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Vocational Interest Themes and Personality Traits in Relation to College Major Satisfaction of Business Students
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Logue, Christen T.; Lounsbury, John W.; Gupta, Arpana; Leong, Frederick T. L. – Journal of Career Development, 2007
Based on 164 undergraduate business majors, we examined the relationship between satisfaction with major and Holland's vocational interests and with the Big Five and narrow personality traits. Contrary to our hypothesis, enterprising scores were unrelated to major satisfaction. As hypothesized, using ipsative and normative scores, investigative,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Personality Traits, Vocational Interests, Assertiveness
An Investigation of Broad and Narrow Personality Traits in Relation to General and Domain-Specific Life Satisfaction of College Students
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Lounsbury, John W.; Saudargas, Richard A.; Gibson, Lucy W.; Leong, Frederick T. – Research in Higher Education, 2005
Based on a sample of 532 undergraduates at a Southeastern U.S. university, Big Five and narrow personality traits were examined in relation to a measure of satisfaction with specific domains of college experience (College Satisfaction) and a measure of General Life Satisfaction. Four of the Big Five traits--Agreeableness, Conscientiousness,…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students, Life Satisfaction, Student Experience
Sense of Identity and Collegiate Academic Achievement
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Lounsbury, John W.; Huffstetler, Beverly C.; Leong, Frederick T. L.; Gibson, Lucy W. – Journal of College Student Development, 2005
In a sample of 434 university freshmen, Sense of Identity was found to be positively related to GPA, even controlling for the Big Five personality traits of Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, and Openness. Similar correlations were found for racial and gender subgroups. When all study variables entered a stepwise…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, Grade Point Average, Personality Traits
Predicting Academic Success: General Intelligence, "Big Five" Personality Traits, and Work Drive
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Ridgell, Susan D.; Lounsbury, John W. – College Student Journal, 2004
General intelligence, Big Five personality traits, and the construct Work Drive were studied in relation to two measures of collegiate academic performance: a single course grade received by undergraduate students in an introductory psychology course, and self-reported GPA. General intelligence and Work Drive were found to be significantly…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Personality Measures, Intelligence, Grade Point Average