Search for dissertations about: "personality"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 515 swedish dissertations containing the word personality.

  2. 11. Anxious personality traits in pregnant women : Associations with postpartum depression, delivery complications and health care use

    Author : Cathrine Axfors; Mia Ramklint; Alkistis Skalkidou; Susan Ayers; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Personality; neuroticism; adult attachment; perinatal depression; postpartum depression; obstetric complications; health care use; Psychiatry; Psykiatri;

    Abstract : Anxious personality traits, including those encompassed by negative emotionality (neuroticism) and the tendency to worry about close relationships (attachment anxiety) during pregnancy were the focus of this thesis. The overall aim was to examine perinatal correlates of these characteris-tics in terms of psychiatric and obstetric health as well as antenatal care (ANC). READ MORE

  4. 12. Human iris characteristics as biomarkers for personality

    Author : Mats Larsson; Håkan Stattin; Nancy Pedersen; Richard J. Rose; Örebro universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personality; iris characteristics crypts pigment dots contraction furrows; candidate genes MITF PAX6 SIX3 LMX1B FOXC1 FOXC2 PITX2 BMP4 OLFM3 MSX1 MSX2; anterior cingulate; genetic correlations; heritability; hemispheric asymmetries; approach-related behaviors; Psychology; Psykologi; Psykologi; Psychology;

    Abstract : This dissertation explains why behavioral genetic research can be better informed by using characteristics in the human iris as biomarkers for personality, and is divided into five parts. Part I gives an introduction to the classical twin method and an overview of the findings that have led most developmental researchers to recognize that the normal variation of personality depends on a complex interplay between genetic and environmental factors. READ MORE

  5. 13. Utilizing research in the practice of personnel selection : General mental ability, personality, and job performance

    Author : Sofia Sjöberg; Magnus Sverke; Katharina Näswall; Marise Born; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Personnel selection; job performance; correction for range restriction; general mental ability; personality; clinical and mechanical data collection; clinical and mechanical data combination; utility; preference for hiring approach; Psychology; psykologi;

    Abstract : Identifying and hiring the highest performers is essential for organizations to remain competitive. Research has provided effective guidelines for this but important aspects of these evidence-based processes have yet to gain acceptance among practitioners. READ MORE

  6. 14. Brain and personality : extraversion/introversion and associated traits in relation to EEG, evoked potentials and regional cerebral blood flow

    Author : Georg Stenberg; University of Lund; []
    Keywords : SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; Psychology; Psykologi; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP;

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  7. 15. Personality in dogs

    Author : Kenth Svartberg; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; dogs; behaviour; Hundbeteende;

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