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Colvin-Sterling, Sabrina – Journal of Information Technology Education: Research, 2016
This study examined the relationship between middle school students' personality type and their academic performance in the technology courses in which they participated. It also explored the differences in technology use by personality. Most participants identified games as a favorite pas-time. However, there were some noted temperamental…
Descriptors: Correlation, Personality, Middle School Students, Technology Uses in Education
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Miller, Joshua D.; Price, Joanna; Campbell, W. Keith – Assessment, 2012
Some scholars have called for the replacement of the Narcissistic Personality Inventory (NPI) with more narrow scales measuring grandiosity and entitlement instead. In the current study, the authors examined the relations among the NPI and measures of grandiosity and entitlement, as well as in relation to a measure of the Five-Factor Model (FFM).…
Descriptors: Personality Measures, Personality Traits, Correlation, Validity
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DiPrima, Amy J.; Ashby, Jeffrey S.; Gnilka, Philip B.; Noble, Christina L. – Psychology in the Schools, 2011
Several authors have suggested that perfectionism develops in the context of a person's family of origin. However, there are few empirical studies that address the relationship between family variables and perfectionism. This study examined the relationship between family variables and multidimensional perfectionism among a sample of 253…
Descriptors: Family Relationship, Middle School Students, Personality Traits, Measures (Individuals)
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Miller, Joshua D.; Tant, Adam; Bagby, R. Michael – Assessment, 2010
Depressive personality disorder (DPD) was included in the appendix of the "Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders", Fourth Edition ("DSM-IV") for further study. Questions abound regarding this disorder in terms of its distinctiveness from extant diagnostic constructs and clinical significance.This study examines…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Personality Problems, Validity, Personality