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CARACTERE CONSCIENCIEUX [1 record]

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Record 1 2019-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personality Development
  • Clinical Psychology
CONT

Conscientiousness refers to individual variability in the propensity to follow socially prescribed norms for impulse control, to be task and goal directed, to be planful, to delay gratification, and to follow norms and rules.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Développement de la personnalité
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

Le caractère consciencieux est une dimension [de la personnalité] centrée autour du problème du contrôle des impulsions. Les personnes ayant des scores élevés sur cette dimension sont moins soumises à l'emprise des sensations et des émotions immédiates de l'instant, leur conduite est plus fortement dirigée par les implications à long terme de leurs actions.

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