NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Back to results
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
ERIC Number: EJ739410
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2006
Pages: 17
Abstractor: Author
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1069-0727
EISSN: N/A
Do Personality Traits Contribute to Vocational Self-Efficacy?
Larson, Lisa M.; Borgen, Fred H.
Journal of Career Assessment, v14 n3 p295-311 2006
Although personality is viewed as a precursor to self-efficacy and interest development (e.g., Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994), little research concerns linkages between personality and self-efficacy. This article bridges the relation by presenting the pattern of findings across four university samples. Three general and 11 specific personality traits were operationalized using Tellegens Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (Tellegen, 1982, 2000; Tellegen & Waller, in press). Vocational self-efficacy across Hollands hexagon (i.e., Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional domains) was operationalized using the Skills Confidence Inventory (Betz, Borgen, & Harmon, 1996, 2005). Most of the contributions of personality to vocational confidence were with Positive Emotional Temperament and its related primary traits. Moreover, these same personality traits were also related to the elevation of a persons profile overall (mean confidence level). Finally, Absorption, affiliated with both Positive and Negative Emotional Temperament, contributed to Artistic confidence whereas Harmavoidance (-) partially explained Realistic confidence. (Contains 2 tables.)
SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com.
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire
Grant or Contract Numbers: N/A