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Research paper thumbnail of The perceived informativess of personality feedback: The role of implicit theories, personality, self-esteem, and regulatory focus

Research paper thumbnail of Personality, Nationalism, and Attitudes to Multiculturalism and Migrants

Research paper thumbnail of An evaluation of de Jong-Giervald's loneliness model with Australian adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Mar 31, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Relational discrepancies and negative emotion: The role of discrepancies at the level of relational guides

Research paper thumbnail of The perceived informativess of personality feedback: The role of implicit theories, personality, self-esteem, and regulatory focus

Research paper thumbnail of The Structure of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory With Binary and Rating Scale Items

Journal of personality assessment, Jan 13, 2015

Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) items typically have a forced-choice format, comprising ... more Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) items typically have a forced-choice format, comprising a narcissistic and a nonnarcissistic statement. Recently, some have presented the narcissistic statements and asked individuals to either indicate whether they agree or disagree that the statements are self-descriptive (i.e., a binary response format) or to rate the extent to which they agree or disagree that these statements are self-descriptive on a Likert scale (i.e., a rating response format). The current research demonstrates that when NPI items have a binary or a rating response format, the scale has a bifactor structure (i.e., the items load on a general factor and on 6 specific group factors). Indexes of factor strength suggest that the data are unidimensional enough for the NPI's general factor to be considered a measure of a narcissism latent trait. However, the rating item general factor assessed more narcissism components than the binary item one. The positive correlation...

Research paper thumbnail of Overdose in young people using heroin: associations with mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances

The Medical journal of Australia, Jan 4, 2004

To identify patterns of mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances associate... more To identify patterns of mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances associated with heroin overdose in young people. Linkage of data on use of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription drugs with data from a self-report questionnaire. Inner metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. 163 young people, 15-30 years, using heroin. Personal circumstances, mental health (as measured by various scales), and PBS-listed prescription drug use. Young people using heroin reported high rates of feelings of hopelessness, depression, antisocial behaviour, self-harm and diagnosed mental illness. A prior history of overdose was associated with previous mental illness, which in turn was associated with being female, having poor social support, being dissatisfied with relationships, and living alone or in temporary accommodation. While feelings of hopelessness and antisocial behaviour were strongly associated with overdose history, the number of PBS prescription drugs used had a ve...

Research paper thumbnail of Females' discrepancies with "other" self-guides, regulatory focus, and rejection sensitivity: Their impact on aggression in relationships

Research paper thumbnail of Keeping the doctor alive: A Self-care Guidebook for Medical Practitioners

Research paper thumbnail of Narrative and self-regulation: Story as a cultural tool for social regulation of goal-directed activities

Research paper thumbnail of Chance- and skill-based dimensions underlying young Australians' gambling activities and their relationships with gambling problems and other factors

Using data from computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1000 18- to 24-year old Australians, ... more Using data from computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1000 18- to 24-year old Australians, the structure underlying participation in 12 gambling activities was investigated. Factor analysis indicated that activities were differentiated into those that are chance-based, involve selecting a winner and involve individuals' skills. Gambling problems, assessed using a four-item factor, were related to participation in the two skill-based activity types.

Research paper thumbnail of Overdose in young people using heroin: associations with mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances

Medical journal of …, 2004

METHODS We recruited young people (15–30 years) who used heroin from three inner-metropolitan Mel... more METHODS We recruited young people (15–30 years) who used heroin from three inner-metropolitan Melbourne general practices between June and December 2000. A small incentive was offered for participation. Participants were given a copy of the questionnaire, a study description ...

Research paper thumbnail of Right-wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, Nationalism, and Patriotism as Predictors of Individual and Government Security Involvement

Research paper thumbnail of Psychosocial development and friendship functions in adolescence

Sex Roles, 1991

This study concerns the relationship between friendship variables and adolescent psychosocial dev... more This study concerns the relationship between friendship variables and adolescent psychosocial development, in particular identity and psychosocial intimacy as envisaged by E. Erikson [(1950), Childhood and Society, New York: Norton;(1968), Identity: Youth and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Borderline personality disorder features: The role of self-discrepancies and self-complexity

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Relational Discrepancy Theory: The Implications of Self-Discrepancy Theory for Dyadic Relationships and for the Emergence of Social Structure

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2003

Relationship formation and maintenance is guided by more than similarity between partners&amp... more Relationship formation and maintenance is guided by more than similarity between partners' actual selves. Expanding the domain of self-discrepancy theory (SDT; Higgins, 1987), we propose that a type of discrepancy previously not considered-discrepancies between self-aspects of relational partners-is central to relationship cognition, including perceptions of intimacy and trust, and to the emergence of roles within relationships. Our argument relates both to unconstrained environments, where individuals freely choose partners, and constrained environments (e.g., workplaces) with relationships imposed. We argue that SDT's prediction of emotional consequences from discrepancies permits a motivational account of why individuals might form and maintain relationships in terms of hierarchies and roles

Research paper thumbnail of Goals, Standards, and the Self: Reference Values Serving Different Functions

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2002

We examine reference values used in self-regulation research and identify two func-tions theyfulf... more We examine reference values used in self-regulation research and identify two func-tions theyfulfill: a standardfunction and a goalfunction. The standardfunction oc-curs when a reference value represents a desired state for the self in the present whereas the goalfunction ...

Research paper thumbnail of The interaction of age with Impulsiveness and Venturesomeness in the prediction of adolescent sexual behaviour

Personality and Individual Differences, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of An evaluation of de Jong-Giervald's loneliness model with Australian adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of The relation between self-discrepancies and emotion: The moderating roles of self-guide importance, location relevance, and social self-domain centrality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2000

In 5 studies, the authors investigated the effects of self-guide importance, domain centrality to... more In 5 studies, the authors investigated the effects of self-guide importance, domain centrality to self-definition, and self-domain relevance of testing location on relationships between actual-ideal (AI) and actual-ought (AO) discrepancies and emotions. Although no unique relationships occurred for self discrepancies, moderating effects were found for social self-domains. Location relevance overshadowed other moderator effects. In less relevant locations, AI discrepancies were smaller and AO discrepancy-emotion relationships were moderated by self-guide importance. For more important self-domains, AI discrepancies were smaller and AO discrepancies were unrelated to agitation. For less important self-domains, agitation was related to the AO discrepancy and self-guide importance interaction. By suggesting that different self-regulatory strategies minimize the consequences of AI and AO discrepancies, evidence for distinct ideal and ought self-regulation is provided.

Research paper thumbnail of The perceived informativess of personality feedback: The role of implicit theories, personality, self-esteem, and regulatory focus

Research paper thumbnail of Personality, Nationalism, and Attitudes to Multiculturalism and Migrants

Research paper thumbnail of An evaluation of de Jong-Giervald's loneliness model with Australian adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Mar 31, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of Relational discrepancies and negative emotion: The role of discrepancies at the level of relational guides

Research paper thumbnail of The perceived informativess of personality feedback: The role of implicit theories, personality, self-esteem, and regulatory focus

Research paper thumbnail of The Structure of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory With Binary and Rating Scale Items

Journal of personality assessment, Jan 13, 2015

Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) items typically have a forced-choice format, comprising ... more Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) items typically have a forced-choice format, comprising a narcissistic and a nonnarcissistic statement. Recently, some have presented the narcissistic statements and asked individuals to either indicate whether they agree or disagree that the statements are self-descriptive (i.e., a binary response format) or to rate the extent to which they agree or disagree that these statements are self-descriptive on a Likert scale (i.e., a rating response format). The current research demonstrates that when NPI items have a binary or a rating response format, the scale has a bifactor structure (i.e., the items load on a general factor and on 6 specific group factors). Indexes of factor strength suggest that the data are unidimensional enough for the NPI's general factor to be considered a measure of a narcissism latent trait. However, the rating item general factor assessed more narcissism components than the binary item one. The positive correlation...

Research paper thumbnail of Overdose in young people using heroin: associations with mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances

The Medical journal of Australia, Jan 4, 2004

To identify patterns of mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances associate... more To identify patterns of mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances associated with heroin overdose in young people. Linkage of data on use of Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) prescription drugs with data from a self-report questionnaire. Inner metropolitan Melbourne, Australia. 163 young people, 15-30 years, using heroin. Personal circumstances, mental health (as measured by various scales), and PBS-listed prescription drug use. Young people using heroin reported high rates of feelings of hopelessness, depression, antisocial behaviour, self-harm and diagnosed mental illness. A prior history of overdose was associated with previous mental illness, which in turn was associated with being female, having poor social support, being dissatisfied with relationships, and living alone or in temporary accommodation. While feelings of hopelessness and antisocial behaviour were strongly associated with overdose history, the number of PBS prescription drugs used had a ve...

Research paper thumbnail of Females' discrepancies with "other" self-guides, regulatory focus, and rejection sensitivity: Their impact on aggression in relationships

Research paper thumbnail of Keeping the doctor alive: A Self-care Guidebook for Medical Practitioners

Research paper thumbnail of Narrative and self-regulation: Story as a cultural tool for social regulation of goal-directed activities

Research paper thumbnail of Chance- and skill-based dimensions underlying young Australians' gambling activities and their relationships with gambling problems and other factors

Using data from computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1000 18- to 24-year old Australians, ... more Using data from computer-assisted telephone interviews with 1000 18- to 24-year old Australians, the structure underlying participation in 12 gambling activities was investigated. Factor analysis indicated that activities were differentiated into those that are chance-based, involve selecting a winner and involve individuals' skills. Gambling problems, assessed using a four-item factor, were related to participation in the two skill-based activity types.

Research paper thumbnail of Overdose in young people using heroin: associations with mental health, prescription drug use and personal circumstances

Medical journal of …, 2004

METHODS We recruited young people (15–30 years) who used heroin from three inner-metropolitan Mel... more METHODS We recruited young people (15–30 years) who used heroin from three inner-metropolitan Melbourne general practices between June and December 2000. A small incentive was offered for participation. Participants were given a copy of the questionnaire, a study description ...

Research paper thumbnail of Right-wing Authoritarianism, Social Dominance, Nationalism, and Patriotism as Predictors of Individual and Government Security Involvement

Research paper thumbnail of Psychosocial development and friendship functions in adolescence

Sex Roles, 1991

This study concerns the relationship between friendship variables and adolescent psychosocial dev... more This study concerns the relationship between friendship variables and adolescent psychosocial development, in particular identity and psychosocial intimacy as envisaged by E. Erikson [(1950), Childhood and Society, New York: Norton;(1968), Identity: Youth and ...

Research paper thumbnail of Borderline personality disorder features: The role of self-discrepancies and self-complexity

Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 2006

Research paper thumbnail of Relational Discrepancy Theory: The Implications of Self-Discrepancy Theory for Dyadic Relationships and for the Emergence of Social Structure

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2003

Relationship formation and maintenance is guided by more than similarity between partners&amp... more Relationship formation and maintenance is guided by more than similarity between partners' actual selves. Expanding the domain of self-discrepancy theory (SDT; Higgins, 1987), we propose that a type of discrepancy previously not considered-discrepancies between self-aspects of relational partners-is central to relationship cognition, including perceptions of intimacy and trust, and to the emergence of roles within relationships. Our argument relates both to unconstrained environments, where individuals freely choose partners, and constrained environments (e.g., workplaces) with relationships imposed. We argue that SDT's prediction of emotional consequences from discrepancies permits a motivational account of why individuals might form and maintain relationships in terms of hierarchies and roles

Research paper thumbnail of Goals, Standards, and the Self: Reference Values Serving Different Functions

Personality and Social Psychology Review, 2002

We examine reference values used in self-regulation research and identify two func-tions theyfulf... more We examine reference values used in self-regulation research and identify two func-tions theyfulfill: a standardfunction and a goalfunction. The standardfunction oc-curs when a reference value represents a desired state for the self in the present whereas the goalfunction ...

Research paper thumbnail of The interaction of age with Impulsiveness and Venturesomeness in the prediction of adolescent sexual behaviour

Personality and Individual Differences, 1995

Research paper thumbnail of An evaluation of de Jong-Giervald's loneliness model with Australian adolescents

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1990

Research paper thumbnail of The relation between self-discrepancies and emotion: The moderating roles of self-guide importance, location relevance, and social self-domain centrality

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2000

In 5 studies, the authors investigated the effects of self-guide importance, domain centrality to... more In 5 studies, the authors investigated the effects of self-guide importance, domain centrality to self-definition, and self-domain relevance of testing location on relationships between actual-ideal (AI) and actual-ought (AO) discrepancies and emotions. Although no unique relationships occurred for self discrepancies, moderating effects were found for social self-domains. Location relevance overshadowed other moderator effects. In less relevant locations, AI discrepancies were smaller and AO discrepancy-emotion relationships were moderated by self-guide importance. For more important self-domains, AI discrepancies were smaller and AO discrepancies were unrelated to agitation. For less important self-domains, agitation was related to the AO discrepancy and self-guide importance interaction. By suggesting that different self-regulatory strategies minimize the consequences of AI and AO discrepancies, evidence for distinct ideal and ought self-regulation is provided.