1966
DOI: 10.1037/h0024030
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Within-university transfer: Its relation to personality characteristics.

Abstract: Personality differences between -io randomh selected women who remained m Arts and Sciences (A&S), 29 women who transierred to Commerce, 5^ women transfers to Education, and 20 women transiers to enhei Home Ecoiwrmc.-. or Nursing were found b\ mulliple-di->criminam anal\?i-to be significant it the 01 level Conclusions are (a) Women who remained in A&S wen more authoritarian, practical, and career oncnud, (b) Women transiers to cithei Commerce or Education displa\ed a more intellectual approach toward scholarlm… Show more

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“…More important, though, they suggest a valuable method for an investigation of the di- mensions involved in change. The factor structure of freshman OPI scores (Elton & Rose, 1966) is markedly different from the data presented in Table 1. Furthermore, although it would have to be assumed from Plant's (1965) data that change occurs irrespective of the number of semesters completed, it does not have to be assumed that the dimensions of change are similar for each year or semester of college completed.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 78%
“…More important, though, they suggest a valuable method for an investigation of the di- mensions involved in change. The factor structure of freshman OPI scores (Elton & Rose, 1966) is markedly different from the data presented in Table 1. Furthermore, although it would have to be assumed from Plant's (1965) data that change occurs irrespective of the number of semesters completed, it does not have to be assumed that the dimensions of change are similar for each year or semester of college completed.…”
Section: Discussioncontrasting
confidence: 78%
“…These findings were interpreted to support the idea that different behaviors are rewarded in different curricula. Elton and Rose (1966) used discriminant function analysis to compare female freshman students who transfer from Arts and Science to other fields of study (Home Economics, Commerce, Education). The groups were compared on five personality scales of the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) as well as a composite of the American College Test (ACT).…”
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“…May, 1967 911 PROCEDURE The Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) is routinely administered to all entering freshmen at the University of Kentucky. A factor analysis of the original 16 scales of the OPI, details of which are available in Elton and Rose (1966), produced the following five factors: (1) Tolerance and Autonomy, (2) Suppression-Repression, (3) Masculine Role, (4) Scholarly Orientation, and (5) Social Introversion.…”
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