ERIC Number: EJ1450797
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Jan
Pages: 18
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ISSN: ISSN-0016-9862
EISSN: EISSN-1934-9041
Personality Profiles among Honors and Regular Undergraduate Students: Associations with Well-Being and Strategies for Coping with Stress
Sakhavat Mammadov; Dana Lockhart; Anne Rinn; Thomas J. Ward
Gifted Child Quarterly, v69 n1 p16-33 2025
The aim of this study was two-fold: (a) to explore personality profiles among honors undergraduate students and regular undergraduate students, and (b) to investigate the extent to which these profiles are associated with students' well-being and coping strategies for stress. Using latent class analysis (LCA) on the Big Five personality traits of a total of 532 undergraduate students (229 honors students), we identified three distinct profiles: Overcontrollers, Averages, and Resilients. Honors students were underrepresented in the Averages profile. No significant disproportionality was observed in the other two profiles. Resilients had the highest well-being scores and showed a greater tendency to engage in proactive problem-solving when faced with stress. In contrast, Overcontrollers leaned toward using accountability and self-critique as their primary coping strategy. Findings are discussed in the context of replicable personality prototypes and in relationship to prior research involving honors and academically advanced students.
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Undergraduate Students, Honors Curriculum, Coping, Student Welfare, Stress Variables, Differences, Student Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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