The impact of personality in the selection of teacher students: Is there more to it than the Big Five?
Author(s) / Creator(s)
Koschmieder, Corinna
Weissenbacher, Barbara
Pretsch, Jürgen
Neubauer, Aljoscha C.
Abstract / Description
The bandwidth-fidelity dilemma is a controversially discussed problem in personality measurement. In this study, we contrasted the utility of broad versus narrow personality traits in an admission exam for teacher students. We compared the Big Five and narrow personality constructs (social-communicative behavior, achievement behavior, health and recreation behavior), which were part of an assessment battery for teacher student selection (N = 1120), regarding overlap and predictive validity. As criterion variables, academic satisfaction (N = 184) and GPA (N = 680) were assessed later. Reasonableness of including both questionnaires in one assessment may be questioned in terms of overlap of the personality inventories. Results show that health and recreation behavior cannot be covered by the Big Five in a selection procedure. Empirically, both broad and narrow traits show predictive validity for academic success and satisfaction.
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personality bandwidth-fidelity dilemma longitudinal study academic success teacher studentsPersistent Identifier
Date of first publication
2018-08-31
Journal title
Europe's Journal of Psychology
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14
Issue
3
Page numbers
680–694
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PsychOpen GOLD
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Koschmieder, C., Weissenbacher, B., Pretsch, J., & Neubauer, A. C. (2018). The impact of personality in the selection of teacher students: Is there more to it than the Big Five? Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 680–694. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1536
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Koschmieder, Corinna
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Weissenbacher, Barbara
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Pretsch, Jürgen
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Author(s) / Creator(s)Neubauer, Aljoscha C.
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Date of first publication2018-08-31
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Abstract / DescriptionThe bandwidth-fidelity dilemma is a controversially discussed problem in personality measurement. In this study, we contrasted the utility of broad versus narrow personality traits in an admission exam for teacher students. We compared the Big Five and narrow personality constructs (social-communicative behavior, achievement behavior, health and recreation behavior), which were part of an assessment battery for teacher student selection (N = 1120), regarding overlap and predictive validity. As criterion variables, academic satisfaction (N = 184) and GPA (N = 680) were assessed later. Reasonableness of including both questionnaires in one assessment may be questioned in terms of overlap of the personality inventories. Results show that health and recreation behavior cannot be covered by the Big Five in a selection procedure. Empirically, both broad and narrow traits show predictive validity for academic success and satisfaction.en_US
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Publication statuspublishedVersion
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Review statuspeerReviewed
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CitationKoschmieder, C., Weissenbacher, B., Pretsch, J., & Neubauer, A. C. (2018). The impact of personality in the selection of teacher students: Is there more to it than the Big Five? Europe's Journal of Psychology, 14(3), 680–694. https://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1536
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ISSN1841-0413
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Persistent Identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12034/1120
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Persistent Identifierhttps://doi.org/10.23668/psycharchives.1312
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Language of contenteng
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PublisherPsychOpen GOLD
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Is version ofhttps://doi.org/10.5964/ejop.v14i3.1536
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Keyword(s)personalityen_US
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Keyword(s)bandwidth-fidelity dilemmaen_US
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Keyword(s)longitudinal studyen_US
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Keyword(s)academic successen_US
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Keyword(s)teacher studentsen_US
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Dewey Decimal Classification number(s)150
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TitleThe impact of personality in the selection of teacher students: Is there more to it than the Big Five?en_US
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DRO typearticle
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Issue3
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Journal titleEurope's Journal of Psychology
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Page numbers680–694
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Volume14
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