PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND VOCATIONAL INTERESTS RELATED TO COLLEGE PERSISTENCE OF ACADEMICALLY GIFTED WOMEN

PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND VOCATIONAL INTERESTS OF 723 GIFTED FRESHMEN WOMEN WHO GRADUATED AND 526 WHO DID NOT WERE COMPARED USING MEAN-DIFFERENCE TESTS, CHI-SQUARE ANALYSES, AND TESTS OF DIFFERENCES IN PROPORTIONS. MMPI RESULTS REVEALED THAT NONGRADUATES HAD LESS INSIGHT INTO THEIR OWN PERSONALITY STRUCTURES, GREATER DIFFICULTY IN INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS, MORE PROBLEMS WITH IMPULSE CONTROL, AND GREATER INNER TENSIONS. GRADUATES WERE MORE INSIGHTFUL, CONVENTIONAL, TEMPERATE, MODEST, SELF-CONFIDENT, HAD BETTER EGO STRENGTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INTEGRATION, AND WERE RELATIVELY FREE FROM TENSION. SVIB SCORES OF GRADUATES WERE HIGHER ON THE AUTHOR, LIBRARIAN, ENGLISH TEACHER, SOCIAL SCIENCE TEACHER, PSYCHOLOGIST, AND LAWYER SCALES. NONGRADUATES HAD HIGHER SCORES ON THE BUYER, STENOGRAPHER-SECRETARY, OFFICE WORKER, BUSINESS EDUCATION TEACHER, AND DIETICIAN SCALES. (22 REF.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1968 American Psychological Association.