Table 1
Means (standard deviations) and MANOVA 1 results for personality traits by programme structure
|
Personality dimensions |
HSE |
GE |
Total |
F(2,516) |
|
Π |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Neuroticism |
21.9 (7.84) |
18.5 (6.76) |
21.2 (7.75) |
17.64*** |
.021 |
.853 |
|
Extraversion |
31.0 (5.68) |
32.8 (5.21) |
31.4 (5.62) |
8.22** |
.003 |
.204 |
|
Openness to experience |
29.0 (5.41) |
31.4 (4.63) |
29.5 (5.34) |
17.12*** |
.023 |
.886 |
|
Agreeableness |
34.1 (5.28) |
36.1 (4.06) |
34.5 (5.12) |
14.12*** |
.011 |
.580 |
|
Conscientiousness |
34.6 (6.01) |
36.3 (5.89) |
34.9 (6.02) |
6.52* |
.009 |
.459 |
HSE high school entry, GE graduate entry
*** p < .001; ** p < .01; * p < .05
Fig. 1
Means and 95 % confidence intervals for personality traits by programme structure
Table 2
Means (standard deviations) and MANOVA results for personalitraits by school
|
Personality dimensions |
UBI |
UAlg |
UM |
Total |
F(2,516) |
|
π |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Neuroticism |
21.3 (8.11) |
18.6 (6.09) |
22 (7.75) |
21.2 (7.75) |
5.53** |
.021 |
.853 |
|
Extraversion |
31.1 (6.01) |
32.1 (5.26) |
31.4 (5.39) |
31.4 (5.62) |
0.89 |
.003 |
.204 |
|
Openness to experience |
28.8 (5.41) |
31.3 (4.84) |
29.5 (5.31) |
29.5 (5.34) |
6.09** |
.023 |
.886 |
|
Agreeableness |
34.3 (5.6) |
35.8 (4.18) |
34.3 (4.9) |
34.5 (5.12) |
2.99 |
.011 |
.580 |
|
Conscientiousness |
34.3 (6.1) |
35.3 (6.26) |
35.4 (5.83) |
34.9 (6.02) |
2.26 |
.009 |
.459 |
UBI University of Beira Interior, UAlg University of Algarve, UM University of Minho
*** p < .001; ** p < .01; * p < .05
Fig. 2
Means and 95 % confidence intervals for personality traits by school
Table 3
Between sex*school comparisons controlled for age
|
Personality dimensions |
UBI |
UAlg |
UM |
Total |
F(1,512) |
|
π | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F |
M |
F | ||||
|
Neuroticism |
19.7 |
22.5 |
18.3 |
18.8 |
18.9 |
23.6 |
19.1 |
22.6 |
10.72** |
.021 |
.905 |
|
(8.17) |
(7.89) |
(6.1) |
(6.14) |
(7.82) |
(7.22) |
(7.71) |
(7.49) | ||||
|
Extraversion |
31.9 |
30.4 |
31.2 |
32.7 |
31.7 |
31.3 |
31.7 |
31.2 |
<1 |
.000 |
.050 |
|
(5.71) |
(6.18) |
(5.17) |
(5.31) |
(5.56) |
(5.31) |
(5.54) |
(5.68) | ||||
|
Openness to experience |
29.4 |
28.4 |
30.8 |
31.8 |
29.8 |
29.3 |
29.8 |
29.3 |
<1 |
.000 |
.054 |
|
(5.02) |
(5.68) |
(4.83) |
(4.87) |
(5.33) |
(5.3) |
(5.12) |
(5.47) | ||||
|
Agreeableness |
32.8 |
35.4 |
34.6 |
36.9 |
33 |
34.9 |
33.2 |
35.3 |
22.05*** |
.041 |
.997 |
|
(5.57) |
(5.4) |
(4.21) |
(3.89) |
(4.97) |
(4.76) |
(5.14) |
(4.93) | ||||
|
Conscientiousness |
33.5 |
34.9 |
32.2 |
37.8 |
34.2 |
36.1 |
33.6 |
35.8 |
25.86*** |
.048 |
.999 |
|
(5.88) |
(6.23) |
(5.73) |
(5.57) |
(6.64) |
(5.27) |
(6.18) |
(5.74) | ||||
UBI University of Beira Interior, UAlg University of Algarve, UM University of Minho
*** p < .001; ** p < .01
Fig. 3
Means and 95 % confidence intervals for personality traits by sex
