Personality, state-trait anxiety and admission to university in preuniversity students
This correlational study identifies personality dimensions, type of anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics of students from a preuniversity center. 1t was conducted with 318 participants of both sexes (43.8% female and 56.2% male) whose ages range from 15 to 19 years old. They were assessed wi...
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| Formato: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2000 |
| País: | Perú |
| Recursos: | Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Repositorio: | Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Idioma: | español |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6099 |
| Acesso em linha: | http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/6099 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palavra-chave: | personality state and trait anxiety and admission to university. personalidad ansiedad estado y ansiedad rasgo ingreso a la universidad |
| Resumo: | This correlational study identifies personality dimensions, type of anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics of students from a preuniversity center. 1t was conducted with 318 participants of both sexes (43.8% female and 56.2% male) whose ages range from 15 to 19 years old. They were assessed with the following instruments: Costa and McCrae's Persona1ity lnventory NEO PI-R (1992), Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety lnventory (STAI, 1975) and tutors' reports. Results confirm the presence of a basic factor structure of five dimensions: Likewise, they also reveal significant correlations among Intellectual Quotient (IQ). personality characteristics related to Conscientiousness factor and admission to university. Self-discipline stands out among the facets that correlate with admission. Finally, results are discussed. |
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