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Examining Personality Across College Institution Types

Taylor, Cassidy S.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617969300425738

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2020, Bachelor of Science, Wittenberg University, Psychology.
The current study investigates several personality characteristics and motivations of college students across different types of institutions, and their relation to the students’ decision-making process when choosing which college to attend. Personality traits and measurements are thoroughly examined, followed by ways that college institutions and their students differ from each other. An online survey assessed personality characteristics and factors involved in the college-decision process from 215 participants who were currently attending or had previously attended undergraduate institutions. Significant differences were found between different groups of students (e.g., students attending public vs private schools, male vs female) in their personality characteristics and the college factors they considered in their college-decision process. Personality traits also predicted how much students considered different factors when deciding which college to attend.
William Davis (Advisor)
Stephanie Little (Committee Member)
Michael Mattison (Committee Member)
33 p.
Higher Education; Personality; Personality Psychology; Psychology
college students; university students; post-secondary; personality traits; college choice; decision-making; college applicants; higher education; private colleges; public colleges; institutional characteristics; Big Five Personality Model

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  • Taylor, C. S. (2020). Examining Personality Across College Institution Types [Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617969300425738

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Taylor, Cassidy. Examining Personality Across College Institution Types. 2020. Wittenberg University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617969300425738.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Taylor, Cassidy. "Examining Personality Across College Institution Types." Undergraduate thesis, Wittenberg University, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1617969300425738

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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