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Warrington, Cartmell – ProQuest LLC, 2017
In this study, the Big Five factor model of personality traits theory was tested for its ability to predict or explain Employee Information Security Behavior (EISB), when Generational Cohort (GCOHORT) moderated the relationship between the five factors of personality and EISB. The independent variables (IVs) Extraversion, Agreeableness,…
Descriptors: Information Security, Personality Traits, Generational Differences, Cohort Analysis
Harrell, Alyssa – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Despite the growing recognition on the importance of mental health and wellbeing, college students' mental health and wellbeing continue to decline. Given this information, research is needed to explore potential predictors of college student stress. Utilizing a theoretical model of Self-Actualization Wellness and the Person-Environment Fit…
Descriptors: Self Actualization, Wellness, College Students, Anxiety
Al Shalabi, M. Fadi; Salmani Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali – Online Submission, 2009
In this paper, it is argued, based on evidence from psychological literature, that there are three major approaches to the study of personality, namely (1) situationism, (2) interactionism, and (3) constructivism. It is also noticed that these approaches have resulted in the emergence of three major types of personality theories: (i) type…
Descriptors: Personality Theories, Extraversion Introversion, Risk, Behavior
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Al Shalabi, M. Fadi; Nodoushan, Mohammad Ali Salmani – Journal on Educational Psychology, 2009
In this paper, it is argued, based on evidence from psychological literature, that there are three major approaches to the study of personality, namely (a) situationism, (b) interactionism, and (c) constructivism. It is also noticed that these approached have resulted in the emergence of three major types of personality theories: (1) type…
Descriptors: Personality Theories, English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
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Fournillier, Janice B.; Lewis, Theodore – Studies in Continuing Education, 2010
Two Afro Caribbean immigrants share our individual experiences of navigating the United States (US) academy, and the strengths we derived in the process. We explore the questions: How do we make meaning of our experiences as members of the academe? What accounts for our ability to perform, develop, and grow as scholars in the US? We used the…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Phenomenology, Individual Differences, Black Studies
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Francis, Leslie; And Others – British Journal of Educational Technology, 1996
Eysenck's model of personality maintains that personality differences can be expressed in terms of neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism. A sample of 298 female undergraduates in Israel demonstrated that a more positive attitude towards computers was associated with higher scores on psychoticism (impersonality) and lower scores on…
Descriptors: Computer Anxiety, Computer Attitudes, Extraversion Introversion, Females
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Parish, Thomas S.; Newman, Rebecca – Journal of Instructional Psychology, 2007
Life can be especially tough for those who always seem to manifest the "wrong stuff." However, things seem to go much better for those who employ the "right stuff" instead. So we must be sure to avoid the former and stick to the latter, if we really wish to make our lives happier, rather than sadder. To achieve this end this brief paper is…
Descriptors: Extraversion Introversion, Locus of Control, Self Esteem, Personality Theories
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Braden, Stephen W.; Smith, Deborah N. – College Quarterly, 2006
One of the biggest challenges facing college instructors in the 21st century is classroom misbehavior. The authors propose that how one handles classroom incivility is a matter of personality type. One of the authors is an extrovert; the other an introvert. The authors discuss personality theory, general classroom management, how to identify…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Student Problems, Behavior Problems, Personality
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Watson, Cate – Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, 2006
The importance of the concept of professional identity lies in its relationship to professional knowledge and action, but these links are complex. A traditional notion of identity is of something essential about ourselves, a fixed and stable core of "self". More recently, however, identity has been seen as an ongoing and performative…
Descriptors: Personal Narratives, Foreign Countries, Theory Practice Relationship, Knowledge Base for Teaching