Shijie Li¹, Yongliang Wang^2,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.27, No.9, pp. 1335-1351, 2025, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2025.067246 - 30 September 2025

Abstract Background: Recent years have witnessed the rapid rise of TikTok, a short-video social platform, which has sparked concerns about its potential for misuse and addiction. TikTok addiction has been associated with various psychological and social issues. This study aims to explore the mediating role of social ostracism in the relationship between the Dark Triad (Machiavellianism, Psychopathy, and Narcissism) and TikTok addiction. Methods: Data were collected from 425 Chinese college students through convenience sampling, using three validated scales: the Dirty Dozen, the Social Ostracism Scale, and the Bergen Social Media Addiction Scale. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM)… More >

Nareshkumar Raveendhran, Nimala Krishnan^*

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.85, No.2, pp. 3253-3265, 2025, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2025.067490 - 23 September 2025

Abstract Social media outlets deliver customers a medium for communication, exchange, and expression of their thoughts with others. The advent of social networks and the fast escalation of the quantity of data have created opportunities for textual evaluation. Utilising the user corpus, characteristics of social platform users, and other data, academic research may accurately discern the personality traits of users. This research examines the traits of consumer personalities. Usually, personality tests administered by psychological experts via interviews or self-report questionnaires are costly, time-consuming, complex, and labour-intensive. Currently, academics in computational linguistics are increasingly focused on predicting… More >

Yunsheng Ruan^*, Li Chen, Zibin Cao, Lina Xu, Chao Han, Qianlu Sun

Journal of Psychology in Africa, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 319-325, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.068970 - 31 July 2025

Abstract This study investigated proactive personality effects on employment preparation and the mediating roles of self-efficacy and career exploration behaviors in this relationship. The study sample comprised 445 university students (68.3% female; aged 20 to 24) from a university in central China. The participants completed measures to assess proactive personality, employment preparation, self-efficacy, and career exploration behaviors. Structural equation modeling analysis results indicated that proactive personality predicted higher employment preparation; Self-efficacy and career exploration behaviors partially mediated this relationship. Specifically, career exploration behaviors had a stronger mediating effect than self-efficacy on the total effect (34.71% vs. More >

Zhijun Liu^*, Jiaxin Liang

Journal of Psychology in Africa, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 361-368, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.068059 - 31 July 2025

Abstract We examined the relationship between social support and career adaptability, as well as the mediating roles of proactive personality and career decision-making self-efficacy in this process. A total of 1354 Chinese college students (female = 964; mean age = 19.53 years, SD = 1.33 years) completed an online questionnaire. Path analysis indicated that social support was positively associated with higher levels of career adaptability. Both proactive personality and career decision-making self-efficacy served as parallel mediators, strengthening the relationship between social support and career adaptability. The complete chain mediation analysis revealed that social support influences career More >

Yang Jia^1,2, Yanyan Zhang^1,*

Journal of Psychology in Africa, Vol.35, No.3, pp. 385-392, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.068041 - 31 July 2025

Abstract This study investigated the political, economic, social, and cultural environment perceptions on international students that define their acculturation and health related quality of life. Participants were 117 international students from 32 countries attending a Chinese university (females = 43%, mean age = 21.17 years, SD = 4.45 years). They reported on their acculturation to China and physical and psychological well-being. Results from t-tests and correlation analyses indicate political liberals had more positive attitudes toward China than the conservatives, and higher self-reported physical and psychological results. Higher scores on the “interdependence” dimension of self-construal, as well as More >

Wenyin Yang¹, Zhijie Xu², Yang Liu^2,*

Journal of Psychology in Africa, Vol.35, No.1, pp. 43-49, 2025, DOI:10.32604/jpa.2025.065880 - 30 April 2025

Abstract Drawing upon the Conservation of Resources theory, this study investigated the relationship between proactive personality and strengths use, as well as the mediating role of psychological safety and the moderating role of exploitative leadership within this relationship. Data were collected from 368 employees (females = 57.61%; mean age = 32.35; SD = 6.31) working in various organizations in China at two points in time with a two-week interval. We conducted structural equation modeling and a moderated mediation path analysis to test our hypotheses. The results demonstrated that proactive personality is positively related to strengths use More >

Bashar Alshouha¹, Jesus Serrano-Guerrero^1,*, Francisco Chiclana², Francisco P. Romero¹, Jose A. Olivas¹

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.78, No.2, pp. 1933-1956, 2024, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.046711 - 27 February 2024

Abstract Personality recognition plays a pivotal role when developing user-centric solutions such as recommender systems or decision support systems across various domains, including education, e-commerce, or human resources. Traditional machine learning techniques have been broadly employed for personality trait identification; nevertheless, the development of new technologies based on deep learning has led to new opportunities to improve their performance. This study focuses on the capabilities of pre-trained language models such as BERT, RoBERTa, ALBERT, ELECTRA, ERNIE, or XLNet, to deal with the task of personality recognition. These models are able to capture structural features from textual… More >

Yiteng Zang¹, Biyun Xu², Sizhen Chen¹, Grace Mutale¹, Qiuyun Cao^3,*, Bingwei Chen^1,*

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.12, pp. 1287-1302, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.042584 - 29 December 2023

Abstract Psychosis has increasingly become a social problem, emphasizing the need to understand the relationship between mental disorders and personality. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between mental disorders and personality among psychiatric outpatients based on real-world data. Symptom Checklist 90 (SCL-90) and Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) were used to evaluate the personality and psychopathological symptoms of patients (n = 8409) in the Psychiatric Outpatient Department at Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital. t-test was used to compare scores between patients and national norms. Pearson’s correlation coefficient and path analysis were used to explore the relationship between mental… More >

Jialing Miao¹, Wei Liao^2,*, Baoguo Xie³

International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, Vol.25, No.10, pp. 1147-1157, 2023, DOI:10.32604/ijmhp.2023.030671 - 03 November 2023

Abstract Although employers believe that encouraging and supporting physical exercise activities by purchasing fitness equipment and building sports venues can improve employees’ well-being, the utilization rate is rather low. Since most of the evidence of the well-being promotion in the workplace concentrated on the perspectives of organizational factors and psychosocial factors and focused on the reduction of the negative affect of well-being, it is still an open question whether physical exercise has benefits on both negative and positive affect of wellbeing and who benefits more from physical exercise. Thus, the purpose of this study is to… More >

Mohammed Salahat¹, Liaqat Ali¹, Taher M. Ghazal^2,3,*, Haitham M. Alzoubi⁴

CMC-Computers, Materials & Continua, Vol.76, No.1, pp. 1-17, 2023, DOI:10.32604/cmc.2023.036019 - 08 June 2023

Abstract Knowing each other is obligatory in a multi-agent collaborative environment. Collaborators may develop the desired know-how of each other in various aspects such as habits, job roles, status, and behaviors. Among different distinguishing characteristics related to a person, personality traits are an effective predictive tool for an individual’s behavioral pattern. It has been observed that when people are asked to share their details through questionnaires, they intentionally or unintentionally become biased. They knowingly or unknowingly provide enough information in much-unbiased comportment in open writing about themselves. Such writings can effectively assess an individual’s personality traits… More >