Relationship between School Adjustment and the"Big Five"Personality Traits among Veteran College Students
In order to help veteran college students better adapt to school life,this study selected 150 veteran college students in Beijing by convenient sampling method,and tested them using the Chinese College Student Adjustment Scale(CCSAS)and the Ten-Item Personality Inventory in China(TIPI-C)to explore the relationship between school adaptation and Big Five Personality.Results indicate that:Veteran college students generally do not have significant school adaptation problems,and their average scores in the Big Five personality and various dimensions are higher than the general level.Those who just become veterans and college students in the same year have significantly lower scores in school adaptation,interpersonal relationship adaptation,campus life adaptation,self adaptation,and emotional adaptation compared to those who retired for one year or more.There are significant differences in gender,family origin and meritorious service award among the Big Five grid dimensions of veteran college students.Except for the lack of correlation between openness and satisfaction,the dimensions of the Big Five personality traits of veteran college students are significantly correlated with the dimensions of school adaptation,and the dimensions of the Big Five personality traits can significantly predict school adaptation and its multiple dimensions.Suggestions are,therefore,offered:focusing on the adaptation status of veteran college students who returned to school that year;conducting educational interventions based on individual student surveys;improving the educational content for veteran college students to adapt to school.
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