Personality and Drinking Behaviour during the First Year of University ABSTRACT The transition to university is a period of change and stress for young people‚ and although most students show favourable adjustment‚ some experience difficulties during their first year. A number of studies have shown that the alcohol consumption of first year students increases‚ both in terms of time spent drinking and the amount of alcohol consumed. The present study investigated the role of personality in this
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Costa & R. R. McCrae‚ 2007)‚ and the Nowicki–Duke Locus of Control (LOC) scale (S. Nowicki & M. Duke‚ 1974). A binary logistic regression analysis found that calculus readiness and high school GPA were predictive of retention. Scores on the Neuroticism and Openness subscales from the NEO-FFI and LOC were correlated with retention status‚ but Openness was the only affective factor with a significant unique effect in the binary logistic regression. Results of the study lend modest support to Borkowski’s
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differed from the employees of private sector on workplace deviance and openness trait of big five personality traits. Significant correlations among some of the dimensions of personality‚ motivational traits and workplace deviance were obtained. Neuroticism evolved as a major correlate of organizational deviance in both public and private sectors. Motivational traits (BIS‚ BAS) were correlated significantly to different dimensions of workplace deviance in private sector and not in public sector.
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research data (Potter‚ Big5). The Big 5 tailored a variety of traits and characteristics to fit into 5 broad personality factors to help define an individual. These factors are OCEAN: Openness‚ Conscientiousness‚ Extraversion‚ Agreeableness‚ and Neuroticism. Openness to experience is inventive and curious versus consistent and cautious. A person who scores high on openness may be seen as lacking attention or unpredictable in behaviors‚ while individuals who score low on openness tend to be gratified
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such as Feingold in 1994‚ Hall in 1984‚ and Maccoby and Jacklin in 1974 (as cited in Samuel‚ South‚ and Griffin‚ 2015). With these in mind‚ upon using the Big Five Personality Model‚ women tend to test higher in extraversion‚ agreeableness‚ and neuroticism than men. Supportive Evidence Lehmann‚ R.‚ Denissen‚ J. J.‚ Mathias‚ A.‚ & Penke‚ L. (2013‚ February). Age and gender
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structure was used in the second part. The third and final part was to test two personality traits (agreeableness and neuroticism). After reviewing previous research studies‚ the authors formulated several hypotheses they were prepared to test. Though their experiment‚ they found that expert‚ referent‚ reward and legitimate powers were positively related to agreeableness; whereas‚ neuroticism was negatively related to referent power and positively related to coercive power‚ which supported their hypotheses
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A STUDY ON PERSONALITY THAT INFLUENCES TEACHING EFFECTIVENESS By FAUZIAH BINTI OTHMAN Research report submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Business Administration 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First and foremost‚ a greatest gratitude to Allah S.W.T on His bless in completing this project paper. My sincerest thank goes to my supervisor‚ Senior Lecturer Pn. Junaimah Jauhar for her valuable guidance‚ advice and suggestions during the course
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Academic Procrastination: The Mediating Role of Neuroticism‚” Brian Hess will discuss how procrastination has become a moderate to severe problem in college students today. He states‚ “Neuroticism is the general emotional over responsiveness and tendency to break down under stress.” Studies have shown that students with high levels neuroticism procrastinate more‚ study less‚ have anxiety because of exams and lack self-confidence. In addition to neuroticism‚ time structure
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is personality rather than intelligence decides whether a person is suitable for a job or not. According to the Big Five‚ there is a five-factor model of personality‚ which includes five traits: Extraversion‚ Agreeableness‚ Conscien-tiousness‚ Neuroticism‚ and Openness to experience. It is important to ignore the positive or negative associations that these words have in everyday language. For example‚ Agreeableness is obviously take more advantage for achieving and main-taining popularity. Agreeable
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five dimensions: openness‚conscientiousness‚ extroversion‚ agreeableness and neuroticism‚ forming a questionnaire with good reliability and validity. Previous studies have shown that personality traits‚ intelligence‚ and academic performance have an important impact on each other(Farsides T L‚ Woodfield R. 2003). Some people study the ‘big five personality’‚ openness‚ conscientiousness‚ extroversion‚ agreeableness‚ neuroticism and academic performance are related to each other‚ they find that people
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