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Lodewyk, Ken; Sullivan, Philip – JTRM in Kinesiology, 2017
A recently validated trait personality framework is the HEXACO (honesty-humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience). Little is yet known about how the HEXACO personality dimensions and its subsets--particularly the dimension of honesty-humility--relates to physical activity and body size…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Personality Traits, Physical Fitness, Self Concept
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Smith, Sydney S.; Smith Carter, Jocelyn; Karczewski, Sabrina; Pivarunas, Bernadette; Suffoletto, Shannon; Munin, Art – Journal of American College Health, 2015
Objective: Through a holistic health lens, the current study examines the effects of weight-related issues and stress on suicidality while controlling for depressive symptoms in college students. Participants: In total, 872 undergraduate and graduate students at DePaul University completed the American College Health Association-National College…
Descriptors: Stress Variables, Body Weight, Suicide, Gender Differences
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Chen, Charlie C.; Vannoy, Sandra – Contemporary Educational Technology, 2013
Voice over Internet Protocol- (VoIP) enabled online learning service providers struggling with high attrition rates and low customer loyalty issues despite VoIP's high degree of system fit for online global learning applications. Effective solutions to this prevalent problem rely on the understanding of system quality, information quality, and…
Descriptors: Factor Analysis, Correlation, Item Analysis, Hypothesis Testing
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Conrad, Nicole; Patry, Marc W. – International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2012
Previous research has established that a relationship exists between the personality trait of conscientiousness and academic achievement. The current study extends prior research by using a path analysis model to explore various proximal traits that may mediate this relationship in a sample of two hundred and twenty three undergraduate university…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Personality Traits, Path Analysis, Undergraduate Students
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Feldt, Ronald C. – College Student Journal, 2012
The study examined a model that integrates social-cognitive and trait-personality constructs to examine two domains of college satisfaction. Direct and indirect effects were observed for conscientiousness, perception of institutional resources, self-efficacy, and goal progress. Paths differed for personal and institutional satisfaction. Most…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Path Analysis, Participant Satisfaction, Personality Traits
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Sy, Susan R. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2006
This study investigates the effect of family obligations and part-time work on Latina adolescents' stress and academic achievement during the transition to college. One hundred seventeen Latina college students from immigrant families completed surveys assessing the mother-daughter relationship, family obligations, work-school conflict, school and…
Descriptors: Student Employment, Correlation, Family Influence, Anxiety