Personality and Specialty Choice in Speech-Language Pathology Students

Autor/inn/en	Leonard, Morgan V.; Plexico, Laura W.; Plumb, Allison M.
Titel	Personality and Specialty Choice in Speech-Language Pathology Students
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 46 (2019) 2, S.130-143 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845317730904
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Speech Language Pathology; Questionnaires; Personality Measures; Role; Student Attitudes; Specialization; Majors (Students); Age Differences; Alienation; Aggression; Trust (Psychology); Peer Relationship; Correlation; Career Choice; Graduate Students; Undergraduate Students; Career Counseling; Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Fragebogen; Rollen; Schülerverhalten; Arbeitsteilige Spezialisierung; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Entfremdung; Peer-Beziehungen; Korrelation; Graduate Study; Student; Students; Aufbaustudium; Graduiertenstudium; Hauptstudium; Studentin
Abstract	The role of personality in specialty choices of speech-language pathology (SLP) students was examined. Specialty choices were obtained using a demographic questionnaire, and personality was measured with the Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire (MPQ) in an electronic survey. The personalities of SLP students were compared to students in nine educational majors using Hotelling's T[superscript 2]-test analyses. Multivariate analyses of variance were conducted to evaluate the effects of the 11 primary personality traits on age and setting choice. SLP students were found to significantly differ from the nine examined majors in the MPQ primary traits--social potency, alienation, aggression, harm avoidance, and control. Students were found to be organized, trusting of peers, nonaggressive, and harm avoidant when compared to other student groups. Personality traits did not significantly contribute to age or facility choice, and the degree of variance in the responses may indicate that a variety of personality types can thrive within the field. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01