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Hartman, Bruce W.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1985
Tested a path model reflecting developmental and chronic types of career indecision on counseling students (N=164) and high school students (N=155). Data from both samples supported the model, confirming the role of trait anxiety in career indecision. (JAC)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Career Choice, College Students, High School Students
Peer reviewedStrom, Bruce; And Others – Contemporary Educational Psychology, 1987
A personality construct, preference for course difficulty, was related to test anxiety in a sample of 62 graduate students. Path analysis indicated that trait anxiety directly affects test anxiety and that preference for course difficulty affects test anxiety. The preference for course structure construct was validated. (LMO)
Descriptors: Anxiety, Classroom Environment, Course Selection (Students), Difficulty Level
Peer reviewedErdle, Stephen; And Others – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1985
This study investigated how classroom teaching behavior mediates the relationship between personality and college teaching effectiveness. Instructional effectiveness was measured by end-of-term student ratings. Path analysis revealed that approximately half of the relationship between personality and teaching effectiveness was mediated by…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, College Faculty, Higher Education, Models
Guyton, Edith M. – 1982
An assessment of a four-stage conceptual model reveals that critical thinking has indirect positive effects on political participation through its direct effects on personal control, political efficacy, and democratic attitudes. The model establishes causal relationships among selected personality variables (self-esteem, personal control, and…
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Citizenship Education, Critical Thinking, Democratic Values
