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Papers by E. Greenglass

Personality and Individual Differences, 2015

Although random responding is prevalent and increases Type II errors, most psychologists avoid tr... more Although random responding is prevalent and increases Type II errors, most psychologists avoid trying to identify it because the means to do so are extremely limited. We propose the inter-item standard deviation (ISD), a statistical index of response variance, is suited for this task. We hypothesized that random responders produce large ISDs because they respond to items all over a measure's response range, whereas conscientious responders produce small ISDs because they respond to items more consistently. We administered a questionnaire containing the NEO-FFI-3 and an embedded validity scale to 134 university students. Another 134 responders were created using a random number generator. For all 268 responders, the ISD was calculated for each of the NEO-FFI-3 0 s five subscales and an aggregated ISD was calculated by averaging the five ISD indexes. Results showed that (1) random responders produce significantly larger ISDs than conscientious responders, (2) the ISDs were strongly correlated with the embedded validity scale and with one another, and (3) the ISDs correctly identified responders with greater than 80% classification accuracy. The mean ISD yielded greater than 95% classification accuracy. This study shows that responders can be identified by quantifying inter-item response variance.

Global Public Health, 2009

Canadian journal of nursing leadership

This study investigated work status congruence and work-family experiences among nursing staff. D... more This study investigated work status congruence and work-family experiences among nursing staff. Data were collected from 1362 hospital-based nurses using anonymous questionnaires. Nurses indicated whether they were currently working full-time or part-time and whether they preferred to work full-time or part-time. Four work status groups were then compared. There were considerable demographic differences among the four work status groups. Nursing staff having congruent work status were generally more satisfied with their families and reported lower levels of work-family conflict. The two work status incongruent groups of nurses were found to have different correlates and consequences.

The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1972

This study examines the extent to which the younger (8 years old) and preadolescent (12 years old... more This study examines the extent to which the younger (8 years old) and preadolescent (12 years old) child engage in altruistic lying for a peer who is dependent on the child for help In the form of lying behavior. Subjects were 56 Canadian, white, middle class boys. An ostensible peer gave half of the subjects help in winning a prize. The other 28 boys were refused help. One-half of the subjects in both help and refused-help conditions were 8 years old; the other half were age 12. The peer informed each subject individually that he had committed an accidental transgression and asked the subject not to tell the experimenter about it. When questioned about the accident, 12-year-olds who had received help from the peer were more willing to lie and thereby deny any knowledge of the accident than were 8-year-olds who had also received help. No differences in lying behavior were found between 8-year-olds and 12-year-olds after they had been refused help by the peer.

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 1977

Women who had therapeutic abortions were asked if they planned to bear or adopt children. Those w... more Women who had therapeutic abortions were asked if they planned to bear or adopt children. Those who planned to have children exhibited more neurotic symptoms following abortion than did those who planned not to have children. While the extent of disturbances was not abnormal, it is suggested that the ambivalence of women who have abortions while still planning for children in the future is of clinical importance.

The increase in the number of older people and the functional disability associated with increasi... more The increase in the number of older people and the functional disability associated with increasing age have caused concern regarding the consequences of large numbers of elderly people who are limited in their functional ability. One of the psychological factors that should be related to functional disability in the elderly is the way they cope with stress. The present study examines the use of proactive coping in the elderly in relation to their depression and their functional ability. Results of structural equation modeling showed that proactive coping was negatively associated with functional disability and with depression. Social support was positively associated with proactive coping and negatively with depression. Depression was positively associated with functional disability. A significant implication of the results is the importance of studying the combined relationship of social support and coping to elderly functioning.

Journal of health and human services administration, 1999

Burnout over time in teachers in examined in this study using the three subscales of the Maslach ... more Burnout over time in teachers in examined in this study using the three subscales of the Maslach Burnout Inventory, Emotional Exhaustion, Depersonalization, and Lack of Personal Accomplishment. Measures were obtained twice, one year apart. LISREL structural equation analysis was used to test a model which predicted specified relationships among burnout components from time one to time two. Results showed that burnout components were consistent over time. Additional data suggest that one of the burnout components, emotional exhaustion, is a mediator between environmental demands and other burnout components.

Psychology & Health, 2004

This study examines the extent of stress and burnout experienced by nurses during hospital restru... more This study examines the extent of stress and burnout experienced by nurses during hospital restructuring. It includes both job-related outcomes such as job satisfaction and burnout, and psychosomatic outcomes such as depression. The study compares effects attributable to number of hospital restructuring initiatives with those attributable to specific work stressors such as workload, bumping (where one nurse replaces another due to greater seniority), and use of unlicensed personnel to do the work of nurses. It also examines the role of personal resources including self-efficacy and coping. Results show that, in hospitals undergoing restructuring, workload is the most significant and consistent predictor of distress in nurses, as manifested in lower job satisfaction, professional efficacy, and job security. Greater workload also contributed to depression, cynicism, and anxiety. The practice of bumping contributed to job insecurity, depression, and anxiety. The results point to specif...

This study examined the role played by two personal resources, job mobility options and financial... more This study examined the role played by two personal resources, job mobility options and financial resources, among nursing staff during a period of major hospital restructuring and downsizing. Data were collected from 1362 staff nurses using questionnaires. Personal resources were hypothesized to have direct and indirect effects on job satisfaction and psychological well-being in a model of hospital restructuring and its effects. The model included four variables: extent of hospital restructuring, future threats to the workplace, job satisfaction, and psychosomatic symptoms. LISREL analyses indicated that financial resources reduced perceptions of future workplace threats and psychosomatic symptoms while job mobility options were associated with higher levels of job satisfaction.

Personality and Individual Differences

The Psychology of the Recession on the Workplace, 2013