Journal: Personality and Individual Differences

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Pers. individ. differ.

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Elsevier

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0191-8869
1873-3549

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  • Temporary differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity and the perception of crowded spaces
    Item type: Journal Article
    Ammann, Jeanine; Berthold, Anne (2023)
    Personality and Individual Differences
    Feelings of disgust, a disease avoidance emotion, vary among individuals. The present study investigated if individual differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity predict the level of disgust evoked by crowded places. Interested in the universality of this relationship, we studied it across countries (Study 1), and examined temporal differences in pathogen disgust sensitivity (Studies 2 and 3). Participants completed a pathogen disgust scale and rated the level of disgust evoked by two crowded situations. Data were collected in 2018 (before the COVID-19 pandemic), in 2020 (at the height of the pandemic) and in 2022 (later in the pandemic). Across studies and countries, individuals' pathogen disgust sensitivity predicted the disgust evoked by the situations. Moreover, the data revealed a significant increase in pathogen disgust from 2018 to 2020, most likely because of higher pathogen presence during the pandemic, before significantly decreasing in 2022 after the pandemic had progressed. This study captures a rare opportunity, investigating how these crises relate to pathogen disgust sensitivity and the perception of crowded spaces. Further, our longitudinal study is among the first showing changes in pathogen disgust sensitivity over time and monitoring the effect of the pandemic.
  • Research on intelligence and learning: How to unite estranged siblings
    Item type: Journal Article
    Stern, Elsbeth (2024)
    Personality and Individual Differences
    In its early days, intelligence research was closely intertwined with school learning. The need for intelligence testing arose as a result of compulsory schooling, which raised concerns about selective placement. However, despite common roots, intelligence research and educational psychology have somehow diverged in recent decades. Studies of instructional interventions often view individual differences as statistical noise, thereby marginalizing the role of intelligence in learning outcomes. Intelligence researchers, on the other hand, tend to overlook the ability of all individuals to learn, and they often ignore the importance of effective learning environments for intelligence to develop and to be invested in knowledge and expertise. This paper presents findings on the impact of schooling on the development of human intelligence as well as findings on the impact of intelligence on the use of learning opportunities. Research questions that require both perspectives are discussed at the end.
  • Shaping aggressive personality in adolescence: Exploring cross-lagged relations between aggressive thoughts, aggressive behaviour and self-control
    Item type: Journal Article
    Murray, Aja Louise; Obsuth, Ingrid; Eisner, Manuel; et al. (2016)
    Personality and Individual Differences
  • The impact of self-determined motivation on volunteer role identities: A cross-lagged panel study
    Item type: Journal Article
    Güntert, Stefan T.; Wehner, Theo (2015)
    Personality and Individual Differences
  • Two challenges to a moral extension of the theory of planned behavior
    Item type: Journal Article
    Kaiser,Florian G.; Scheuthle, Hannah (2003)
    Personality and Individual Differences
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