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National Culture and Higher Education as Pre-Determining Factors of Student Entrepreneurship
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Roman, Teodora; Maxim, Alexandru – Studies in Higher Education, 2017
Our purpose is to assess the influence of national culture and higher education on entrepreneurship among students and fresh graduates. The aim was to determine whether the grouping of students based on certain personality traits (most of which are connected to culture) is effective at predicting entrepreneurial intention and whether…
Descriptors: Entrepreneurship, Multivariate Analysis, Higher Education, Goal Orientation
The Relationship of Hope and Strength's Self-Efficacy to the Social Change Model of Leadership
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Lane, Forrest C.; Chapman, Natasha H. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2011
The social change model of leadership (SCM) is a widely used leadership model in higher education. StrengthsQuest is conceptually similar to the individual values of the SCM in its aim to identify and grow individual talents. This model is based on the idea that individuals perform at higher levels when they build upon their identified talents…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Change, Models, Values
Test Anxiety, Academic Performance, and Cognitive Appraisals.
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Hunsley, John – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
The impact of test anxiety on test performance and the cognitive appraisals of test-anxious students were explored. The pattern of students' anxiety and appraisals suggests that test-anxious students experience most doubt and concern in the term. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Higher Education, Multivariate Analysis
The Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Detection of Defensiveness.
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Cashel, Mary Louise; And Others – Assessment, 1995
The use of scales on the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) to detect defensiveness in criminal and nonclinical samples was evaluated with 45 male inmates and 38 male undergraduates under standard conditions or under instructions to feign a positive role. Results indicate that the PAI is susceptible to defensive dissimulation. (SLD)
Descriptors: Criminals, Higher Education, Identification, Multivariate Analysis
The Efficacy of an Outdoor Adventure Education Curriculum on Selected Aspects of Positive Psychological Development
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Sheard, Michael; Golby, Jim – Journal of Experiential Education, 2006
To date, little empirical research has been conducted to support the claim that outdoor adventure education (OAE) develops desirable psychological characteristics in participants. This study examined the effects of an OAE foundation degree curriculum on positive psychological development. Fifty-two students (26 OAE students, 26 controls on an…
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Questionnaires, Multivariate Analysis, Control Groups
A Multivariate Analysis of Relationships between Personality Traits and Value Choice.
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Mitchell, James V., Jr. – Counseling and Values, 1989
A canonical analysis disclosed significant relationships between personality traits and value choice among 334 upper-level undergraduate and graduate students at a midwestern state university. These relationships were interpreted in terms of their usefulness in understanding human behavior. (Author/TE)
Descriptors: Beliefs, College Students, Graduate Students, Higher Education
Personality and Emotional Correlates of Self-Reported Antigay Behaviors.
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Patel, Sunita; And Others – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 1995
Examined the relationship between the emotional response of homophobia and selected personality and self-report behavioral variables (n=80). Data suggest that among young men certain personality characteristics compound homonegative affect and behavior. (JBJ)
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Aggression, College Students, Higher Education