Personality traits’ effects on self-efficacy and outcome expectations for high school major choice

Dikla Brown; Rachel Gali Cinamon

doi:10.1007/s10775-015-9316-4

Personality traits’ effects on self-efficacy and outcome expectations for high school major choice

Dikla Brown, Rachel Gali Cinamon

School of Education

Tel Aviv University

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Abstract

The current study focuses on the contribution of the Big Five personality traits to the development of self-efficacy and outcome expectations regarding selection of a high school major among 368 Israeli adolescents (M_age = 16.07, SD = 0.41). Structural equation analyses showed that higher levels of conscientiousness and extraversion and lower neuroticism contributed to higher self-efficacy. In contrast, higher levels of conscientiousness and neuroticism and lower extraversion contributed to higher outcome expectations. These findings expand our understanding regarding personality characteristics serving as antecedents of self-efficacy and outcome expectations and sets important implications for career interventions with adolescents.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	343-361
Number of pages	19
Journal	International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
Volume	16
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-015-9316-4
State	Published - 1 Oct 2016

Keywords

Adolescents
Big Five personality traits
Decision making self efficacy

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Education
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