psychoticism
- noun
- /saɪˈkɒtɪsɪzəm/
- Specialized
:
psicoticismo
- The psychologist noted that an individual's level of psychoticism could significantly impact their response to stress.
- psychoticism scale
- neuroticism and psychoticism
- psychoticism scores
Examples
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Individuals who score low on the psychoticism scale tend to be more religious than individuals who score high on this scale.
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What is the relationship of a mother's psychoticism to a child's depression?
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The research consensus is that psychoticism is the dimension of personality fundamental to individual differences in religiosity.
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First, the study adds further evidence to the growing body of literature that there is a stable and consistent relationship between personality and religion in the sense that individuals who record lower scores on the psychoticism scale also record higher scores on the scale of attitude toward Christianity.
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The data confirmed the finding (common in general population studies but less common among highly religious groups) that religiosity is associated with lower psychoticism, but not with extraversion or with neuroticism.
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Negative AS correlated with all EPQ scales in a direction suggesting general dysphoria: low extraversion, high neuroticism, and high psychoticism.
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For example, among 165 adult churchgoers who were attending a residential church-related conference, attitude toward Christianity again was negatively correlated with psychoticism and not correlated with extraversion.
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People with high levels of psychoticism often exhibit aggressive behavior and have difficulty maintaining stable relationships.
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His psychoticism made it hard for him to control his impulsive actions during social interactions.
Synonyms
101
3.5
Hostile or violent behavior toward others
2
7.5
A wish to hurt or make other people suffer
1
9.3
A tendency to become angry quickly
Antonyms
How Aggressive
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Psychoticism comes from the Greek root psyche meaning 'mind' and the ending -ism meaning 'state'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of a 'state of mind' that tends to be aggressive and impulsive, which is why the word now names that personality trait.