Broad and Narrow Personality Traits of Women's College Students in Relation to Early Departure from College

Autor/inn/en	Taylor, Sarah E.; Scepansky, James A.; Lounsbury, John W.; Gibson, Lucy W.
Titel	Broad and Narrow Personality Traits of Women's College Students in Relation to Early Departure from College
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Retention: Research, Theory & Practice, 11 (2010) 4, S.483-497 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1521-0251
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Females; Intention; Womens Education; College Students; Correlation; Dropouts; Academic Persistence; Coeducation; Single Sex Schools; Aggression; Career Choice; Emotional Development; Independent Study; Identification (Psychology); Work Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Weibliches Geschlecht; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung; Collegestudent; Korrelation; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; Koedukation; Single-sex schools; Single-sex classes; Single sex classes; Getrenntgeschlechtliche Erziehung; Schule; Gefühlsbildung; Selbststudium; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung
Abstract	Personality traits of coeducational students have been shown to correlate with early withdrawal intention from college (Lounsbury, Saudargas, & Gibson, 2004). The current study investigated the relationship between the Big Five personality traits as well as seven narrow personality traits in relation to withdrawal intention among 103 female students from eight women's colleges (Ridgell & Lounsbury, 2004). As predicted, Conscientiousness, Work Drive, and Sense of Identity were significantly inversely correlated with early departure intention. Three personality traits--Emotional Stability, Work Drive, and Sense of Identity--accounted for 18.3% of the variance in withdrawal intentions. Results were discussed in terms of the role personality traits may play in retention and reasons why females choose women's colleges over co-educational institutions (Langdon, 1998). (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10