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Thiele, Lisa; Sauer, Nils Christian; Kauffeld, Simone – Higher Education: The International Journal of Higher Education Research, 2018
Academic performance (i.e., grade point average) determines career entry factors as well as career success and is thus crucial for students' future careers. Besides individual factors such as personality traits, individuals' social embeddedness has been shown to enhance performance. Regarding academic performance, relationships to fellow students…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Academic Achievement, Career Development, Peer Relationship
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Liu, Jia Li; Harkness, Sara; Super, Charles M. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2020
Research by Xinyin Chen and others has documented that in past decades, shyness in Chinese children was associated with leadership, peer-acceptance, and academic achievement. In contemporary China, shyness predicts maladaptive youth outcomes. Although social, political, and economic transitions are presumed to be responsible for this shift, little…
Descriptors: Shyness, Child Development, Academic Achievement, Peer Acceptance
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McCrocklin, Shannon – TESOL Journal, 2020
Research has shown that preservice teachers' beliefs are engrained and difficult to change through teacher education programs. Yet work to examine and improve teacher education shows programs can affect beliefs. Many programs use teaching practicums, but this research study examines a different experiential approach, structured language learning…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, French, Second Language Learning, Teacher Education Programs
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Tashchian, Armen; Forrester, William R.; Kalamas, Maria – Journal of International Education Research, 2014
This paper reports the results of a cross-cultural investigation of the role of Extroversion in determining the conflict resolution styles of business students in the United States and the Republic of Armenia. PLS modeling showed that Extroversion was associated with the Dominating style among US students and with the Compromising and Obliging…
Descriptors: Cross Cultural Studies, Extraversion Introversion, Conflict Resolution, Role
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Downey, Luke A.; Lomas, Justine; Billings, Clare; Hansen, Karen; Stough, Con – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2014
The aim of the current study was to examine the role of fluid intelligence, personality traits, and emotional intelligence (EI) in predicting female Year 9 students' grade point average (GPA) and to determine whether any differences in scholastic performance were related to differences in EI or Personality. Two-hundred and forty-three female…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Intelligence, Emotional Intelligence, Females
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Wolters, Nina; Knoors, Harry; Cillessen, Antonius H. N.; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Early Adolescence, 2014
This study examined the behavioral, personality, and communicative predictors of acceptance and popularity in 608 early adolescents. Data were collected with sociometric methods and ratings in 30 sixth-grade classrooms. Hierarchical regressions were run to predict acceptance and popularity from prosocial, antisocial, and withdrawn behavior,…
Descriptors: Peer Acceptance, Antisocial Behavior, Role, Extraversion Introversion
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De Feyter, Tim; Caers, Ralf; Vigna, Claudia; Berings, Dries – Learning and Individual Differences, 2012
The main purpose of this study is to unravel the impact of the Big Five personality factors on academic performance. We propose a theoretical model with conditional indirect effects of the Big Five personality factors on academic performance through their impact upon academic motivation. To clarify the mixed results of previous studies concerning…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Self Efficacy, Academic Achievement, Student Motivation
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Bakker, Arnold B.; Boyd, Carolyn M.; Dollard, Maureen; Gillespie, Nicole; Winefield, Anthony H.; Stough, Con – Career Development International, 2010
Purpose: The central aim of this study is to incorporate two core personality factors (neuroticism and extroversion) in the job demands-resources (JD-R) model. Design/methodology/approach: It was hypothesized that neuroticism would be most strongly related to the health impairment process, and that extroversion would be most strongly related to…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Structural Equation Models, Personality, Work Environment
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Craig, Charlotte L.; Duncan, Bruce; Francis, Leslie J. – Journal of Beliefs & Values, 2006
This study explores the psychological type profile of Roman Catholic priests. A sample of 79 priests completed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Form G). The study shows that Roman Catholic priests tend to prefer introversion over extraversion, feeling over thinking and judging over perceiving. Near equal preferences are shown for sensing and…
Descriptors: Clergy, Catholics, Foreign Countries, Cognitive Style