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  • Open Access
4 Citations
5,168 Views
20 Pages

The Impact of Extraversion and Introversion on Millennials Propensity to Recommend Their Preferred Fitness Center

  • Dan-Cristian Dabija,
  • Luiela Magdalena Csorba,
  • Nicolae Horațiu Pop and
  • Daniel-Rareș Obadă

27 December 2023

Millennials of the 21st century tend to have an active daily life and practice more sports, spending more on health and fitness. Therefore, the present paper seeks to investigate the propensity of Millennials to recommend their preferred fitness cent...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
6,798 Views
18 Pages

The Risks of Being a Wallflower: Exploring Links Between Introversion, Aspects of Solitude, and Indices of Well-Being in Adolescence

  • Anna Stone,
  • Megan DeGroot,
  • Alicia McVarnock,
  • Tiffany Cheng,
  • Julie C. Bowker and
  • Robert J. Coplan

21 January 2025

The aim of the current study was to examine the unique relations between introversion and indices of well-being while accounting for aspects of solitude (i.e., time spent alone, shyness, affinity for solitude, and negative thinking while alone). Part...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1,581 Views
23 Pages

4 November 2025

E-commerce platforms are rapidly transforming global consumer behavior, yet the psychological and demographic determinants of sustainable digital consumption remain underexplored. This study investigates how extraversion–introversion personalit...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
52 Citations
20,032 Views
8 Pages

Changes in Students’ Achievement Motivation in the Context of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Function of Extraversion/Introversion?

  • Jonathan Smith,
  • Fanny-Alexandra Guimond,
  • Julie Bergeron,
  • Jérôme St-Amand,
  • Caroline Fitzpatrick and
  • Mathieu Gagnon

15 January 2021

Students’ mental health has been an increased concern since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, academic outcomes have received very little attention. In this study, changes in students’ achievement motivation are investigated...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
8,648 Views
19 Pages

1 January 2023

Personality characteristics influence individuals’ perceptions, evaluations, and behaviors toward external stimuli. This study aims to investigate the influence of the extroversion–introversion personality characteristics of hospitality c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
193 Views
14 Pages

15 January 2026

Generative Agent (GA) has emerged as a promising framework for simulating human-like behaviors. However, it is required for GA to generate a schedule that consistently reflects the agent’s E-I trait particularly in the extroversion–introv...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
3,494 Views
10 Pages

Social Introversion Personality Trait as Predictor of Internalizing Symptoms in Female Adolescents with Gender Dysphoria

  • Flora Furente,
  • Emilia Matera,
  • Lucia Margari,
  • Elisabetta Lavorato,
  • Federica Annecchini,
  • Francesca Scarascia Mugnozza,
  • Giuseppe Colacicco,
  • Alessandra Gabellone and
  • Maria Giuseppina Petruzzelli

30 April 2023

The personality trait of social introversion refers to the individual inclination toward the inner/outer world. Moreover, adolescents who experience Gender Dysphoria (GD) can be involved in relationship conflicts with family, peers, and friends and e...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
9,103 Views
18 Pages

27 December 2022

This paper investigates the influence of introversion-extraversion personality traits on the knowledge-sharing intention of online health communities (OHCs) using personality trait theory and social capital theory. This study investigates two types o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
4,678 Views
12 Pages

According to the similarity-attraction theory, humans respond more positively to people who are similar in personality. This observation also holds true between humans and robots, as shown by recent studies that examined human-robot interactions. Thu...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
13,992 Views
18 Pages

2 June 2022

The Brethren were pervasive in Lowland Scottish society during the twentieth century. At the beginning of the century in Scotland, they had spilt into three main sections: the Open Brethren, the Exclusive Brethren, and the Churches of God. Schism was...

  • Article
  • Open Access
65 Citations
12,852 Views
7 Pages

7 July 2022

Whereas traditional teaching environments encourage lively and engaged interaction and reward extrovert qualities, introverts, and others with symptoms that make social engagement difficult, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD), are often disadvant...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
4,051 Views
12 Pages

Revisiting Eysenck: The Association Between Personality and Acute Stress Reactivity

  • Max J. Marshall,
  • Katlyn Peck,
  • Robin Hunter,
  • Julia Totosy de Zepetnek and
  • Alexandra J. Fiocco

15 November 2024

Eysenck’s biopsychological model of stress posits that the extraversion–introversion distinction is associated with different thresholds of arousal, which in turn moderate the stress response. Although higher thresholds of activation have...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,399 Views
12 Pages

Altered Episodic Memory in Introverted Young Adults Carrying the BDNFMet Allele

  • Andreanne Bombardier,
  • Maude Beauchemin,
  • Nadia Gosselin,
  • Judes Poirier and
  • Louis De Beaumont

12 November 2016

While most studies have been interested in the distinct, predisposing roles of the common BDNF Val66Met variant and extraversion personality traits on episodic memory, very few studies have looked at the synergistic effects of genetic and personality...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,264 Views
14 Pages

The purpose of this study was to verify the relationship between the risk of smartphone dependence, mental health, and personality traits in university students using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-Restructured Form (MMPI-2-RF), an...

  • Article
  • Open Access
54 Citations
18,830 Views
14 Pages

Personality, Behavior Characteristics, and Life Quality Impact of Children with Dyslexia

  • Yanhong Huang,
  • Meirong He,
  • Anna Li,
  • Yuhang Lin,
  • Xuanzhi Zhang and
  • Kusheng Wu

Dyslexia is one of the most common neurobehavioral disorders. Children with dyslexia usually suffer from negative, behavior personality problems, and impacted life quality. We aimed to identify family environment factors for dyslexia, and to evaluate...

  • Review
  • Open Access
49 Citations
6,699 Views
17 Pages

The Psychological Impact of COVID-19 on Front Line Nurses: A Synthesis of Qualitative Evidence

  • Sara Huerta-González,
  • Dolores Selva-Medrano,
  • Fidel López-Espuela,
  • Pedro Ángel Caro-Alonso,
  • Andre Novo and
  • Beatriz Rodríguez-Martín

Caring for people with COVID-19 on the front line has psychological impacts for healthcare professionals. Despite the important psychological impacts of the pandemic on nurses, the qualitative evidence on this topic has not been synthesized. Our obje...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,357 Views
14 Pages

Conversational Task Increases Heart Rate Variability of Individuals Susceptible to Perceived Social Isolation

  • Ying Xing Feng,
  • Nur Syahirah Roslan,
  • Lila Iznita Izhar,
  • Muhammad Abdul Rahman,
  • Ibrahima Faye and
  • Eric Tatt Wei Ho

Studies showed that introversion is the strongest personality trait related to perceived social isolation (loneliness), which can predict various complications beyond objective isolation such as living alone. Lonely individuals are more likely to res...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,354 Views
19 Pages

Evaluation of Personality Profiles in Cluster Headache Patients: A Comparative Analysis with Migraine Patients Using the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-3

  • Gerardo Ricardo Zmork-Martínez,
  • Andrea Higuera-Ruiz-de-la-Hermosa,
  • Leonardo Portocarrero-Sánchez and
  • Javier Díaz-de-Terán

14 September 2025

Background/Objectives: Personality traits in patients with cluster headache (CH) remain understudied compared to migraine patients. This could help improve diagnosis, identify comorbidities, and provide more personalized management of CH. This study...

  • Article
  • Open Access
29 Citations
7,383 Views
9 Pages

Women Priests in the Church of England: Psychological Type Profile

  • Leslie J. Francis,
  • Mandy Robbins and
  • Michael Whinney

25 August 2011

This study employed psychological type theory and measurement to explore the psychological profile of women priests ordained in the Church of England. A sample of 83 Anglican clergywomen in England completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Th...

  • Essay
  • Open Access
3 Citations
6,198 Views
19 Pages

14 April 2023

The study compared the differences among gifted students of different grades and genders concerning perfectionism, cognitive mindset, constructive thinking, and emotional intelligence. The study included 908 gifted primary-school students from third...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
10,430 Views
15 Pages

22 June 2024

Anime has become a global phenomenon due to its diverse cultural representations, relatable characters, and unique storytelling. However, there is limited research on the relationship between character personality and popularity. The aim of this stud...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
513 Views
7 Pages

Personality and Phobias in Adolescence: Age and Gender in Psychopathological Expressions

  • Salvatore Settineri,
  • Emanuele Maria Merlo,
  • Angela Alibrandi,
  • Federica Sicari,
  • Irene Pagano Dritto,
  • Fiorella Strangis and
  • Fabio Frisone

Background: Although the understanding of adolescent phobias is important, this phenomenon has thus far not been adequately researched. This report, based on clinical experience, highlights prevalent phobic phenomena linked to personality characteris...

  • Review
  • Open Access
920 Views
20 Pages

Episodic Memory, Chiari I Malformation, Personality and Coping: The Role of Chronic Pain

  • Philip A. Allen,
  • Kevin P. Kaut,
  • James R. Houston,
  • Michelle L. Houston,
  • Emily P. Rabinowitz,
  • Douglas L. Delahanty and
  • Petra M. Klinge

4 December 2025

Episodic memory is contextual memory linking temporal, spatial, emotional, and self-referential contexts. In this review, we placed particular emphasis on the emotional context because of its nexus with chronic pain effects. Psychological (e.g., depr...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,988 Views
16 Pages

21 September 2022

This paper explores the (potential) role(s) of cities for societal shifts away from the prioritization of and dependence on economic growth. This paper is rooted in the growing field of ‘degrowth’ and ‘post-growth’ research th...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
12,053 Views
13 Pages

21 September 2021

This study examines the relationship between speech characteristics and personality traits by drawing on pseudo-naturalistic conversations and on personality dimensions identified by the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) model which assesses four pe...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,457 Views
13 Pages

29 September 2024

Cognitive and non-cognitive traits are frequently analyzed in isolation. However, there is an increasing acknowledgment that their interplay should be considered for enhancing our understanding of human psychological differences. Testing both traits...

  • Article
  • Open Access
55 Citations
11,190 Views
17 Pages

Does Involution Cause Anxiety? An Empirical Study from Chinese Universities

  • Da Yi,
  • Jingwen Wu,
  • Minqiang Zhang,
  • Qing Zeng,
  • Jinqing Wang,
  • Jingdan Liang and
  • Yashi Cai

The debate over whether involution causes anxiety has persisted because no studies have attempted to quantify introversion and study its relationship to anxiety. This study quantified involution and explored its relationship with anxiety, provided ev...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
30 Citations
14,175 Views
15 Pages

Dunn’s Model of Sensory Processing: An Investigation of the Axes of the Four-Quadrant Model in Healthy Adults

  • Alexia E. Metz,
  • Daniella Boling,
  • Ashley DeVore,
  • Holly Holladay,
  • Jo Fu Liao and
  • Karen Vander Vlutch

7 February 2019

We examined the behavioral response (BR) and threshold (T) axes of Dunn’s four-quadrant model of sensory processing (1997). We assessed whether they are ordinal ranges and if variation is associated with other similarly described characteristic...

  • Article
  • Open Access
33 Citations
8,793 Views
13 Pages

Internet Gaming Disorder Clustering Based on Personality Traits in Adolescents, and Its Relation with Comorbid Psychological Symptoms

  • Vega González-Bueso,
  • Juan José Santamaría,
  • Ignasi Oliveras,
  • Daniel Fernández,
  • Elena Montero,
  • Marta Baño,
  • Susana Jiménez-Murcia,
  • Amparo del Pino-Gutiérrez and
  • Joan Ribas

In recent years, the evidence regarding Internet Gaming Disorder (IGD) suggests that some personality traits are important risk factors for developing this problem. The heterogeneity involved in problematic online gaming and differences found in the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
6,769 Views
16 Pages

Mainstream Preschool Teachers’ Skills at Identifying and Referring Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)

  • Sahar Mohammed Taresh,
  • Nor Aniza Ahmad,
  • Samsilah Roslan,
  • Aini Marina Ma’rof and
  • Sumaia Mohammed Zaid

Background: Early intervention will help children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to attain early learning reinforcement. This study focuses on exploring the ability of preschool teachers to identify children with ASD and their referral decision-...

  • Article
  • Open Access
30 Citations
6,093 Views
18 Pages

Mental Health and COVID-19 in University Students: Findings from a Qualitative, Comparative Study in Italy and the UK

  • Ilaria Riboldi,
  • Chiara Alessandra Capogrosso,
  • Susanna Piacenti,
  • Angela Calabrese,
  • Susanna Lucini Paioni,
  • Francesco Bartoli,
  • Cristina Crocamo,
  • Giuseppe Carrà,
  • Jo Armes and
  • Cath Taylor

Introduction: COVID-19 restrictions introduced several changes in university academic and social experience. Self-isolation and online teaching have amplified students’ mental health vulnerability. Thus, we aimed to explore feelings and perspec...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,735 Views
15 Pages

COVID-19 Concerns and Personality of Commerce Workers: Its Influence on Burnout

  • Ana María Rodríguez-López and
  • Susana Rubio-Valdehita

22 November 2021

We analyze burnout in a sample of commercial workers in Spain and its relationship with sociodemographic variables, personality, and concern about the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic on their jobs through a cross-sectional design. Participants (n...

  • Article
  • Open Access
16 Citations
5,155 Views
23 Pages

The Impact of Two MMPI-2-Based Models of Personality in Predicting Driving Behavior. Can Demographic Variables Be Disregarded?

  • Luigi Tinella,
  • Alessandro Oronzo Caffò,
  • Antonella Lopez,
  • Ignazio Grattagliano and
  • Andrea Bosco

The driver’s personality is a key human factor for the assessment of the fitness to drive (FTD), affecting driving decisions and behavior, with consequences on driving safety. No previous study has investigated the effectiveness of Minnesota Multipha...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,982 Views
12 Pages

Change in Neuroticism and Extraversion among Pre-University Education Employees during the COVID-19 Pandemic

  • Teodora-Gabriela Alexescu,
  • Mădălina-Stela Nechita,
  • Anca-Diana Maierean,
  • Damiana-Maria Vulturar,
  • Mircea Ioan Handru,
  • Daniel-Corneliu Leucuța,
  • Olga Hilda Orășan,
  • Vasile Negrean,
  • Lorena Ciumarnean and
  • Doina Adina Todea

Background and objectives: Since the first reports of SARS-CoV-2 infection cases in China, the virus has rapidly spread to many countries, including Romania. In Romania, schools were closed in March 2020 to prevent the virus from spreading; since the...

  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
9,698 Views
22 Pages

1 December 2024

Over the past few years, the incorporation of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques, particularly the Retrieval-Augmented Generator (RAG) framework, has opened up revolutionary opportunities for improving personalized travel recommendati...

  • Brief Report
  • Open Access
669 Views
9 Pages

The Emotional Landscape of Multiple System Atrophy: A Preliminary Personality-Based Perspective

  • Eleonora Zirone,
  • Giulia Franco,
  • Federica Arienti,
  • Roberta Ferrucci,
  • Alessandro Di Maio,
  • Giacomo Comi,
  • Filippo Cogiamanian,
  • Alessio Di Fonzo and
  • Francesca Mameli

1 October 2025

Background: Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) is a rapidly progressing neurodegenerative movement disorder characterized by autonomic failure, parkinsonism, and cerebellar ataxia. While its non-motor symptoms are well-documented, personality features in...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,516 Views
19 Pages

Risk Groups and Psychosocial Factors for the Pandemic (COVID-19)

  • Elif Yöyen,
  • Ümmühan Deniz Sinanoğlu and
  • Tülay Güneri Barış

COVID-19, which started in 2019 and affected the whole world, has affected everyone at different intensities and in different ways. COVID-19, which is considered a pandemic, has turned into a major public health problem in terms of its consequences a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,448 Views
11 Pages

14 June 2023

Purpose: During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, healthcare professionals were more frequently affected by post-traumatic stress disorder than the general population. The purpose of this historical, prospective study was to determine...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,392 Views
16 Pages

19 August 2022

Personality types are related to trustworthy, reliable, and competent communication, especially when dealing with clients. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to investigate whether the Myers–Briggs (MBTI) indicator could be used to detect...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,127 Views
16 Pages

22 October 2025

The influence of traditional Chinese ritual culture on courtyard spatial sequences is widely acknowledged. However, quantitative analytical methods, such as space syntax, have rarely been applied in studies of ritual–residential space relations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
2,821 Views
15 Pages

16 December 2024

Background and Aim: Young women diagnosed with breast cancer (BC) face considerable psychological and emotional distress, impacting their interactions with themselves, their families, and the wider community. This study sought to explore the interact...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
3,677 Views
17 Pages

Reassessing Fitness-to-Drive in Drinker Drivers: The Role of Cognition and Personality

  • Luigi Tinella,
  • Alessandro Oronzo Caffò,
  • Antonella Lopez,
  • Francesco Nardulli,
  • Ignazio Grattagliano and
  • Andrea Bosco

Drunken driving is among the main challenges for road safety by causing worldwide motor-vehicle crashes with severe injuries and deaths. The reassessment of fitness-to-drive in drivers stopped for drunken driving includes mainly psychological examina...