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Isgör, Isa Yücel – Educational Policy Analysis and Strategic Research, 2022
In this research, the relationship between fear of happiness among university students and their types of personality was investigated through analyzing various factors, such as relationships, gender, perceived parental attitudes and locations of upbringing. The subjects of study in this research consisted of the students at Balikesir Necatibey…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Fear, Psychological Patterns
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Otanga, Habil – International Journal of Psychology and Educational Studies, 2021
The purpose of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of university students towards COVID-19, and further, some personality characteristics that exacerbate the risk of infection. Out of the 300 university students based in Mombasa, Kenya, targeted in the online study, 219 submitted their filled questionnaires.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Francis, Leslie J.; Smith, Greg – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2016
Psychological type theory suggests that introverts and extraverts may approach Christian ministry somewhat differently. This theory was tested within the context of a residential workshop attended by 15 curates, 12 of whom were accompanied by their training incumbents. Twelve themes were identified within responses to the question, "What does…
Descriptors: Clergy, Extraversion Introversion, Christianity, Churches
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Belasheva, Irina Valeryevna; Petrova, Nina Fedorovna – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
Present article addresses studying tolerance as a factor of personality stability, which manifests on the level of interpersonal relationships and on the level of intra-personal system of stressors resistance. The article includes theoretical analysis of the tolerance construct as an integrative personality formation. It explores the question of…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Personality Traits, Decision Making, Prosocial Behavior
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Forrester, William R.; Tashchian, Armen; Shore, Ted H. – American Journal of Business Education, 2016
This study investigated the applicability of the Big Five and FIRO-B frameworks as predictors of group process outcomes in the context of student teams. The personality dimensions of Agreeableness, Extraversion, Conscientiousness, and Neuroticism were correlated with the interpersonal behavior dimensions of Inclusion, Affection, and Control. The…
Descriptors: Intention, Teamwork, Group Dynamics, Personality
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Weiqin, Eliza Leong; Campbell, Marilyn; Kimpton, Melanie; Wozencroft, Kelly; Orel, Alexandra – Journal of Educational Computing Research, 2016
Online relationship formation through social networking sites helps to meet the developmental need for intimacy in emerging adults. Through the use of the "rich get richer" and the "social compensation" hypotheses, it is evident that personality characteristics such as extraversion and introversion impact online relationship…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Social Media, Personality Traits, Computer Mediated Communication
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Uz, Cigdem; Cagiltay, Kursat – Digital Education Review, 2015
Digital games have become popular due to great technological improvements in recent years. They have been increasingly transformed from co-located experiences into multi-played, socially oriented platforms (Herodotou, 2009). Multi-User Online Games provide the opportunity to create a social environment for friendships and strengthen the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Video Games, Interpersonal Competence
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Seevers, Matthew T.; Johnson, Bryan R.; Darnold, Todd C. – American Journal of Business Education, 2015
This study examines personality factors as antecedents of student social capital. We hypothesize relationships between two constructs taken from the five-factor model of personality (agreeableness and extraversion) and two variables that reflect a student's social capital (quantity of ties and strength of ties) in an academic setting. Analysis of…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Social Capital
Klinzing, Hans Gerhard – Online Submission, 2009
The ability to express and decode nonverbal cues is assumed to be an essential quality in communication and teaching. To validate, generalize and expand upon earlier research on the importance of nonverbal competencies in communication and teaching, i.e., the relationship of nonverbal competencies (e.g., expressiveness/"charisma" and…
Descriptors: Student Teachers, Cues, Teacher Education Curriculum, Teacher Effectiveness