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Avram, Eugen; Burtaverde, Vlad; Zanfirescu, Andrei-?erban – Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 2019
This research tested the relationship between career adaptability and academic performance and the incremental validity of career adaptability in predicting academic performance, as well as the mediation role of career adaptability in the relationship between personality and academic performance. 437 undergraduate students completed measures of…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Vocational Adjustment, Predictor Variables, Academic Achievement
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Al Qaisy, Lama M.; Thawabieh, Ahmad M. – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2017
This study aimed to investigate the type of personalities that students had and the relationship between personality type with future anxiety and students' achievement. The sample of the study consisted of 304 students from Tafila Technical University and Al-Hussien Bin Talal University. The researchers used the big five scale which was developed…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Anxiety, Gender Differences, Statistical Analysis
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Chiang, Yun-Hwa; Hsu, Chu-Chun; Shih, Hsi-An – Creativity Research Journal, 2017
Creativity refers to a person's thinking of new and useful ideas at work. Drawing on the personality literature, this study proposes that employees with high extroversion personality will exchange job relevant information with colleagues to generate creativity. Drawing on the information exchange theory, this study further proposes that the effect…
Descriptors: Creativity, Extraversion Introversion, Personality Traits, Self Efficacy
Jones, Shawn Cecil – Online Submission, 2017
Classroom size, curriculum, and student attendance are all important factors that affect student outcomes, but these factors cannot compare to the classroom teacher's influence on student academic performance. Unfortunately, highly qualified teachers are not equally effective in different school settings. Findings associated with highly effective…
Descriptors: Teacher Effectiveness, Urban Schools, Suburban Schools, Teacher Characteristics
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Onyekuru, Bruno U.; Ibegbunam, Josephat – Journal of Education and Practice, 2015
Quality personality traits and socio-demographic variables are essential elements of effective counselling. This correlational study investigated personality traits and socio-demographic variables as predictors of counselling effectiveness of counsellors in Enugu State. The instruments for data collection were Personality Traits Assessment Scale…
Descriptors: Counseling Effectiveness, Personality Traits, Correlation, Personality Measures
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Oliver, Tom; Hecker, Kent; Hausdorf, Peter A.; Conlon, Peter – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2014
The multiple mini-interview (MMI) used in health professional schools' admission processes is reported to assess multiple non-cognitive constructs such as ethical reasoning, oral communication, or problem evaluation. Though validation studies have been performed with total MMI scores, there is a paucity of information regarding how well MMI…
Descriptors: Health Personnel, Health Education, Interviews, Ethics
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Stolarski, Maciej; Zajenkowski, Marcin; Meisenberg, Gerhard – Intelligence, 2013
The relationships between national personality traits and intelligence from 51 countries were examined. It was found that extraversion, openness to experience and agreeableness measured at the national level were significantly and positively correlated with national IQs; however, in the regression model only the former two were marginally…
Descriptors: National Norms, Intelligence, Personality Traits, Correlation
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Abu Said, Al-Mansor; Mohd Rasdi, Roziah; Abu Samah, Bahaman; Silong, Abu Daud; Sulaiman, Suzaimah – European Journal of Training and Development, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to develop a career success model for academics at the Malaysian research universities. Design/methodology/approach: Self-administered and online surveys were used for data collection among 325 academics from Malaysian research universities. Findings: Based on the analysis of structural equation modeling, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Success, College Faculty
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Ha, Shang E.; Kim, Seokho – Social Indicators Research, 2013
Although the statistically significant relationship between personality traits and subjective well-being (i.e., self-reported happiness and life satisfaction) is well-known in the field of positive psychology, some scholars still cast doubt on the external validity of this finding and the strength of personality dimensions vis-a-vis other…
Descriptors: Employment Level, Personality Traits, Psychological Patterns, Well Being
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Jugovic, Ivana; Marusic, Iris; Ivanec, Tea Pavin; Vidovic, Vlasta Vizek – Asia-Pacific Journal of Teacher Education, 2012
The study presents results founded upon the Factors Influencing Teaching Choice scale validation and the relations between personality traits and motivation for teaching in Croatia. A sample of 374 first-year preservice teachers from three universities participated in the study. Confirmatory factor analysis of the items comprising the Croatian…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Personality Traits, Teaching (Occupation), Incentives
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Chiaburu, Dan S.; Oh, In-Sue; Berry, Christopher M.; Li, Ning; Gardner, Richard G. – Journal of Applied Psychology, 2011
Using meta-analytic tests based on 87 statistically independent samples, we investigated the relationships between the five-factor model (FFM) of personality traits and organizational citizenship behaviors in both the aggregate and specific forms, including individual-directed, organization-directed, and change-oriented citizenship. We found that…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality Traits, Citizenship, Job Satisfaction
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Ross, Scott R.; Benning, Stephen D.; Patrick, Christopher J.; Thompson, Angela; Thurston, Amanda – Assessment, 2009
Psychopathy is a personality disorder that includes interpersonal-affective and antisocial deviance features. The Psychopathic Personality Inventory (PPI) contains two underlying factors (fearless dominance and impulsive antisociality) that may differentially tap these two sets of features. In a mixed-gender sample of undergraduates and prisoners,…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Inhibition
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Martel, Michelle M.; Roberts, Bethan; Gremillion, Monica; von Eye, Alexander; Nigg, Joel T. – Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2011
The current paper provides external validation of the bifactor model of ADHD by examining associations between ADHD latent factor/profile scores and external validation indices. 548 children (321 boys; 302 with ADHD), 6 to 18 years old, recruited from the community participated in a comprehensive diagnostic procedure. Mothers completed the Child…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Personality Traits, Aggression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
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Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Arteche, Adriane – Intelligence, 2008
The present study provides a preliminary empirical test of [Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Furnham, A. (2004). A possible model to understand the personality-intelligence interface. "British Journal of Psychology," 95, 249-264], [Chamorro-Premuzic, T., & Furnham, A. (2006a). Intellectual competence and the intelligent personality: A…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Academic Achievement, Models, Validity
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Brannon, James M.; And Others – Journal of Offender Counseling, Services & Rehabilitation, 1989
Investigated validity of juvenile offender treatment typology utilized within peer treatment programs of youth services agency with 60 male delinquents. Results suggest behavior typology described in peer treatment literature has basis in psychological theory and can provide information for treatment and community reintegration and program…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Affective Behavior, Behavior Patterns, Behavior Theories