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Personality Traits of Expert Teachers of Students with Behavioural Problems: A Review and Classification of the Literature
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Buttner, Svenja; Pijl, Sip Jan; Bijstra, Jan; van den Bosch, Els – Australian Educational Researcher, 2015
Teaching students with behavioural problems is a challenge for many teachers but other teachers are able to bring out the best in these students. Much research has been done to find out what differentiates expert teachers from their less skilled colleagues. Recent evidence points to personality as an underlying core factor influencing teacher…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Teacher Characteristics, Experienced Teachers, Expertise
The NEO-FFI in Multiple Sclerosis: Internal Consistency, Factorial Validity, and Correspondence between Self and Informant Reports
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Schwartz, Eben S.; Chapman, Benjamin P.; Duberstein, Paul R.; Weinstock-Guttman, Bianca; Benedict, Ralph H. B. – Assessment, 2011
Personality assessment is a potentially important component of clinical and empirical work with neurological patients because (a) individual differences in personality may be associated with different neurological outcomes and (b) central nervous system changes may give rise to alteration in personality. For personality assessment to be useful to…
Descriptors: Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Patients, Neurological Impairments
Paper-and-Pencil and Web-Based Testing: The Measurement Invariance of the Big Five Personality Tests in Applied Settings
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Vecchione, Michele; Alessandri, Guido; Barbaranelli, Claudio – Assessment, 2012
This study investigates the measurement equivalence of a five-factor measure of personality across two groups applying for jobs, who completed the same questionnaire using either a paper-and-pencil (n = 429) or a web online answer format (n = 651). The data were collected using the Big Five Questionnaire-2 (BFQ-2; which is a measure of the Five…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Computer Assisted Testing, Measures (Individuals)
Test Review: A Review of the Five Factor Personality Inventory-Children
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Klingbeil, David A. – Assessment for Effective Intervention, 2009
This article presents a review of the Five Factor Personality Inventory-Children (FFPI-C), a quick and easily administered personality assessment for children and adolescents with clear and straightforward scoring and interpretation procedures. The FFPI-C is based on a theoretical model of personality developed through the work of Allport (Allport…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Assessment, Test Reviews, Personality
Measurement of Jungian Personality Types.
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Arnau, Randolph C.; Thompson, Bruce; Rosen, David H. – 1997
The present study was a psychometric evaluation of two recently revised Jungian personality instruments, the Singer-Loomis Type Deployment Inventory (SL-TDI) and the Personal Preferences Self-Description Questionnaire (PPSDQ). The study also examined the relationship between Jungian personality dimensions and the Five-Factor Model of personality…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Higher Education, Models, Personality Assessment
Technophobia and Personality Subtypes in a Sample of South African University Students.
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Anthony, L. M.; Clarke, M. C.; Anderson, S. J. – Computers in Human Behavior, 2000
This study examined levels of techophobia, described as negative psychological reactions toward technology, in a sample of South African university students. Describes use of the NEO-Five Factor Inventory and reports results that show techophobia was inversely correlated with computer experience, weakly correlated with age, but not associated with…
Descriptors: Computer Attitudes, Correlation, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues
Big-Five Personality Profile of Executive Search Recruiters.
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Dykeman, Cass; Dykeman, James J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1996
This study surveyed a sample of nationally certified executive search recruiters (N=114), with the use of the NEO Five-Factor Inventory (NEO-FFI). Chi-square test analyses revealed that this sample differed significantly from adult norms on four of the five NEO-FFI scales: Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness, and Conscientiousness. Implications of…
Descriptors: Employment, Employment Patterns, Employment Services, Job Application