RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND VOCATIONAL INTERESTS: A LONGITUDINAL STUDY

The purpose of the present study was to examine the changes of personality traits and vocational interest dimensions as well as the dynamic correlations between the personality traits and vocational interests of Turkish undergraduate students at two different time points. This study utilises data from 977 undergraduate students, where students scored higher on Emotionality, Openness, Enterprising, Narcissism and Psychopathy and lower on Honesty-Humility and Agreeableness from T1 to T2. The results provide two suggestions:(i) there were not any significant changes in the relationship between personality traits and vocational interests; (ii) Apart from other relations, Extraversion and Dark Triad personality traits are positively, while Honesty-humility is negatively related with Enterprising across time

Kişilik Özellikleri ve Mesleki İlgiler Arasındaki İlişki: Boylamsal Bir Çalışma

Bu çalışmanın ana amacı, Türkiyedeki üniversite öğrencilerinin kişilik özellikleri ve mesleki ilgilerinin değişimi ve bunlar arasındaki ilişkinin değişiminin iki farklızamanda nasıl olduğunun belirlenmesidir. Çalışmaya 977 üniversite öğrencisi katılmış olup, Duygusallık, Açıklık, Girişkenlik, Narsistlik ve Psikopatlık ta yükselme; Dürüstlük ve alçakgönüllülük ve Uyumlulukta zaman içerisinde düşüş görülmüştür. Bu sonuçlar iki şeyi ortaya koymaktadır: (ii) kişilik ve mesleki ilgiler arasındaki ilişki zaman içerisinde değişiklik göstermemiştir (i) diğer ilişkiler dışında, Dışadönüklülük ve Karanlık Üçlü kişilik özellikeri Girişimcilikle pozitif, Dürüstlük ve alçak gönüllülük ise Girişimcilikle zaman içerisinde negatif bir ilişki göstermiştir

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