Group and Personal Projections of a Strong and Weak Personality Traits, Well–Being, Need of Approval and False Impression – Retest Procedures Cover Image

Групови и индивидуални проекции на силни и слаби черти, благополучието, нуждата от одобрение и фалшивото себепредставяне – ретест процедури
Group and Personal Projections of a Strong and Weak Personality Traits, Well–Being, Need of Approval and False Impression – Retest Procedures

Author(s): Krasen Ferdinandov
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Psychology, Social psychology and group interaction, Personality Psychology
Published by: Институт за изследване на населението и човека - Българска академия на науките
Keywords: adjustment; maladjustment; personality traits; social desirability; flourishing; thriving; biases.

Summary/Abstract: The current article presents the results of the re–test procedure applied to Personality Inventory for DSM–5 Brief Form (PID–5–BF, Krueger et al., 2013) with two random samples. The first sample consists undergraduate students of the Sofia High School of Mathematics at 10 to 18 years old, while the second sample is consisted of Bulgarian citizens aged at 9 to 59 years old. The aim of the study is to reconfirm the accuracy, bandwidth and sensitivity of the inventory after wording adjustments of three statements that have been made to. Some of the already published key correlates of PID–5–BF indicators were attested. The self–assessment measures demonstrates high levels of consistency, and the latent structure of the indicators is almost completely confirmed by the data obtained in the exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis. New findings are also contribute to the nomological network extension process and the breadth and fidelity of measurements are confirmed. During the analysis was found that some of the expected adjustment and dysfunctional traits are moderately to strongly interrelated. A useful profiling model of two participants’ cases considering the psychological counseling of level of behavioral and emotional disfunctions experienced during the period of second and third Sars-Cov-2 spreading.

  • Issue Year: 24/2021
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 206-233
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Bulgarian