Looking beyond the five-factor model: college self-efficacy as a moderator of the relationship between Tellegen's big three model of personality and Holland's model of vocational interest types

College self-efficacy inventory;College student attitudes;Psychometrics;Vocational guidance;PsychologyResearchand Methodology

Barrett, Elizabeth A.McFadden, Susan ;

University of Wisconsin

关键词: College self-efficacy inventory;    College student attitudes;    Psychometrics;    Vocational guidance;    PsychologyResearchand Methodology;   

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瑞士|英语

来源: University of Wisconsin

【 摘 要 】

The Five-Factor Model (FFM) of personality and Tellegen?s Big Three Model ofpersonality were compared to determine their ability to predict Holland;;s RIASECinterest types. College self-efficacy was examined as a moderator of the relationshipbetween Tellegen;;s Big Three model and the RIASEC interest types. A sample of 194college freshmen (i.e., less than 30 credits completed) was drawn from the psychologyparticipant pool of a mid-sized Midwestern university. Instruments included theInternational Personality Item Pool (IPIP) to measure the FFM; the MultidimensionalPersonality Questionnaire Brief Form (MPQ-BF) to measure Tellegen;;s Big Three modelof personality; the College Self-Efficacy Inventory (CSEI) to measure college selfefficacy;and the Self Directed Search (SDS) to measure Holland;;s RIASEC model ofvocational interests. Findings from correlational analyses supported previous researchregarding relationships among the FFM and the RIASEC interest types, and relationshipsamong Tellegen;;s Big Three and the RIASEC interest types. As hypothesized and testedvia regressions for each of the six interest types, Tellegen;;s Big Three model predicted allsix vocational interests types (p < .001 for all), while the FFM only predicted two types atp < .05. College self-efficacy did not moderate the relationship between Tellegen;;s BigThree and the RIASEC interest types. Implications and future research are discussed.