A Big Five Model of Disposition and Situation Interaction: Why a “Helpful” Person May Not Always Behave Helpfully

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• Personal Author:
  Karraker K ; Reynolds B
• Description:
  A "bottom-up" Big Five disposition - situation interaction model is introduced that highlights the interactive relation between an individual's behavioral trait tendencies and the different facets of a situation to which he or she may respond. In the proposed model, personality traits are considered markers for how an individual might interpret and respond to different facets of a situation. Given a complex situation with multiple response options, a person will respond to the part of the situation most salient to him or her at that time. The presented model illustrates how interactions between the trait dimensions of the Big Five model with the different facets of a situational context, as well as the intra-individual interactions between the different trait dimensions themselves, determine which facet of a situation will be salient. The model is expected to improve prediction of specific behaviors in specific situations using personality traits. Results from an illustrative study are presented. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Behavior-patterns Behavioral-tests Models Physiological-function Psychological-factors Psychological-reactions Psychological-responses
• ISSN:
  0732-118X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; West Virginia
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  HELD - Health Effects Laboratory Division
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  1-13
• Volume:
  21
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20033262
• Citation:
  New Ideas Psychol 2003 Apr; 21(1):1-13
• Contact Point Address:
  Brady Reynolds, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Health Communication Research Branch, Center for Disease Control & Prevention, 1095 Willowdale Rd, Morgantown, WV 26505
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  New Ideas in Psychology
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:362566600a41698a9aae76352afb559226c1b7d1ac07072ee430b80ab96942042fb7dbdd93eb0328a1c72e915ce25731af99bf53fbe25c95d002df714bb6b3f9
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/188910/cdc_188910_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 1.69 MB ]