International sojourn experience and personality development: Selection and socialization effects of studying abroad and the Big Five
(2017) In Personality and Individual Differences 112. p.55-61- Abstract
- As part of a multi-study project, this test-retest study seeks to identify the relations between studying abroad anda sojourner's personality as measured by the Big Five personality traits. It thereby attempts to answer the ques-tions of who chooses to study abroad and how study abroad changes personality. A total of 221 students from aGermanuniversity weretracked over the courseofa semester, with theBig Fivebeing obtained via a Germanver-sion of the Big Five Inventory (Lang,Lüdtke, & Asendorpf, 2001)bothatthe beginning and atthe end. The share of93 students who studied abroad were found to rate higher in agreeableness and openness prior to the interna-tional experience than their fellow students who did not sojourn. In turn,... (More)
- As part of a multi-study project, this test-retest study seeks to identify the relations between studying abroad anda sojourner's personality as measured by the Big Five personality traits. It thereby attempts to answer the ques-tions of who chooses to study abroad and how study abroad changes personality. A total of 221 students from aGermanuniversity weretracked over the courseofa semester, with theBig Fivebeing obtained via a Germanver-sion of the Big Five Inventory (Lang,Lüdtke, & Asendorpf, 2001)bothatthe beginning and atthe end. The share of93 students who studied abroad were found to rate higher in agreeableness and openness prior to the interna-tional experience than their fellow students who did not sojourn. In turn, sojourning evoked increases in bothextraversion and agreeableness and a decrease in neuroticism. Upon inclusion of interaction terms of initial BigFive levels and study abroad status, positive main effects of study abroad and negative interaction effects forboth agreeableness and conscientiousness could be observed. (Less)
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- Niehoff, Esther ; Petersdotter, Linn LU and Freund, Alexander
- publishing date
- 2017-02-18
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- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Personality development, Big Five, Life events, Study abroad, International experience
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- Personality and Individual Differences
- volume
- 112
- pages
- 55 - 61
- publisher
- Elsevier
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- scopus:85014111622
- ISSN
- 1873-3549
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.043
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- English
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- 0e346a43-818a-4ba6-b1ac-6fbe6c60e9b5
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