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Personality and community prevention teams: Dimensions of team leader and member personality predicting team functioning

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  • Feinberg, Mark E.
  • Kim, Ji-Yeon
  • Greenberg, Mark. T.

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The predictors and correlates of positive functioning among community prevention teams have been examined in a number of research studies; however, the role of personality has been neglected. In this study, we examined whether team member and leader personality dimensions assessed at the time of team formation predicted local prevention team functioning 2.5-3.5 years later. Participants were 159 prevention team members in 14 communities participating in the PROSPER study of prevention program dissemination. Three aspects of personality, aggregated at the team level, were examined as predictors: Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, and Agreeableness. A series of multivariate regression analyses were performed that accounted for the interdependency of five categories of team functioning. Results showed that average team member Openness was negatively, and Conscientiousness was positively linked to team functioning. The findings have implications for decisions about the level and nature of technical assistance support provided to community prevention teams.

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  • Feinberg, Mark E. & Kim, Ji-Yeon & Greenberg, Mark. T., 2008. "Personality and community prevention teams: Dimensions of team leader and member personality predicting team functioning," Evaluation and Program Planning, Elsevier, vol. 31(4), pages 403-409, November.
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