[IPAC-List] Identifying Job-Related Personality Characteristics

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Unfortunately it is even more confusing/complicated than that.  A core 
piece is the regional "bias" of the clinicians themselves. Most  clinicians 
practicing in an area are either from the area or trained in  Universities in 
the area. Given a bio/behavioral description of a client, there  are 
diagnostic differences by clinicians between/among regions. The same is true  
internationally (although differing national diagnostic manuals muddy those  waters 
somewhat). As our population becomes more transient, do the regions  
define/re-define themselves by the presence of those newcomers or do they draw  
folks who match the Py of the region. South Florida is really more  
Northeast/liberal/democrat "because?" of the presence of folks from NY, NJ,  Southern 
New England than the rest of Florida who have more folks relocate from  the 
mid-west including Wisconsin and Michigan. I've heard the differences in  
Florida be attributed to RT 95 vs. Rt 75.
Unfortunately Psych, particularly relating to Clinical and  Personality, is 
an exceedingly soft science.
 
 
In a message dated 10/22/2010 3:17:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
Mark.Hammer at psc-cfp.gc.ca writes:

In  followup to the original query, I happened to stumble onto an
interesting  paper in the September issue of American Psychologist that I
thought I'd  toss out there:

Statewide differences in personality: Toward a  psychological geography
of the United States.
By Rentfrow, Peter Jason,  American Psychologist, Vol 65(6), Sep  2010,
548-558.

Abstract
There is overwhelming evidence from  research in the regional sciences
that the attitudes, values, and behaviors  of Americans are
geographically clustered. Psychologists, however, have  historically had
little to say about regional differences. This article  aims to redress
that neglect. In so doing, I provide evidence that there  are statewide
personality differences across the United States, offer  potential
explanations for those differences, and show that regional  personality
differences are linked to a variety of important social  indicators. I
also explain how a regional perspective can inform research  in a variety
of areas in psychology and suggest ways in which researchers  can study
regional differences in their own work. Ultimately, this work  is
intended to raise awareness in psychology about the value that  a
regional perspective can add to theory and research.


Kinda  makes you wonder about the application of norms and the  "regional
validity", doesn't it?

Mark  Hammer
Ottawa


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