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Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles
Background: The Understanding Group and Leader (UGL), provided by the Swedish National Defense College and mentored by UGL-trainers, is one of the most popular management programs among civilians in Sweden. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the training. We used the affective...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204454/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374553 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01191 |
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author | Rapp Ricciardi, Max Åkerman, Jeanette Eerikäinen, Peter Ambjörnsson, Annika Andersson Arntén, Ann-Christine Mihailovic, Marko Archer, Trevor Garcia, Danilo |
author_facet | Rapp Ricciardi, Max Åkerman, Jeanette Eerikäinen, Peter Ambjörnsson, Annika Andersson Arntén, Ann-Christine Mihailovic, Marko Archer, Trevor Garcia, Danilo |
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description | Background: The Understanding Group and Leader (UGL), provided by the Swedish National Defense College and mentored by UGL-trainers, is one of the most popular management programs among civilians in Sweden. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the training. We used the affective profile model (i.e., the combination of positive, PA, and negative affect, NA) to mapp important markers of empowerment, self-awareness, adaptive coping skills, and maturity among the UGL-trainers. The aims were: (1) to compare profiles between UGL-trainers and managers/supervisors and (2) to investigate differences in personal characteristics. Method: UGL-trainers (N = 153) and the comparison group (104 Swedish Chiefs of Police) completed an online survey on optimism, self-esteem, locus of control, and affect. The four profiles are: self-fulfilling (high PA, low NA), high affective (high PA, high NA), low affective (high PA, low NA), and self-destructive (low PA, high NA). Results: The self-fulfilling profile was more common among UGL-trainers (25.70%) than among Chiefs of Police (19.20%). UGL-trainers, compared to Chiefs of Police, were more likely to express a self-fulling than a low affective profile (OR = 2.22, p < 0.05) and a high affective than a low affective profile (OR = 1.43, p < 0.001). UGL-trainers with a self-fulfilling profile, compared to those with a self-destructive profile, scored higher in optimism, higher in self-esteem, and lower in external locus of control. Conclusions: The probability of self-fulfillment rather than low affectivity was higher among UGL-trainers. Self-fulfillment was associated to markers of self-awareness and adaptive coping skills. However, the most common profile was the low affective, which is associated to low performance during stress, low degree of personal development, low degree of purpose in life, and low resilience. Hence, it might be important for UGL-trainers to have a continuous training in awareness after certification. |
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spelling | pubmed-42044542014-11-05 Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles Rapp Ricciardi, Max Åkerman, Jeanette Eerikäinen, Peter Ambjörnsson, Annika Andersson Arntén, Ann-Christine Mihailovic, Marko Archer, Trevor Garcia, Danilo Front Psychol Psychology Background: The Understanding Group and Leader (UGL), provided by the Swedish National Defense College and mentored by UGL-trainers, is one of the most popular management programs among civilians in Sweden. However, there is a lack of scientific evidence regarding the training. We used the affective profile model (i.e., the combination of positive, PA, and negative affect, NA) to mapp important markers of empowerment, self-awareness, adaptive coping skills, and maturity among the UGL-trainers. The aims were: (1) to compare profiles between UGL-trainers and managers/supervisors and (2) to investigate differences in personal characteristics. Method: UGL-trainers (N = 153) and the comparison group (104 Swedish Chiefs of Police) completed an online survey on optimism, self-esteem, locus of control, and affect. The four profiles are: self-fulfilling (high PA, low NA), high affective (high PA, high NA), low affective (high PA, low NA), and self-destructive (low PA, high NA). Results: The self-fulfilling profile was more common among UGL-trainers (25.70%) than among Chiefs of Police (19.20%). UGL-trainers, compared to Chiefs of Police, were more likely to express a self-fulling than a low affective profile (OR = 2.22, p < 0.05) and a high affective than a low affective profile (OR = 1.43, p < 0.001). UGL-trainers with a self-fulfilling profile, compared to those with a self-destructive profile, scored higher in optimism, higher in self-esteem, and lower in external locus of control. Conclusions: The probability of self-fulfillment rather than low affectivity was higher among UGL-trainers. Self-fulfillment was associated to markers of self-awareness and adaptive coping skills. However, the most common profile was the low affective, which is associated to low performance during stress, low degree of personal development, low degree of purpose in life, and low resilience. Hence, it might be important for UGL-trainers to have a continuous training in awareness after certification. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-10-21 /pmc/articles/PMC4204454/ /pubmed/25374553 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01191 Text en Copyright © 2014 Rapp Ricciardi, Åkerman, Eerikäinen, Ambjörnsson, Andersson Arntén, Mihailovic, Archer and Garcia. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Rapp Ricciardi, Max Åkerman, Jeanette Eerikäinen, Peter Ambjörnsson, Annika Andersson Arntén, Ann-Christine Mihailovic, Marko Archer, Trevor Garcia, Danilo Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title | Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title_full | Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title_fullStr | Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title_short | Understanding Group and Leader (UGL) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
title_sort | understanding group and leader (ugl) trainers' personality characteristics and affective profiles |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4204454/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25374553 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.01191 |
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