An Investigation of Personality Traits in Relation to Intention to Withdraw from College

Autor/inn/en	Lounsbury, John W.; Saudargas, Richard A.; Gibson, Lucy W.
Titel	An Investigation of Personality Traits in Relation to Intention to Withdraw from College
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Development, 45 (2004) 5, S.517-534 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0897-5264
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Withdrawal (Education); College Freshmen; Intention; Comparative Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Kursabbruch; Studienanfänger
Abstract	We examined the Big Five (De Raad, 2000) personality traits of Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability, Extraversion, and Openness, plus the narrow personality traits of Aggression, Career-Decidedness, Optimism, Self-Directed Learning, Sense of Identity, Tough-Mindedness, and Work Drive in relation to intention to withdraw from college. Among 233 university freshmen, all of the traits except Tough-Mindedness and Openness were significantly related to withdrawal intention, with three traits--Sense of Identity, Emotional Stability, and Work Drive--accounting for 22% of the variance in intention to withdraw. Theoretical and practical implications were discussed. (Author).
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