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Wang, Yi-Shun; Lin, Hsin-Hui; Liao, Yi-Wen – British Journal of Educational Technology, 2012
With the proliferation of weblogs (blogs) used in educational contexts, gaining a better understanding of why students are willing to blog has become an important topic for practitioners and academics. The main purpose of this study is to explore the individual difference antecedents of perceived enjoyment and examine how they influence blogging…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Structural Equation Models
Chamorro-Premuzic, Tomas; Arteche, Adriane; Bremner, Andrew J.; Greven, Corina; Furnham, Adrian – Educational Psychology, 2010
Three UK studies on the relationship between a purpose-built instrument to assess the importance and development of 15 "soft skills" are reported. "Study 1" (N = 444) identified strong latent components underlying these soft skills, such that differences "between-skills" were over-shadowed by differences…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Program Effectiveness, Skill Analysis, Skill Development
Carr, Joel L. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
The purpose of this study is to examine the differences between groups of psychology students and groups of psychology professionals based on the personality trait of Extraversion, and its facets, as measured by the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised (NEO PI-R; Costa & McCrae, 1992). Previous applications of the NEO PI-R have focused on…
Descriptors: Statistical Analysis, Psychology, Personality Traits, Graduate Students

Goff, Maynard; Ackerman, Phillip L. – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1992
The association of typical intellectual engagement with various abilities, and the association of such engagements with broader personality domain and available performance measures were studied with 138 undergraduate students (61 males and 77 females). Results demonstrate that individuals differ in typical intellectual engagement and that those…
Descriptors: Ability, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Intelligence

Baker, A. Harvey – Psychology: A Journal of Human Behavior, 1988
Examined relationship between sensation seeking and field independence using three indices of field independence and combining the data in an Overall Index. The three field independence instruments and the Sensation Seeking Scale were administered to 103 college students. Positive relationship between sensation seeking and field independence was…
Descriptors: College Students, Field Dependence Independence, Higher Education, Individual Differences

Franzoi, Stephen L.; And Others – 1986
Private self-consciousness (PSC) refers to the dispositional tendency to be attentive to the private, covert aspects of oneself. Studies were conducted to investigate whether there are motivational underpinnings for individual differences in level of PSC. Four separate studies were conducted at three different institutions. Study 1 (N=59) results…
Descriptors: College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Individual Needs
Barke, Charles R. – 1986
While attributions have traditionally been viewed as social cognition variables, some researchers have proposed that individual differences exist in attributional patterns and that these patterns are differentially related to and predictive of various behaviors. A study was conducted to examine the question of attribution style as a trait-like…
Descriptors: Attribution Theory, Cognitive Style, College Students, Higher Education
Russell, Joyce E. A.; And Others – 1987
While past research has documented the independent effects of individual difference characteristics and contextual information on perceptions of leadership, it has not investigated the simultaneous effects. This study explored the interactive effects of these factors under the hypothesis that dispositional characteristics should be more strongly…
Descriptors: Behavior, College Students, Evaluation, Higher Education

Pratt, Linda K.; And Others – Simulation and Games, 1980
Describes a study designed to determine whether students with different personality types react differently to different educational games and simulations. The thinking-feeling dimension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was used to type a group of graduate students who participated in seven simulation games and simulations. (Author/LLS)
Descriptors: Educational Games, Higher Education, Individual Differences, Individualized Instruction

Ponzetti, James J., Jr. – Family Relations, 1990
Reviews empirical research concerning loneliness among college students to sensitize family life specialists to the importance of loneliness within this age group. Presents a profile of the lonely college student from research findings which relate loneliness to personal attributes, interpersonal behaviors, and social network conditions. Discusses…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences

Blustein, David L. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988
Administered an individual differences measure of motivational and orientations and a multidimensional measure of exploratory activity and beliefs to undergraduate students (N=154). Canonical analysis yielded one significant canonical root which indicated autonony and control orientations were positively related to self-exploration and beliefs in…
Descriptors: Career Exploration, College Students, Decision Making, Higher Education
Kaya, Naz; Burgess, Brigitte – Environment and Behavior, 2007
Students' degree of territoriality based on gender and seat preferences in different types of classroom arrangements was studied. The types of classroom arrangements included rows of tablet-arm chairs, U-shaped, clusters, and rows of tables with individual chairs. The study was carried out through a survey at a large public institution in the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, College Students, Higher Education, Student Behavior
Larkin, Judith E.; Pines, Harvey A. – 1988
Based on people's implicit expectations about how high and low self-monitors will present themselves, it was hypothesized that observers would be able to infer dispositional characteristics of the two personality types from their clothing preferences. To test this hypothesis, prototypical wardrobes were empirically constructed for the high and low…
Descriptors: Clothing, College Students, Females, Higher Education

Skinner, Nicholas F. – Social Behavior and Personality, 1983
Explored the relationship between Machiavellianism and preference for business occupations in 60 Canadian students majoring in business or arts. Results confirmed that both business and nonbusiness High Machs were characterized by emotional stability. Business High Machs were significantly more extraverted, reinforcing the popular perception of…
Descriptors: Business Administration, College Students, Foreign Countries, Higher Education

Campbell, John B.; Hawley, Charles W. – Journal of Research in Personality, 1982
Tested predictions derived from Eysenck's theory of personality in two samples by relating extraversion scores to library study locations, frequency of study breaks, and self-report of factors which influence study location. Found predicted main effects for study location with extraverts occupying locations that provided greater external…
Descriptors: Behavior Patterns, College Students, Higher Education, Individual Differences