues: A handbook and classification. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. [Google Scholar]). A sample of 904 South African undergraduate students (female=77%, male=23%, black=70%, mean age=21.07 years, SD age=2.73 years) was assessed usi…
Bifactor Analysis of the Mental Health Continuum—Short Form (MHC—SF)
This report examined the factor structure of the Mental Health Continuum-Short Form (MHC-SF) using bifactor analysis to evaluate a general well-being factor and the three group factors that correspond with emotional, social, and psychological well-being. Using a sample of 902 South African psychology students (M age=21.1 yr., SD=2.7), the MHC-SF was examined using confirmatory factor models, (1) a one-factor model conceptualizing well-being as un…
Validation of the Children’s Hope Scale in a Sample of South African Adolescents
Gender differences in Holland’s circular/circumplex interest structure as measured by the South African Career Interest Inventory
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the structural validity of Holland’s circular/circumplex model across men and women in South Africa and compare mean score differences in the people–things and data–ideas dimensions underlying the circular/circumplex model. The validity of Holland’s model was examined on a sample of 500 men and 500 women. The randomization test of hypothesized order relations, salience ratios, and t-tests w…
Ethnic Identity in Emerging Adults in Sub‐Saharan Africa and the USA, and Its Associations with Psychological Well‐Being
Ethnic identity as a social dimension of identity is argued to be developmentally important for psychological well‐being. However, the relationships between these constructs are mainly examined in Western contexts, amongst dominant–non‐dominant groups. We investigate ethnic identity across the mainstream group of a prototypical Western society (the USA) and several multi‐ethnic sub‐Saharan African countries (Cameroon, Kenya, South Africa, and Zam…
The effect of incidental haptic sensations on intrapersonal judgements on a personality questionnaire
Extant research has shown that incidental haptic sensations can, nonconsciously, influence judgements of objects or people that are non-diagnostic (unrelated) for the actual qualities of the items being judged – including interpersonal judgements. Evidence suggests that this could also be true for intrapersonal judgements. The application of this conception to the use of personality questionnaires lead to the following hypothesis: incidental expo…
The moderating effects of culture-driven individual differences in the stress-strain relationships: Comparison between Switzerland and South Africa
This study investigated the moderating effects of culture-driven individual differences in the relationship between work conditions and work-related health outcomes in Switzerland and South Africa: Swiss natives (n = 397) and Swiss foreigners (n = 224), White South Africans (n = 432) and non-White South Africans (n = 434). We used the horizontal and vertical individualism and collectivism scale to measure culture-driven individual differences, th…
Psychology (26 works) · Social Psychology (22 works) · Social Psychology (13 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Personality (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Personality Traits and Psychology (8 works) · Psychometrics (8 works) · Social and Intergroup Psychology (8 works) · Big Five personality traits (7 works)