personality characteristic

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personality
noun
uk
/ˌpɜː.sənˈæl.ə.ti/us
/ˌpɝː.sənˈæl.ə.t̬i/
the type of person you are, shown by the way you behave, feel, ...
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characteristic
noun[C]
uk
/ˌkær.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/us
/ˌker.ək.təˈrɪs.tɪk/
a typical or noticeable quality of someone ...
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(Definition ofpersonalityandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Baley's agoraphobia is an importantpersonalitycharacteristicand plot point in several of the novels in which he appears.
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We found little evidence to support a consistent influence of stable personality characteristics, such as trait emotionality, or neuroticism, on the subjective experience of symptoms.
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Among patients, associations between personality characteristics and clinical symptoms and exposure to stressful life events during the study period were also examined.
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Further, both these personality characteristics have face validity for being related to alcohol use.
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Indeed, although personality researchers and theorists frequently discuss the stability of personality over time, few address mean differences in personality characteristics across development.
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These models of antisocial behavior also implicate child rearing and family context, but consider basic personality characteristics as a necessary, albeit not sufficient, feature.
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It is suggested that personality characteristics could contribute to the previously reported associations between self-perceived health and health outcomes.
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The extent to which self-perceived health is associated with personality characteristics is, however, largely unknown.
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Another way involves correlating test scores with another established test that also measures the samepersonalitycharacteristic.
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Although humor styles can vary slightly depending on the situation, they tend to be a relatively stablepersonalitycharacteristicamong individuals.
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Humor has been shown to be apersonalitycharacteristicthat remains relatively stable over time.
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It might be a cognitive ability, physical ability, skill, knowledge, attitude,personalitycharacteristic, etc.
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Although costly, the field would benefit from longitudinal designs examining personality characteristics as prospective risk factors for eating pathology.
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Neither did personality characteristics such as trait anxiety, cynical distrust, or coping increase the risk.
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To overcome these limitations, it is essential to study subjects from the general population and to assess the full spectrum of personality characteristics.
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This suggests that a dimensional approach is useful when evaluating the impact of personality characteristics.
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We also examined whether these personality characteristics are associated with the frequency of exposure to stressful life events among the patients.
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The third major study finding is that personality characteristics were associated with how frequently patients encountered dependent life events in their daily lives.
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Such differences may suggest the importance of cultural influences in the development of eating disorders and related personality characteristics.
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Self-perceived health is strongly associated with personality characteristics, both in subjects with and without self-reported medical problems.
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Our study also revealed novel differences in personality characteristics across eatingdisorder diagnoses.
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Individuals have been classified based on age of onset, family history, symptom severity, psychiatric comorbidity, scores on screening inventories, personality characteristics, and many other variables.
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Individuals vary considerably in their beliefs, values, attitudes, preferences, temperaments, intelligence(s), personality characteristics, experiential histories, current circumstances, and anticipated futures.
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