dc.contributor.author | Lajunen, Timo Juhani | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-09-06T07:19:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-09-06T07:19:46Z | |
dc.date.created | 2018-11-30T15:17:33Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Social Sciences. 2018, 7 (3), . | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.issn | 2076-0760 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2612852 | |
dc.description.abstract | Previous studies have suggested that the Neuroticism scale (N) of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) reflects two different dimensions, of which the first is sex-related (N-S) and the second sex-free (N-A). The N-S component is characterized by social sensitivity and worry while N-A reflects moodiness, irritability and boredom. The purpose of this study was to investigate the internal structure of the N scale in samples of 320 Finnish and 230 Turkish students. The bi-dimensional structure suggested by Francis had an acceptable fit to data in the Finnish and Turkish samples. Higher N-S and N scores correlated with being a woman in the Turkish sample. Neither N nor N-S scores were related to sex in the Finnish sample. ANOVA results showed the main effect of sex on N and N-S scores and the main effect of culture (Finnish vs. Turkish) on N and N-A. Turkish women scored higher in N and N-S scales than the other groups. The possible cultural and social reasons for the sex differences on the N scale score were discussed. | nb_NO |
dc.language.iso | eng | nb_NO |
dc.publisher | MDPI | nb_NO |
dc.rights | Navngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Sex-free and sex-related components of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) neuroticism scale among Finnish and Turkish students | nb_NO |
dc.type | Journal article | nb_NO |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | nb_NO |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | nb_NO |
dc.source.pagenumber | 11 | nb_NO |
dc.source.volume | 7 | nb_NO |
dc.source.journal | Social Sciences | nb_NO |
dc.source.issue | 3 | nb_NO |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/socsci7030038 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 1637724 | |
dc.description.localcode | © 2018 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). | nb_NO |
cristin.unitcode | 194,67,40,0 | |
cristin.unitname | Institutt for psykologi | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 1 | |