[IPAC-List] Identifying Job-Related Personality Characteristics

[Winfred Arthur, Jr.]

i have not looked at the AP paper in a while but my recollection is that 
this is an FFM-based (i.e.,normal personality) piece, right?  hence i am 
a little unclear about the role of clinicians here since the FFM is not 
used for clinical diagnostic purposes . . . unless of course, my 
recollection of the paper is completely off . . . maybe i shld have 
checked b/f sending this  :)

- winfred

On 10/22/2010 2:54 PM, RPClare at aol.com wrote:

> 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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