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Download full textKuh, George D. – 1980
A study attempted to substantiate empirically whether changes occurred in the personality functioning of adult learners and traditional-age students during the first year of college. The Omnibus Personality Inventory and companion questionnaires were administered to randomly selected groups of students from two campuses of a midwestern state…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Age Differences, College Freshmen, Comparative Analysis
Kuh, George D.; Ardaiolo, Frank P. – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1979
The Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) was administered to first year adult learners and to traditional age freshmen from the same multicampus university. Older students exhibited more intellectual and social-emotional maturity. Personality functioning of adult learners at the commuter campus was more like that of younger students. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Adults, Age Differences, College Freshmen
