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Regressions On Personality And Political Preferences Of Greek Letter Social Organizations, Michael B. Armstrong
Regressions On Personality And Political Preferences Of Greek Letter Social Organizations, Michael B. Armstrong
Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects
Research examining fraternities and sororities is minimal. Whenever research does arise, it usually focuses on negative stigmas with these organizations, such as alcohol abuse or hazing. This study seeks to examine more positive aspects of Greek organizations in order to inspire further research into fraternities and sororities. It was hypothesized that Greek-affiliated college students differ from unaffiliated college students in the Big Five personality factors such that Greek members are less likely to be open to experience, less conscientious, more extraverted, and less neurotic than nonmembers. Greek members and nonmembers will be similar in agreeableness. It is also hypothesized that …
Personnel Security: The Challenge Of Personality, Ibpp Editor
Personnel Security: The Challenge Of Personality, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the construct of personality and identifies problems of the construct for application to viable personnel security programs on land, on and under the seas, in the sky, and in space.
Trends. Where’S The Person In Personality? The Personality Of Politicians., Ibpp Editor
Trends. Where’S The Person In Personality? The Personality Of Politicians., Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses whether personality assessments of politicians can be practically relevant for members of the body politic.
A Profile Of National Leader Profiles And The Social Construction Of The Self: An Example Of Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor
A Profile Of National Leader Profiles And The Social Construction Of The Self: An Example Of Information Warfare, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article hypothesizes some implications of the social construction of the self for the construction of personality profiles of national leaders and their employment in information warfare.
Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
Trends. Self-Esteem And Terrorism, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses the role self-esteem plays in terrorist behavior. Analysis includes the application of Jennifer Crocker and Connie T. Wolfe’s views as presented in their 2001 Psychological Review article “Contingencies of self-worth” (Vol 108 (3), pp. 593-623).
Trends. War On Personality And Personality And War: Comments On Nass And Lee (2002), Ibpp Editor
Trends. War On Personality And Personality And War: Comments On Nass And Lee (2002), Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This Trends article discusses another article – Identity and deconstruction, by Clifford Nass and Kwan Min Yee – published in volume 3 (2002) of Archives of Psychiatry & Psychotherapy in which the authors demonstrate that people reliably attribute personality characteristics to computer-synthesized speech, exploring the ramifications in a political psychological context.
Special Article: Recommendations For Optimal Personnel Security In The Cyberworld, Ibpp Editor
Special Article: Recommendations For Optimal Personnel Security In The Cyberworld, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article considers the social construction of recommendations for personnel security in the context of a global cyberworld.
Trends. A Room With A Cue: Validating An Age-Old Intelligence Tool?, Ibpp Editor
Trends. A Room With A Cue: Validating An Age-Old Intelligence Tool?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article discusses the psychological implications of the choices regarding physical features of a given individual’s environment (e.g., a person’s office).
Personality And Psychobiography, Ibpp Editor
Personality And Psychobiography, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes Issues related to the construct of personality and the construct's application to understanding, predicting, and influencing people.
Back To The F Scale: Milosevic As Authoritarian, Ibpp Editor
Back To The F Scale: Milosevic As Authoritarian, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes the "fit" of Slobodan Milosevic's personality with the classic construct of the authoritarian as conceptualized by the initial form of the F Scale.
Intelligence Operations And Personality: Are There Guidelines For Assessment?, Ibpp Editor
Intelligence Operations And Personality: Are There Guidelines For Assessment?, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article explores whether there are appropriate guidelines for assessing the personality of a potential intelligence agent.
The Man Who Would Be King: Thoughts On The Death Of Saw Maung, Ibpp Editor
The Man Who Would Be King: Thoughts On The Death Of Saw Maung, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
This article describes some common psychological pathways resulting in political leaders believing that they are more than they are.
Psychobiography And Politics, Ibpp Editor
Psychobiography And Politics, Ibpp Editor
International Bulletin of Political Psychology
The editor discusses how voters base their voting preferences and behaviors on the meaning given to a single event in the lives of the candidates in U.S. presidential elections.
South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman
South Africa In Transition: The Influence Of The Political Personalities Of Nelson Mandela And F.W. De Klerk, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
The purpose of this paper is to examine salient factors accounting for South Africa’s relatively peaceful transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy, focusing on the political personalities of South African leaders P.W. Botha, F.W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela. Following a brief overview of situational variables, the paper describes the political personalities of Mandela and De Klerk as assessed by the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist (MPPC). The study shows that one cannot fully account for political developments in South Africa’s transition without considering (a) the interaction between situational variables and the political personalities of Nelson Mandela and F.W. de …
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part Ii: Further Results And Implications, Aubrey Immelman
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part Ii: Further Results And Implications, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This paper reports the results of a psychobiographical investigation, using the Millon-Type Political Personality Checklist, of the political personalities of outgoing South African president F. W. de Klerk and newly elected South African president Nelson Mandela, and examines the interactional influence of their respective personalities in facilitating South Africa’s transition from apartheid state to nonracial democracy.
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part I: Method And Preliminary Results, Aubrey Immelman
A Millon-Based Study Of Political Personality: Nelson Mandela And F. W. De Klerk -- Part I: Method And Preliminary Results, Aubrey Immelman
Psychology Faculty Publications
This paper reports the method and preliminary findings of an investigation of the political personalities of South African president F.W. de Klerk and African National Congress president Nelson Mandela. The purpose of the study was to assess the utility of Theodore Millon’s personological model as an alternative or supplementary conceptual framework and methodology for the assessment of political personality. Conceptually, the investigation was conducted from the perspective of a model of personality compatible with Axis II of DSM-III-R, which serves as an important psychodiagnostic frame of reference for the practice of contemporary psychiatry and clinical psychology. Methodologically, the investigation involved …