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Rachael Loucks – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The present preliminary study is aimed at finding the interconnection between maladaptive personality characteristics, sexually aggressive behaviors, and rape myth endorsement in a sample comprised of college men. Sexual violence is particularly rampant in the college venue, therefore, understanding more about the risk factors associated with…
Descriptors: Rape, Misconceptions, Sexuality, Aggression
Meghan M. Fruth – ProQuest LLC, 2023
This study investigated the relationship between stress, resilience, and personality types by using the Perceived Stress Scale (PSS), the Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale (CD-RISC 25), and the Big Five Inventory (BFI). These measures were used to help identify the relationship between stress and resilience. They were also used to investigate the…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Resilience (Psychology), Personality Traits, Personality
Chandler Ann Findley – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The extant literature on regret as motivation for behavior presents inconclusive results, collectively. While it has often been agreed that regret motivates reparative action, most studies from the past 14 years indicate that regret may motivate either detrimental actions or, more commonly, no action at all. There also appears to be no published…
Descriptors: Correlation, Academic Achievement, Longitudinal Studies, Sample Size
Victoria Benedek Wike – ProQuest LLC, 2022
Special education students continue to underperform as compared to their general education peers. The purpose and the research question of this study explored to what extent there is a statistically significant correlation among the personality traits of Psychoticism, Extraversion, and Neuroticism exclusively, and to what extent is there a gender…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Characteristics, Special Education Teachers, Psychosis
Zachary Cohen – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Every year roughly 50% of graduate students drop out of doctoral programs (Farkas, 2018). Per Farkas (2018), the top seven reasons for this include time management difficulties, conflicts with a supervisor, the student's thesis not having a "story," exhaustion or burnout, problems writing up theses (one of the main problems described is…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Predictor Variables, Student Satisfaction, Graduate Students
Benjamin Melendez – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to try and further understanding of the relationship between perfectionism and performance, especially among an athlete population. Specifically, the aim of this study was to understand the relationship between a college baseball player's levels of perfectionism and general state of mental health, and their…
Descriptors: Mental Health, College Athletics, Team Sports, Student Athletes
Rauscher, Darren R. – ProQuest LLC, 2022
The demand for STEM graduates has remained consistent over the past decade, and is anticipated to further increase as the next decade unfolds. Difficulties regarding mathematics within introductory courses has been cited by participants as a contributing reason for transferring out of STEM fields of study, or avoiding these fields entirely.…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Mathematics Anxiety, Introductory Courses, Academic Persistence
Colleen Kopay – ProQuest LLC, 2024
An opportunity gap exists in the United States school system where students of color score lower on standardized tests and have fewer opportunities than their white counterparts. Culturally Relevant Education (CRE) theory attempts to close this gap, and is defined by Gloria Ladson-Billings (1995) as Pedagogy that rests on three criteria or…
Descriptors: Culturally Relevant Education, Educational Change, Achievement Gap, Teaching Methods
Ashley Pieper – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Personality has been found to have significant connections to language. Ranging from impacting narrative style, to informing expectations about others based on linguistic factors such as accent, personality affects both language comprehension and production (Oberlander & Gill, 2004; Van den Brink et al., 2012). However, research in this area…
Descriptors: Language Processing, Personality Traits, Pronunciation, Contrastive Linguistics
Lonstein, Julie Silver – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study was designed to determine if a relationship existed among permissive parenting, narcissism, entitlement, and work ethic in a sample of college-age Millennials. Three research questions were asked: (a) What is the relationship between permissive parenting, as measured by the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ), and narcissistic…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Problems, Empathy, Parenting Styles
Joshua R. Ireland – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Family structure can influence level of risk children face and their likelihood of attending college, despite many benefits associated with higher education. The Resilience Theory suggests that protective factors mitigate risk exposure and help individuals recover from negative experiences. This study involved examining relationships between…
Descriptors: Well Being, Family Structure, Personality Traits, Resilience (Psychology)
Takiwi Milton – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The United States has long struggled with retaining superintendents in public school districts, with a retention rate of only 32% to 43% over the past decade. The low retention rate is concerning as it can negatively impact the quality of education offered to students and staff morale. The twofold purpose of this research was to identify factors…
Descriptors: Superintendents, Geographic Regions, Labor Turnover, Persistence
Wegmann, Jennifer S. – ProQuest LLC, 2018
College student well-being is negatively impacted by the tremendous amount of stress students experience, and fallout from college student stress is posing a significant challenge for institutions of higher education (Castillo & Schwartz, 2013; Hunt & Eisenberg, 2010; Kirsch et al., 2014; Lumley & Provenzano, 2003). The purpose of this…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Well Being, Neurosis, Correlation
Christine Patricia Harkness – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and effective written expression. The study participants (N = 76) were developing third and fourth-grade students. They produced three short narrative writing samples and responded to questions on a personality inventory. Written expression was measured using…
Descriptors: Student Characteristics, Personality Traits, Writing Skills, Grade 3
Folsom, Sarah Dougher – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Community college business incubators provide valuable resources to a community's economic and psychological well-being. The International Business Innovation Association reported start-up companies that incubate have a five-year survival rate of 87% as opposed to the 44% rate of a non-incubated start up. Little research has been conducted to…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Correlation, Best Practices, Entrepreneurship
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