PROFILE AND PRIMARY FACTORS OF PERSONALITY AS CORRELATES TO ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT OF THE FRESHMEN STUDENTS AT THE COLLEGE OF DEVELOPMENT COMMUNICATION AND ARTS AND SCIENCES DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR, 2014-2015
Keywords:
Primary factors of personality, socio-demographic profile, academic achievementAbstract
This study aimed at determining the relationship of the profile, Primary Factors of Personality and academic achievement of the freshmen students of the College of Development Communication and Arts and Sciences in their first semester during the school year, 2014-2015. The 82 respondents were chosen based on Simple Random Sampling. The data was collected through High School Personality Questionnaire, consolidated and described utilizing the percentage, frequency count, weighted mean and analyzed through Pearson Product Moment Correlation Coefficient to obtain the existing relationships. The profile variables that are included in this study are age, educational attainment of their parents, annual family income, religious affiliation and family size.
The academic performance of the respondents showed that majority obtained a Grade Point Average of 3.0. The Primary Factors of Personality showed that the respondents obtained low description in the following five factors (A-Warmth, B-Intelligence, F-Cheerfulness, H-Boldness and Q4-Tension) while the other eight factors such as C+Emotional Stability, D+Excitability, E+Dominance, I+Sensitivity, J+Withdrawal, O+Apprehension Q2+Self-Sufficiency and Q3+Self-Discipline indicated that the respondents obtained high description. The single factor on Conformity showed equal number of Low, G-description and High, G+ description.
When the variables are correlated correspondingly, Intelligence, Emotional Stability, Excitability, Dominance, Cheerfulness, Sensitivity, Withdrawal, Self-Sufficiency, Self discipline and Tension do not show any relationship to academic achievement. Thus, the socio-demographic profile of students have an effect on their academic achievements
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