The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence
In this cross-sectional study, we analyse the relationship between personality, which was operationalized in the PSY-5 dimensions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) and the way students live their lives at school, expressed through indicators of achievement, int...
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| description | In this cross-sectional study, we analyse the relationship between personality, which was operationalized in the PSY-5 dimensions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) and the way students live their lives at school, expressed through indicators of achievement, integration, and overall satisfaction. A total of 351 students, aged 14-18 years, participated in the study. The instruments were the Portuguese version of the MMPI-A and the School Life Questionnaire. Results show a pattern of significant relationships between personality traits and school life, being Disconstraint and Introversion the personality dimensions that stood out mostly in the explanation of school life variables results. Results are analysed considering the importance of personality for the development of more or less adaptive pathways in adolescence. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3d30d8b5f31843bd94390b4de69e03242022-12-22T00:52:01ZengSpringerOpenPsicologia: Reflexão e Crítica1678-71532014-01-0127236837610.1590/1678-7153.201427218S0102-79722014000200368The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in AdolescenceRenato G. CarvalhoRosa F. NovoIn this cross-sectional study, we analyse the relationship between personality, which was operationalized in the PSY-5 dimensions of the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory - Adolescent (MMPI-A) and the way students live their lives at school, expressed through indicators of achievement, integration, and overall satisfaction. A total of 351 students, aged 14-18 years, participated in the study. The instruments were the Portuguese version of the MMPI-A and the School Life Questionnaire. Results show a pattern of significant relationships between personality traits and school life, being Disconstraint and Introversion the personality dimensions that stood out mostly in the explanation of school life variables results. Results are analysed considering the importance of personality for the development of more or less adaptive pathways in adolescence.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722014000200368&lng=en&tlng=enPersonalidadeadolescênciavida escolarMMPI-Adimensões PSY-5 do MMPI-A |
| spellingShingle | Renato G. Carvalho Rosa F. Novo The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica Personalidade adolescência vida escolar MMPI-A dimensões PSY-5 do MMPI-A |
| title | The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence |
| title_full | The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence |
| title_fullStr | The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence |
| title_short | The Relationship between Structural Dimensions of Personality and School Life in Adolescence |
| title_sort | relationship between structural dimensions of personality and school life in adolescence |
| topic | Personalidade adolescência vida escolar MMPI-A dimensões PSY-5 do MMPI-A |
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