Cognitive style: The role of personality and need for cognition in younger and older adults

Cognitive style seems to influence cognitive activities in many important ways. A recently proposed Cognitive style indicator (CoSI) operationalizes three cognitive styles: knowing, planning and creating style. This study was designed to investigate the relation of five factor personality traits and...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2021-09, Vol.40 (9), p.4460-4467
Main Authors: Vranic, Andrea, Rebernjak, Blaz, Martincevic, Marina
Format: Article
Language:English
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Behavioral Science and Psychology
Cognition
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive style
Demographic aspects
Personality
Personality and cognition
Personality traits
Psychological aspects
Psychological research
Psychology
Social Sciences
Young adults
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Summary:Cognitive style seems to influence cognitive activities in many important ways. A recently proposed Cognitive style indicator (CoSI) operationalizes three cognitive styles: knowing, planning and creating style. This study was designed to investigate the relation of five factor personality traits and Need for Cognition (NFC) with regard to a preference towards a certain cognitive style, depending on the age of participants. A sample of students ( n  = 108) and middle-aged employed adults ( n  = 115) completed CoSI, Rational-Experiential Inventory (REI-10) and Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI). The results of exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis have validated CoSI on an independent sample and confirmed its originally proposed 3-factor structure. Furthermore, the mediation model with multigroup structure for two age cohorts highlighted several significant connections between personality traits, NFC and three hypothesized cognitive styles. Results suggest that the relations between personality traits and cognitive style differ in different age groups, and are partially or totally mediated by NFC.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-019-00388-6