Character strengths in the Brazilian northeast region: Contributions of personality beyond age and sex

AUTOR(ES)

COUTO, Ricardo Neves

FONTE

Estud. psicol. (Campinas)

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

29/08/2019

RESUMO

Resumo Objetivou-se verificar em que medida os traços de personalidade explicam as forças de caráter, controlando o efeito da idade e do sexo. Participaram 251 pessoas residentes no nordeste brasileiro (Midade = 18,51, DP = 9,03), 66,9% mulheres, respondendo um livreto contendo a Escala de Forças de Caráter, Inventário dos Cinco Grandes Fatores e questões demográficas. A partir de correlações, seguidas de regressões múltiplas hierárquicas, verificou-se que idade e sexo foram importantes para explicar algumas forças. Controlando o efeito dessas variáveis demográficas, observou-se que os traços de personalidade amabilidade, conscienciosidade, extroversão e abertura à experiencia explicaram diretamente as forças, ao contrário do traço neuroticismo, que o fez de maneira inversa. Respaldados pelas evidências empíricas, conclui-se que as forças de caráter podem ser explicadas pelos traços de personalidade e variáveis demográficas (sexo e idade), colaborando com a expansão do conhecimento na área e no entendimento dos aspectos positivos do ser humano.Abstract The objective was to verify to what extent the personality traits explain character strengths, controlling the effect of age and sex. A total of 251 individuals living in the Northeast region of Brazil (Mage = 18.51, SD = 9.03), 66.9% of which were women, answered a booklet containing the Character Strengths Scale, Five Major Factors Inventory (Big Five) and demographic issues. From the correlations, followed by multiple hierarchical regressions, it was found that age and sex were important to explain some strengths. Controlling the effect of these demographic variables, it was observed that the kindness, conscientiousness, extroversion and openness to experience personality traits directly explained these strengths, unlike the neuroticism trait, which did it inversely. Backed by the empirical evidence, it can be concluded that character strengths can be explained by personality traits and demographic variables (sex and age), collaborating with the expansion of knowledge in the area and understanding the positive aspects of the human being.

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