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Šest stavki za šest primarnih domena; kratka skala multidimenzionalnog hijerarhijskog modela samopoimanja

Author(s): Đorđe Čekrlija,Biljana Mirković,Dijana Đurić / Language(s): Bosnian Issue: 4/2017

Short scales from the domain the personality psychology like 10-items operationalization of Big Five model (BFI-10) or Single-Item-Self-Esteem- Scale (SISES) as Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale equivalent, could be valueable step forward in personality assesment. Weather short scales assessments are in accordance with tendencies from long questionnaires then it could be very practical and valuable psychological tool. The purpose of this study is to validate 6-items self-satisfaction scale (as one of self-concept aspect). Scale is operationalization of multidimensional hierarchical model of self-concept. The specificity of the scale is that every primary domain (competence, family, social, physical, emotional and academic) measure is based on only one item, while general dimension can be estimated as scale Burt or Hotelling component. Items are answered on 5-point scale. Scale SC-6 is validated through two studies. First was conducted on sample of 141 student (31% male and 61% female), age between 18 and 38 years (M=20.43; SD=4.07). Second study included 261 (42% male and 58% female) students with same range of age (M=21.09; SD=5.08). SC-6 scale shows satisfactory reliability in both studies. Convergent validity is examined over SC-6 correlations with Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (RSES) and Schwarzer-Jerusalem General Self-Efficacy Scale (GSES). All corrected item-total correlations indicate satisfactory values (>.30) while items intercorrelations are completely in accordance with previous studies. Exploratory and Confirmatory factor analysis confirmed hypothesis on single latenet variable that match to general self-satisfaction. First principal component explain 45% of variance. Hotelling and Burt components correlation coefficient (r=.94) suggests that both of them can be used as adequate SC-6 measure. Correlation between general SC-6 score and Rosenberg self-esteem score (r=.26) and Schwarzer-Jerusalem general self-efficacy measure (r=.57) are both significant (p<.01). According to preliminary findings, SC-6 scale can be used in assessments of self-satisfaction as self-concept aspect.

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Intimate Relationships in Context: Stress Spillover, Relationship Efficacy, and Relationship Satisfaction

Author(s): Ivana Bahun,Aleksandra Huić / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

Recently, research has shown that stress experienced outside the relationship is negatively associated with relationship outcomes, such as relationship satisfaction. However, the exact mechanisms through which this phenomenon, also known as stress spillover, effects relationships are not completely clarified. Also, most of the studies utilized married couples, and less is known about stress spillover in dating relationships. The aim of this study was to investigate relations between external stress, relationship efficacy, and relationship satisfaction in dating relationships. A total number of 390 men and women, aged from 18 to 35 participated in the study. Our participants were dating for at least six months, but did not live with their partners. The results showed that experiencing greater levels of external stress was associated with lower relationship satisfaction. Both experienced external sources of stress and perceived distress significantly contributed to explaining relationship satisfaction. The results indicated that relationship efficacy mediateed the relationship between experienced and perceived stress and relationship satisfaction. Higher levels of experienced and perceived stress were associated with lower perception of relationship efficacy, which was related to lower relationship satisfaction. Our findings point to the importance of self-regulation processes for relationships outcomes in dating relationships in emerging adulthood. It seems that lower relationship efficacy partly explains the detrimental effects of external stress spillover on relationships.

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Efekti bračnog lokusa kontrole na percepciju kvaliteta bračnog odnosa kod žena

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2017

In order to determine the associations between marital locus of control and marital quality, and also the extent to which this association is moderated by the duration of marriage and marital instability, we examined 1821 wives, 19 to 75 years old. Marital locus of control was measured by the Perceived Efficacy in Solving Intimate Conflict Scale (Fincham & Bradbury, 1987), marital instability was measured by the Martial Instability Index (Booth, Johnson, & Edwards, 1983) and perceived quality of marriage was measured by the Dyadic Adjustment Scale – DAS (Spanier, 1976). The data were analyzed using hierarchical regression analysis. The dependent variables were four DAS subscales (Dyadic Consensus, Dyadic Satisfaction, Affective Expression, and Dyadic Cohesion), and the predictors were entered hierarchically; step 1 included duration of marriage, step 2 assessment of marital instability, and step 3 included perceived efficacy in solving intimate conflicts. The results show that the experience of personal effectiveness in solving marital conflicts among wives is a good indicator of marital satisfaction, and also of the consensus on matters of importance to marital functioning. On the other hand, marital locus of control is not as good indicator of marital cohesion and affective expression between spouses as it is the case with Dyadic Satisfaction and Consensus. Assessment of marital instability to some extent increases the understanding of different aspects of the marital quality, while the contribution of the duration of marriage, although statistically significant, is practically negligible.

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Narcissistic Personality Inventory – Possibility of Application on a Serbian Population

Author(s): Milica Ristić,Vladimir Hedrih,Snežana Stojiljković / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2017

The main goal of this research was to investigate some of the psychometric properties of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory – reliability, applicability of a seven-factor structure and its construct validity for a sample of the Serbian population. For this purpose, a 40-item Narcissistic Personality Inventory – NPI and Rosenberg’s Global Self-esteem scale were distributed via internet to 150 participants of both sexes, aged 19 – 56. Investigation of internal consistency of NPI was satisfactory – Cronbach alpha coefficient was 0.87. Also, the seven-factor structure of NPI found with the American sample did not correspond well to the factor structure found in the present study. The total scale score correlated with self-esteem, thereby supporting the validity of the scale.

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THE MINI IPIP-6: SHORT, VALID, AND RELIABLE MEASURE OF THE SIX-FACTOR PERSONALITY STRUCTURE

Author(s): Janko Međedović,Tara Bulut / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

The focus of the present research was the validation of the Serbian version of Mini IPIP-6 personality inventory. It is a 24-item self-report questionnaire which measures six broad personality traits: Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness to Experience and Honesty–Humility. We examined the scales’ reliability, latent structure and the relations of personality measures with Perceived Infectability (physical health) and Disintegration (mental health) in a sample of 218 undergraduate students (82% females; Mage = 23.7, SD = 7.11). The data showed that Mini IPIP-6 scales have adequate reliabilities (all αs >.70). Furthermore, the factor structure was completely in accordance with the expectations: all items loaded on their respectable fac-tors. Finally, personality traits predicted physical and mental he-alth in a theoretically expected manner: higher Neuroticism and lower Extraversion and Conscientiousness independently predicted physical health while higher Neuroticism and lower Honesty–Humility and Agreeableness had a contribution in the prediction of mental health. The study findings corroborated the reliability and validity of the Mini IPIP-6. Combined with the fact that it is a very short personality measure, the results speak in favor of using the inventory in empirical research. Still, it was important to consider the limitations of the instrument, such as narrowed psychological content of the scales.

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HIGH BAS AND LOW BIS IN OVERCONFIDENCE, AND THEIR IMPACT ON MOTIVATION AND SELF-EFFICACY AFTER POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE PERFORMANCE

Author(s): Dino Krupić / Language(s): English Issue: 3/2017

Self-confidence, motivation, and performance outcome are vital for goal-directed behaviour. However, people do not react to a positive and negative performance in the same way. This study examines (a) the relationship between self-confidence and approach/avoidance motivation, and (b) how approach- and avoidance-oriented individu-als respond to a performance outcome. The study was conducted on 93 participants. The first part of the study examined the relationship between self-confidence and approach/avoidance motivation within Reinforcement sensitivity theory, while the second part examined changes in motivation and self-efficiency in overconfident, avoid-ance- and approach-oriented individuals, following the positive and negative performance. Approach and avoidance tendencies were as-sessed by Reinforcement Sensitivity Questionnaire (RSQ) and Sen-sitivity to Punishment Sensitivity to Reward Questionnaire (SPSRQ). Correlational analysis showed that the Behavioural Approach Sys-tem (BAS) and Sensitivity to Reward (SR) correlated positively, while Behavioural Inhibition System (BIS) and Sensitivity to Punishment (SP) correlated negatively with confidence. In addition, moderated regression analysis showed that (a) high BIS, SP and SR individuals were strongly demotivated following the negative performance, (b) while overconfident and high BAS individuals maintained their initial motivation. On the other hand, motivation in high SR, but not in the high BAS and overconfident individuals, increased after the positive performance. None of the scales predicted the change of self-efficacy either after the positive or negative performance. High BAS and low BIS in overconfident individuals may explain why they strive more toward the final goal despite drawbacks. The theoretical and practical implications of findings are discussed in the paper.

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SENSE-MAKING TECHNIQUES IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS AND THEIR IMPACT ON THE PERSONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF STUDENTS

Author(s): Irina Vladimirovna Abakumova,Ekaterina S. Zorina / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

This study looks into psychotechnics used in education and contributing to initiating logic among students, their personal growth and characterizes psychological features of “sense-deducting”. Here you will find a review of the sense-making techniques considering as one of the categories of psychotechnics. The described techniques are based on the human psychology, they improve the quality of instruction, create a favorable and unique system of values, take into account the individual characteristics of all types of education, and influence the sense-making process development among children. Sense-making techniques are stated in the author’s classification and extended by practical methods. The study of psychological features of influence of sense-making techniques on the personality of a student lets us see new patterns in personal, subjective and “meta-subjective” results of acquiring of the school program via transformation and development of value/logic consciousness of a child. The work emphasizes that the use of sense-making techniques is effective in the educational and after-school activities of the educational organization. The achieved results make it possible to understand, to substantiate the naturalness and relevance of the sense-technical approach according to personal and academic indicators of students. In the process of competent and correct use of the semantic techniques, we see the possibility of conveying the best, productive and quality pedagogical experience, as well as the perspective of innovative developments in the psychological and pedagogical sciences. For children and adolescents, information, thanks to sense-techniques, starts to be personal in nature, knowledge is objectified, learning activity becomes an individual need.

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EVALUATION OF COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS, PERSONALITY AND REGULATORY SPHERE IN MINORS WITH DEVIANT AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR WITHIN THE AUTHORITY OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL, MEDICAL AND EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE

Author(s): Varvara V. Delibalt,Artyom V. Degtyaryov,Elena G. Dozortseva,Rimma V. Chirkina,Nikolay V. Dvoryanchikov,Vladimir A. Pimonov,Mikhail G. Debolsky,Dmitry A. Malkin / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2017

Education of children and adolescents with special needs due to health problems requires particular forms, conditions and assistance by pedagogues and psychologists. A psychological, medical and educational committee (PMEC) appoints a certain program of special education based on the complex evaluation of the psychic state and (dis)abilities of the child. In 2013, inclusion of children and adolescents with deviant behavior in the competence of PMEC became a new challenge for their traditional activities. Development of recommendations for special educational programs aiming at deviant behavior prevention differs greatly from their original tasks, requires comprehensive psychological evaluation, better psychodiagnostic skills and knowledge of various ways of subsequent work with children. The problems arising and ways of their solution are discussed in the article.

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Предвиђање ризика одбијања школе: Испитивање инкременталне улоге црте емоционалне интелигенције у односу на личност и емоционалну регулацију

Author(s): Pina Filippello,Luana Sorrenti,Caterina Buzzai,Sebastiano Costa / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 1/2018

Research has not yet been deepened in the link between personality factors and risk of school refusal. Furthermore, previous studies fail to verify the direct relation between trait EI and the risk of school refusal. The present study examined personality traits, emotion regulation and trait EI for the contributory role they may play in predicting the risk of school refusal. The sample consisted of 311 participants, 112 males (36%) and 199 females (64%) with an average age of 14.19 (SD = .60), from a high school in the city of Messina (Sicily, Italy). Results show that the risk of school refusal is positively related to neuroticism and maladaptive emotion regulation strategies, while it is negatively related to the extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness and trait EI. Moreover, trait EI can be considered as a strong incremental negative predictor of risk of school refusal over and above personality traits and emotion regulation.

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Издвајање студената успешних у математици - Поређење између европских земаља

Author(s): Jelena Radišić,Marina Videnović,Aleksandar Baucal / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 1/2018

This study explores factors distinguishing students with the optimal pattern of high mathematics achievement and their positive self-related mathematics beliefs across 17 European regions using PISA 2012 data. Hierarchical cluster analysis with variables mathematics anxiety, students’ achievement and students’ perception of mathematics efficacy, mathematics self-concept and intrinsic motivation was used for this purpose. This yielded 4 different student groups. The profile of successful mathematics students (low mathematics anxiety, high achievement and highly perceived mathematics efficacy, self-concept and intrinsic motivation) was among them. The results indicate differences in the factors relevant to students’ success in mathematics depending on whether their country mathematics literacy and mathematics anxiety scores are above or below the OECD average. Students’ socioeconomic and cultural background and experience with pure mathematics tasks are factors relevant across all examined countries.

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Процена кандидата у селекционом интервјуу: улога личности особе која води интервју

Author(s): Sofija Čerović,Ivana B. Petrović / Language(s): English,Serbian Issue: 1/2018

The study explores the relative contribution of interviewers’ personality and interviewers’ ratings of candidate’s personality in predicting interviewers’ ratings of candidate’s job suitability and examines the moderating effect of interviewers’ personality on the relationship between ratings of candidate’s personality and job suitability. Results showed that ratings of candidate’s Big Five personality traits were related to ratings of candidate’s job suitability, as well as were interviewers’ Agreeableness and Extraversion. Interviewers’ Openness and Agreeableness had a moderating effect on the relationship between interviewers’ ratings of candidate’s personality traits and ratings of candidate’s job suitability. Results reveal the role that interviewer’s Agreeableness, Extraversion and Openness play in the assessment of candidate in the selection interview.

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COMPARISON OF THREE SHORT SIX-FACTOR PERSONALITY INSTRUMENTS

Author(s): Bojana Dinić / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The aim of this research was to validate Serbian adaptations of three short six-factor model measures: 24 Questionnaire Big Six (24QB6), Mini-IPIP6, and Brief HEXACO Inventory (BHI). Be-sides these measures, HEXACO-100 was applied on a sample of 310 participants (41% of male) from the general population. The results of confirmatory factor analysis showed marginal fit indices for 24QB6, and satisfactory fit indices for Mini-IPIP6, but not for BHI. BHI also had the smallest Cronbach’s alphas for the scales, but the highest correlations with matching HEXACO-100 scales, confirming its convergent and discriminant validity. Regarding 24QB6, it was noticeable that all scales were valid, except for Honesty/Propriety, which showed substantial relations with both Honesty-Humility and Conscientiousness. Scales from Mini-IPIP6 had the highest alphas, but also the highest mean inter-item cor-relation, indicating that they measured a narrower scope of the traits. Also, validity of the Agreeableness scale was limited. Taken together, all the measures had advantages and disadvantages, and authors should choose a short measure in line with the im-portance of either validity or reliability.

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Personality Traits and Facebook Usage

Author(s): Sonja Ivković / Language(s): English Issue: 21/2017

The paper presented is a review article focused on the current findings in relation to personality traits and the use of Facebook. Facebook is the second most visited website after Google (Ellison, Steinfield, & Lampe, 2007; Ryan & Xenos, 2011) and the users are active on average between ten minutes and two hours a day (Kalpidon, Costin, & Morris, 2011; Moore & McElroy, 2012). In certain aspects, FB is significantly different from other social networks, because it is characterized by offline to online trend – an individual meets the majority of friends on Facebook in real life, and subsequently adds them to Facebook (Ross et al., 2009). In the five-factor model of personality traits (McCrae & Costa, 1992), Extroversion was reported to be positively related to the use of Facebook, and that it is the most important predictor of the use of Facebook for adult networking (Corea et al., 2010). Although the introverts had fewer online friends and were less inclined to online self-promotion than extroverts, the introverts experience Facebook more attractive than traditional methods of communication and spend more time on Facebook compared to extroverts. The results of the study (La Sala, Skues, & Grant, 2014) suggest that Collaborativeness is the most powerful predictor of the number of accessions, the so-called log in to Facebook profile for students. Openness is registered as a negative predictor of using Share option and Conscientiousness as a negative predictor of using Comment option (Lee, Ann & Kim, 2014). Outside the five-factor model, the personality trait Narcissism is associated with the use of FB. Buffardi and Campbell (2008) suggest that FB is an excellent platform for narcissistic self-regulation. In addition, there are findings (Carpenter, 2012; Ong et al., 2011) that Narcissism is highly correlated with the frequency of changing profile image and status.

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RELACIJE BAVLJENJA SPORTOM I EMOCIONALNE INTELIGENCIJE NA SREDNJOŠKOLSKOM UZRASTU

Author(s): Duško Lepir,Siniša Lakić,Vladimir Takšić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 3/2018

Simultanously a very popular and methodologically controversial construct of emotional intelligence has been associated with a plethora of relevant external variables of psychological functioning in various life domains. Although there are theoretical considerations linking sport participation and emotional intelligence, the lack of research on the topic is particularly apparent when it comes both to our region and the adolescent population. The aim of our study was to explore whether sport participation among high school students is associated with emotional intelligence, conceptualized both as a trait and as an ability. The sample comprised 191 high school students (61.1% females, age range: 14 to 19 years) to whom we administered the self‒report questionnaire UEK45 with a three‒factor structure, and two objective situational tests of emotional intelligence, STEU and STEM. Our results confirmed the need to distinguish the emotional intelligence constructs measured by self‒assessment questionnaires and objective tests. Furthermore, we observed that – even when controlled for age and gender – the athletes score higher on all measures, this being more evident on objective tests. In our paper we discuss potential explanations for the differences obtained on hieararchically more complex levels of emotional intelligence and we emphasize the need for a multhimetod approach when assessing emotional competences in young athletes whether for research or professional purposes.

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Aleksitimija merena TAS-20 upitnikom: provera faktorske strukture upitnika i njenog odnosa sa zadovoljstvom životom i Velikih pet dimenzija ličnosti

Author(s): Nikola Rokvić,Tamara Jovanović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 1/2018

Alexithymia is the inability of an individual to recognize their own or someone else’s feelings and to communicate their own emotional states. On the cognitive level, we can observe a decreased ability for imagination and a practical style of thinking, while on the affective level, we can notice a diminished ability of getting in touch with emotions. The most commonly used instrument for measuring alexithymia is the TAS-20 scale that consists of three subscales: Factor 1– the identification of feelings, Factor 2– difficulties describing feelings, Factor 3– externally oriented thinking. The aim of this paper is to determine the factor structure of the TAS-20 questionnaire and its relations to personality traits and life satisfaction. The sample consisted of 601“nonclinical” and 65 “clinical” participants. The “clinical” participants have reported in the survey that they had a diagnosed psychiatric disorder. 75% of the “nonclinical” and 76.9% of the “clinical” sample participants were female. The average age of the “nonclinical” sample was 29.47 (SD=7.12), and the average age of the “clinical” sample was 31.18 (SD=8.44). Confirmatory factor analysis has shown an adequate model fit, but only after the removal of item 20 from the model. The summary score and factor scores showed an expected relationship with the Big Five in the “nonclinical” sample, except a somewhat weaker correlation with the Openness trait. The summary score and factor scores also had expected relations with life satisfaction, while no significant correlation was detected in the “clinical” sample. The regression model has shown that personality traits explain 37.6% of the summary score variance. The expected gender differences were not detected.

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Aggressive Coping Strategy in Situations of Social Conflict. An Attempt to Determine Personality Predictors

Author(s): Danuta Borecka-Biernat / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

The purpose of the study was to find personality predictors of aggressive coping strategies in adolescents in situations of social conflict. The empirical studies have been conducted in junior high schools on a sample of 893 adolescents (468 girls and 425 boys) aged 13-15. The study employed the following instruments: the Stress Assessment Questionnaire (Kwestionariusz Oceny Stresu, KOS) designed by D. Włodarczyk and K. Wrześniewski, The Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale (SES), the Spielberger Three-Factor Inventory of Personality States and Traits (TISCO), as well as the Questionnaire for Analysis of Coping Strategies in Adolescents in Situations of Social Conflict (KSMK) designed by D. Borecka-Biernat. The results of the studies indicate that the assessment of a situation of conflict as a threat increases the implementation of the aggressive coping strategy in young people in situations of social conflict. Participation of adolescents in a situation in which the realization of their goals is under threat increases negative emotions. Aggression is a form of coping with anger experienced in a situation of social conflict.

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Aggressiveness in the HEXACO Personality Model

Author(s): Valentina Sokolovska,Bojana Dinić,Aleksandar Tomašević / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2018

The a im of this research was to examine the relations between the HEXACO facets and aggressiveness components (anger, vengefulness, domination, hostility, reactive aggression, proactive aggression, and indirect aggression). On a sample of 654 participants from general population, HEXACO–60, Aggressiveness Questionnaire AVDH, Reactive–Proactive Aggression Questionnaire (RPQ), and Indirect Aggression Scale (IAS) were applied. The results of the community structure network analysis provided the most informative insight into these relations and showed that all aggressiveness components formed a single community with the Agreeableness facets. Thereby, facet Patience was the strongest correlate of anger, and hostility had the highest clustering coefficient, which brings together the Agreeableness facets and aggressiveness components. Although Honesty–Humility formed a separate community, some of its facets had strong isolated connections with indirect aggression and dominance. The results revealed that Agreeableness is a dominant correlate of aggressiveness and captures all aggressiveness components, while Honesty– Humility is related to specific components, referring to a manifestation of aggressiveness in a more subtle and indirect way.

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Approach/avoidance personality traits as predictors of psychopathology in convicted offenders

Author(s): Katerina Naumova,Zoran Kitkanj / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2019

This study examined the role of approach and avoidance personality traits as temperamental risk factors for psychopathology using the revised Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory as theoretical framework. Self-report measures were administered to male convicted offenders (N = 162) and controls matched for age, education, and ethnicity (N = 162). The results show higher approach and passive avoidance tendencies in the forensic sample, as well as higher psychological distress relative to controls. In the forensic sample, both approach and avoidance traits can account for a high degree of psychopathology vulnerability. However, higher behavioral inhibition system sensitivity is the primary risk factor both for general distress and various dimensions of psychopathology, while lower behavioral approach system sensitivity predicts internalizing psychopathology, paranoid, and psychoticism symptoms. The findings are discussed both in the general context of personality-psychopathology links, as well as in the forensic context of potential mental health interventions as part of rehabilitation prison programs.

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Motivacija za roditeljstvo i funkcionalnost braka – razlike u zavisnosti od trimestra trudnoće

Author(s): Jovana Jestrović / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 2/2018

The aim of this study was to describe the differences in the motivation for parenthood among pregnant women in different trimesters of pregnancy and with different marital functionality. Therefore, 63 first time pregnant women, 30 years old on the average, completed the questionnaire on their demographic characteristics, the modified version of the Parental Motivation Scale and the Dyadic Adjustment Scale. The most common motive for parenting is the motive of care, followed by social pressure, while the least common is the motive of continuity. The results were analysed using MANCOVA, with different forms of motivation serving as dependent variables, the trimester as the categorical independent variable and the dimensions of marital functionality as covariates. The higher motive of care was found among the respondents who estimated that the tension but also the cohesiveness in their marriage was lower. On the other hand, the respondents who were less satisfied with marriage exhibited more pronounced external forms of motivation. Regardless of the fact that the inner motive was the most prevalent in the analysed sample, the obtained results point to potential risks in the following stages of family development, since the arrival of the child may bring about a further decrease in the satisfaction with the marriage and partners’ participation in the joint activities.

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The relations of Basic and Dark Personality Traits with Prosocial Tendencies: Exploring Gender Differences

Author(s): Anja Wertag,Maja Ribar,Denis Bratko / Language(s): English Issue: 2/2018

Prosocial behaviour covers a broad range of actions that are intended to benefit others rather than oneself, thus forming different types of prosocial tendencies which are linked to different individual characteristics. Moreover, there are some gender differences in the types of prosocial behaviour that males and females engage in. Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate personality traits associated with different forms of prosocial tendencies, as well as whether there were gender differences in these relations. Data were collected on-line on a total of 905 participants (81% female; M age = 24.30, SD = 6.52), using the Prosocial Tendencies Measure (assessing 6 types of prosocial tendencies: altruistic, compliant, emotional, dire, public, and anonymous), the Ten Item Personality Inventory, and the Short Dark Triad. The results of hierarchical regression analyses (with basic personality traits entered in the first and dark personality traits in the second step) indicated that, although the percentage of explained variance in all types of prosocial tendencies was modest (up to the total of 24%), basic personality traits contributed more to an explanation of public prosocial tendencies in males than in females. The dark traits had a (negative) contribution to the explanation of altruistic prosocial tendencies in both males and females, and a contribution above the basic traits in an explanation of emotional, dire and compliant prosocial tendencies only in females. Generally, the results showed some interesting patterns, highlighting gender differences in the relations of personality traits and prosocial tendencies.

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