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Includes bibliography.
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2011
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This study investigated the relationship between personality and measures of academic success and satisfaction. Person-Environment Fit (PE Fit) was assessed by correspondence
between students’individual personalities and the personalities of their same-gender peers.
Significant differences were found between genders in the correlates of success. The successful male student expressed more Agreeableness and lower Openness to Experience when compared to the typical male. Also, although both typical and successful female students reflected Conscientiousness, only typical females were higher in Agreeableness. Reverse factor analyses revealed that 66% of participants could be classified into three personality types: Intellectually open-minded undercontrollers, Organized, norm-reinforcing overcontrollers, and Socially skilled extraverts. Students in the first group reported lower grades and expressed more dissatisfaction with the HC when compared to other students. Finally, implications of these findings for the future of PE Fit are discussed.
between students’individual personalities and the personalities of their same-gender peers.
Significant differences were found between genders in the correlates of success. The successful male student expressed more Agreeableness and lower Openness to Experience when compared to the typical male. Also, although both typical and successful female students reflected Conscientiousness, only typical females were higher in Agreeableness. Reverse factor analyses revealed that 66% of participants could be classified into three personality types: Intellectually open-minded undercontrollers, Organized, norm-reinforcing overcontrollers, and Socially skilled extraverts. Students in the first group reported lower grades and expressed more dissatisfaction with the HC when compared to other students. Finally, implications of these findings for the future of PE Fit are discussed.
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116 p.
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FA00003576
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Includes bibliography.
Thesis (B.A.)--Florida Atlantic University, Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, 2011.
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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2011
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Attributed name: Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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Dickson, Daniel
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Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College
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116 p.
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A typological study of personality and gender among Wilkes Honors College students: success, satisfaction, and non-conformity
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2011
Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Boca Raton, Fla.
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A typological study of personality and gender among Wilkes Honors College students: success, satisfaction, and non-conformity
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A typological study of personality and gender among Wilkes Honors College students: success, satisfaction, and non-conformity