Copyright (c) 2009 Bond University All rights reserved. http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle Recent documents in Gregory J. Boyle en-us Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:39:41 PST 3600 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/17 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/17 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 22:48:51 PST Extract:Report order was investigated using tachistoscopically exposed random letter arrays. No significant interaction between report order and position of fixation point was found, despite significant main efiects for both variables. For right-to-left report order, recognition was superior in theRVF under bilateral presentation, and in the LVF under unilateral presentation. Whereas "sequential scanning" could not account for the findings, a combination of cerebral dominance and forgetting during report did provide a satisfactory explanation of the data. Hence, considerable doubt was cast on Heron's (1957) directional "post-perceptual scanning" hypothesis Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/16 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/16 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:31:12 PST Extract: The Halstead Category Test (HCT) is burdened by excessive length and time of administration. Since it is included in the Halstead-Reitan neurophyschological test battery, and utilized by Russell, Neuringer & Goldsteiin (1970) in their 'key approach', a short form would useful. Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/15 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/greg_boyle/15 Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:45:11 PST Cumulative studies show the prediction of school achievement from personality and dynamic traits to exceed that from abilities alone and to reach, with abilities, a multiple R of 0.7 to 0.8. A study of intellectual learning in a one-hour controlled experimentally-induced aversive situation shows essentially the same personality factors to be involved as in daily life situations, namely Superego (G), Dominance (E) - negatively - and Self-Sentiment (Q3). These findings support the structured learning theory in showing differences in personality structure to contribute significantly to both real-life academic achievement and short-term experimental learning outcomes (albeit under extremely stressful conditions). Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/227 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/227 Wed, 30 Apr 2008 18:14:35 PDT The impact of detention on psychological status, and quality of life was examined in a sample of 150 former refugee detainees from the Woomera Detention Centre now living in the Australian community. Detainees completed a Psychological status inventory including the Truncated Firestone Assessment of Self-destructive Thoughts (T-FAST),the Quality of Life Inventory, the Suicidal Ideation Scale, and the Profile of Mood States,. Former detainees reported their current status; and retrospectively reported their status while detained. The psychological health of refugee detainees improved significantly following their release into the Australian community. Self-reported levels of suicidal ideation, self-destructive thoughts and negative mood states were elevated significantly and quality of life was significantly reduced while being held in detention as compared with when the asylum seekers were living in the broader community. Mandatory incarceration in Australian detention centres of refugees appears to contribute to severe psychological distress. Farahnaz Sobhanian http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/225 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/225 Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:40:47 PDT Extract:While many personality instruments have been constructed, questions remain as to their predictive validity (Boyle & Saklofske, 2004). According to Meyer et al. (2001, p. 128), " (a) Psychological test validity is strong and compelling, (b) psychological test validity is comparable to medical test validity, (c) distinct assessment methods provide unique sources of information, and (d) clinicians who rely exclusively on interviews are prone to incomplete understandings." Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/discussion_papers/62 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/discussion_papers/62 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 18:01:15 PST Conceptual and methodological advances on both the predictor and criterion side and several influential meta-analytic reviews have contributed to a resurgence of credibility for personality as a predictor in employee selection. This paper reviews the prior problems with personality as a predictor, summarises research findings on the effectiveness of personality in selection, and lays out the circumstances under which personality measures are most likely to be useful. The most consistent findings are that personality measures such as integrity and conscientiousness predict contextual and motivational aspects of performance reasonably well. Suggestions for future research on personality in selection are made, and human resource management implications of personality-based selection are discussed. Cynthia Fisher http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/120 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/120 Tue, 08 May 2007 23:21:20 PDT Psychology is distinguished from its brethren sciences of biology and sociology in that its main concern is with behavioral and mental processes of the individual (Zimbardo, 1992). Traditional study of personality and intelligence has focused on individual differences--searching for traits or relatively stable characteristics along which people differ (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1985; Howard, 1993). This line of research is based on the assumption that an improved scientific understanding of the nature of psychological functions can be achieved only by taking into account information about overall levels of performance and between-subjects variability and covariability. While the emphasis in individual differences research has been on multivariate procedures, experimental psychology has been almost exclusive in its focus on univariate designs. Multivariate research is closely linked to the development of psychological measuring instruments which are widely used in educational, industrial, and clinical settings. More recently, psychobiological explanations of personality and ability constructs have been sought (e.g., Zuckerman, 1991), opening the way for more sophisticated understanding of the neuropsychological and neuroendocrinological mechanisms underlying personality and ability traits. Hence, it is possible to claim that studies of intelligence and personality based on these combined approaches have made a more significant contribution to our social life in general than many other areas of psychological research (cf. Goff & Ackerman, 1992). Lazar Stankov http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/119 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/119 Tue, 08 May 2007 21:21:00 PDT A review of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children, a multidimensional questionnaire intended for the psychological assessment of post-traumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents who have endured trauma resulting, for example, from childhood physical and/or sexual abuse. Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/118 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/118 Tue, 08 May 2007 19:28:22 PDT A review of the International Personality Disorder Examination, a multidimensional psychometric trait instrument intended for the clinical psychodiagnostic assessment of personality disorders (apparent for at least five years) in adults. Gregory J. Boyle http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/117 http://epublications.bond.edu.au/hss_pubs/117 Tue, 08 May 2007 19:03:13 PDT A review of the Personality Self-Portrait (Revised), a 107-item self-report questionnaire purported to measure 14 distinct personality styles. Gregory J. Boyle