A study examined the role of meaning, familiarity with the task, and sex-stereotypic personality disposition in college students' success expectancy. It found no evidence for sex-related personality disposition to lower success expectancy, suggesting a need to examine how meaning and familiarity can affect college students' success. (MSE)

Uses fairy tale of the goose girl to explain administrative behaviors designed to keep well-intentioned, misguided females away from the action. Notes that in administration it is necessary to be more assertive, that one must recognize the differences between the demands and privileges of the administrative and nonadministrative tasks. (NB)

Investigates the relationship of personality and past film viewing experiences to preferences for different degrees of graphic horror in film, and for female versus male victimization. Finds that the Machiavellian trait of deceit, past exposure to horror films, and, for male subjects only, the enjoyment of pornography were good predictors. (SR)

Examined relationship between bulimia, conceptual complexity, obsessional symptoms, and obsessional traits in 54 college women classified as bulimic-anorexic vomiters, normal-weight bulimic vomiters, clinical controls, and normal controls. Found both bulimic groups exhibited significantly lower levels of conceptual functioning, significantly…

Characteristics of adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) among traditional-age college students were investigated. Personality characteristics were examined based on birth order, gender of alcoholic parent, and honor society membership. Differences between ACOAs and non-ACOAs are discussed. (Author)

Examined degree to which personality hardiness, career beliefs, self-efficacy, and occupational choice status related to career self-efficacy among 181 college juniors and seniors. Results indicated that motivation, self-efficacy, occupational choice status, and commitment correlated significantly to career self-efficacy. (Author/NB)

Completion of the Myers Briggs Type Inventory by 103 accounting majors revealed no significant differences among personality types in achievement, except that sensing types perform better in accounting in general. Results seem to belie the suggestion that accounting attracts introverts and that the intuitive type is best suited to accounting in…

The 101 Unipolar Markers of the five-factor model of personality defined by L. Goldberg (1992) were evaluated with older men and undergraduates. Results from the undergraduate sample show the five-factor structure, but the 101 unipolar markers may not be suitable for use with older populations. (SLD)

The California Critical Thinking Disposition Inventory was completed by 334 college students. Majors in English, psychology, and nursing scored highest. Nonpractice disciplines (English, history, psychology) generally scored higher than practice disciplines (nursing, education, business). Females scored higher on open-mindedness and maturity. (SK)

A majority of 100 senior nursing students displayed low critical-thinking self-confidence scores as well as weaknesses in analytic, systematic, and inquisitive dispositions. The predominant learning styles were accommodation, diverger, and converger. (SK)

Identifies seven character traits characteristic of leaders among student life professionals: influence, values, integrity, trust, self-discipline, empathy, and attitude. Student life professionals are urged to periodically examine themselves in light of these traits as they build their leadership skills. (DB)

Sixteen 17-year-old kibbutz members, including 7 hashish smokers and 9 nonsmokers, assessed the probability that a young person of similar background would use drugs. It was found that hashish smokers assigned meaningful importance to a combined influence of personal predisposition and group pressure, while the nonsmokers considered only group…

This study extends prior work by examining how a different model of personality beyond the Big Five and interest are predictive of an important criterion variable, educational aspirations. This is the first study to investigate personality-interest convergence by examining the newly revised 2003 California Psychological Inventory with the 1994…

The problem was to determine whether significant relationships existed between the personality types of deans/directors of continuing education and chief academic officers in institutions of higher education in North Carolina. Literature was reviewed in order to determine the research that had been completed using the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator…

To date, little empirical research has been conducted to support the claim that outdoor adventure education (OAE) develops desirable psychological characteristics in participants. This study examined the effects of an OAE foundation degree curriculum on positive psychological development. Fifty-two students (26 OAE students, 26 controls on an…