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Ercan, Hulya – Eurasian Journal of Educational Research, 2017
Purpose: The factors related with resilience, which is an important element of positive psychology, are still being discussed. The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between the resilience levels of individuals in emerging adulthood and the big five personality traits. Research Methods: Using a quantitative approach, the…
Descriptors: Correlation, Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Statistical Analysis
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Fleva, Eleni – World Journal of Education, 2014
This study examines the attitudes and the behavioural intentions of typically developing (TD) adolescents towards a hypothetical peer with Asperger syndrome (AS). Participants (N = 179, M age = 13.7 years) viewed two PowerPoint presentations one of a TD male target and one of a male target with AS. The target with AS was introduced either with…
Descriptors: Attitude Measures, Behavior, Intention, Adolescents
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Tonnsen, Bridgette L.; Hahn, Erin R. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2016
Students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) often experience peer conflict and social challenges, which likely relate to compounded characteristics of both the child with ASD and his or her peers. However, few studies have experimentally investigated these associations to inform prevention and intervention efforts. The present study used social…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Autism, Middle School Students
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Bayram, Servet; Deniz, Levent; Erdogan, Yavuz – Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology - TOJET, 2008
This study aims to investigate the relationships among personality traits and learners' academic achievement in a web based environment and attitudes towards web based education. 127 students enrolled in the e-MBA Masters Degree of Bilgi University constituted the study group of the research. A survey method was used for the study and the data…
Descriptors: Role, Personality Traits, Web Based Instruction, Student Attitudes
Wilson, Russell C. – 1975
The study's purpose was to use the Adjective Check List (ACL), a self-administered personality assessment instrument, to determine whether there were response differences between a sample of Adult Basic Education (ABE) students and the general test norms. The ACL was administered to 142 students in ABE high school completion programs in Des…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Evaluation, Evaluation Criteria
Seaberg, John J., Jr.; Wood, Maxie M. – 1982
A study showed personality traits of both female and male educational administrators in a southwestern urban public school system to be inconsistent with the standards of stereotypical sex-appropriate roles found in earlier studies. Based theoretically on Holland's vocational choice theory, the study surveyed all 64 female administrators at the…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Males