psychological characteristics

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psychological
adjective
uk
/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the human mind ...
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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 ofpsychologicalandcharacteristicfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Numerous psychological characteristics have been implicated to be associated with early age onset substance use.
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Do adolescents who take overdoses have specific psychological characteristics?
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Determining the relevant psychological characteristics of patients is a significant task, but by no means an impossible one.
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But the exclusive manner in which these opposing creeds defined themselves also meant that they shared many of the same psychological characteristics.
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We therefore conclude that the activation of these psychological characteristics is not dependent upon stimulation from the environment.
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To reiterate, replicated genetic discoveries in psychology could shed new light on how we think about psychological characteristics and entities, including psychiatric disorders.
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Although complex, these findings suggest that prior psychological characteristics are indeed consequential for transitions into and out of intimate relationships.
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This implies that patients' psychological characteristics and overall well-being must come into play in both the inpatient and post-acute care settings.
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From this perspective, self-regulation is best studied as part of a system of psychological characteristics operating within the person as a whole.
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Parental agreement on child rearing during early childhood and the psychological characteristics of adolescents.
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Taken together, these ' transition ' analyses highlighted a range of effects of prior psychological characteristics on patterns of partnership formation and dissolution.
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More recently, producers have increasingly focused on the quality, as well as quantity, of audiences by measuring their consumption habits, lifestyles, and psychological characteristics.
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Between the ages of 7 and 11 years, the young person's self-descriptions begin to include psychological characteristics and social comparisons, and their understanding of themselves is more situationally based.
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She is currently researching talent development processes across performance domains, including sport and music, with particular interest in the role that psychological characteristics play in the realisation of potential.
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The significance of psychological characteristics (rather than musical talent or expertise) is particularly evident at transition points, the most testing of which is entry into the music profession.
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For example, one important dimension of behavioral economics is that it reverses a century-long history in neoclassical economics in which the psychological characteristics of individuals were increasingly de-emphasized.
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