Big Five Personality Traits and Willingness to Communicate Among Foreign Language Learners in Turkey

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (9) ◽  
pp. 1473-1482 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huseyin Oz
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
State University ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Personality Item

In this study I investigated the relationship between personality traits and willingness to communicate (WTC) in a second language (L2 WTC). Participants were 168 university students majoring in English as a foreign language at a major state university in Ankara, Turkey. Data were collected using the International Personality Item Pool and the Willingness to Communicate Scale. I found that 20% of participants had high L2 WTC, 66% moderate L2 WTC, and 14% low L2 WTC. The Big Five factors of extraversion, agreeableness, and openness to experience were significant in predicting and setting the psychological context for WTC in English. There was also a positive correlation between participants' academic achievement and L2 WTC. I concluded that the interaction of the Big Five personality traits may greatly contribute to the production and promotion of WTC in learning a second or foreign language.

scholarly journals Examining the Association of Grit Profiles With Big Five Personality and Achievement Among Iranian Foreign Language Learners

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maryam Khodaverdian Dehkordi ◽  
Ali Akbar Jabbari ◽  
Golnar Mazdayasna
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Beneficial Effects ◽  
Foreign Language Learners ◽  
Efl Students ◽  
High Consistency ◽  
The Relationship

Grit—trait-level perseverance and prolonged passion for primary goals—is related to several indicators of educational success such as academic achievement, engagement, and motivation. Although there is new evidence showing the beneficial effects of grit, most research has taken a variable-focused approach and consequently has failed to indicate how individuals with different grit profiles might have different academic results. The present study aimed to build on the existing literature on grit by investigating the relationship between grit, big five personality and L2 achievement. The participants of this study were 384 English as a Foreign Language (EFL) students from different academic majors studying at Yazd University. They had enrolled in General English (GE) courses. The results of the cluster analyses showed that there were three natural grit profiles (Cluster 1 = High Perseverance and High Consistency; Cluster 2 = High Perseverance and Low Consistency; Cluster = Low Perseverance and High Consistency) in the current study. The results of the multivariate analysis of variance (ANOVA) showed that students belonging to cluster 1 had the highest scores on big five personality traits and L2 achievement. The results also showed that when taking academic exams, high perseverance of effort and low consistency of interest were related to higher level of neuroticism and lower level of consciousness. Our study has some theoretical and practical implications. Regarding the theory, this study is related to the existing grit literature by elaborating the relationship between grit profiles, big five personality traits, and L2A. Regarding the practice, our findings affirm the significance of developing and implementing the big five personality traits interventions in grit prediction.

Effects of English usage on Facebook and personality traits on achievement of students learning English as a foreign language

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 17-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Po-Chi Kao ◽  
Philip Craigie
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Unique Contribution ◽  
Pearson Product Moment Correlation ◽  
English Usage ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Learning English

In this study we explored the impact of English usage on Facebook (EUF) and the Big Five personality traits of 164 Taiwanese university students on their level of achievement in learning English as a foreign language (EFL). Using the Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient, we found that EUF was positively associated with extraversion and conscientiousness, but negatively related to neuroticism. The results of a simultaneous multiple regression analysis indicated that EUF, extraversion, and neuroticism accounted for a statistically significant amount of variance in EFL achievement. Of the variables, EUF made the largest significant unique contribution to the prediction of the participants' EFL achievement.

scholarly journals Big Five Personality Traits and Motivation in Learning Mandarin as Foreign Language

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Chen Jung Ku ◽  
Lau Yoke Lian ◽  
Hamid Rizal ◽  
Anath Rau Krishnan ◽  
Hanudin Amin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Language ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Model Framework ◽  
East Malaysia ◽  
Social Visibility ◽  
Mandarin Language ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract: The present study aims to develop a model illuminating the relationship between student personality traits and motivation towards learning Mandarin as a foreign language. A model framework consisting of five exogenous variables and one endogenous variable of motivation are examined in the present study. Sample of 260 undergraduates taking Mandarin language at public university in East Malaysia was used as respondents for the present work. The path analysis revealed that the big five personality traits significantly influence and explained 52% of the variance in students' motivation. The analysis further indicates that extraversion and conscientiousness produce the strongest correlation with students' motivation. The results inferred that students who enjoy social visibility and self-discipline are also who will be motivated to learn the Mandarin language. Findings also demonstrated that agreeableness positively influence motivation, and neuroticism, as expected, produce negative direct relations with motivation towards learning Mandarin as a foreign language. On the contrary, the present study did not find any correlation between openness and motivation. The implications of this study are also discussed and interpreted within the context of what educators could do to encourage students' motivation.   Keywords: Big five, Extraversion, Mandarin language, Neuroticism, Personality traits.

scholarly journals Psychophysiological Responses to Competition and the Big Five Personality Traits

2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erdal Binboga ◽  
Senol Guven ◽  
Fatih Çatıkkaş ◽  
Onur Bayazıt ◽  
Serdar Tok
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Electrodermal Activity ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Cognitive State ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Psychophysiological Responses ◽  
Cognitive Anxiety ◽  
Five Factors ◽  
Psychophysiological Arousal

Psychophysiological Responses to Competition and the Big Five Personality Traits This study examines the relationship between psychophysiological arousal, cognitive anxiety, and personality traits in young taekwondo athletes. A total of 20 male and 10 female taekwondo athletes (mean age = 18.6 years; ± 1.8) volunteered for the study. The Five Factor Personality Inventory and the state scale of the Spielberger State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) were used to measure personality and cognitive state anxiety. Electrodermal activity (EDA) was measured twice, one day and approximately one hour prior to the competition, to determine psychophysiological arousal. Descriptive statistics, Pearson product-moment correlations, and stepwise regression were used to analyze the data. Several "Big Five" facets were related to the EDA delta scores that were measured both one day and one hour before the competition. Two stepwise regressions were conducted to examine whether personality traits could significantly predict both EDA delta scores. The final model, containing only neuroticism from the Big Five factors, can significantly explain the variations in the EDA delta scores measured one day before the competition. Agreeableness can significantly explain variations in the EDA delta scores measured one hour before the competition. No relationship was found between cognitive anxiety and the EDA delta scores measured one hour before the competition. In conclusion, personality traits, especially agreeableness and neuroticism, might be useful in understanding arousal responses to competition.

Understanding Usage Behavior of Different Mobile Application Categories Based on Personality Traits

2020 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 66-80
Author(s):  
Farid Huseynov
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Mobile Application ◽  
Mobile Apps ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Actual Behavior ◽  
Usage Behavior ◽  
Personality Item ◽  
Application Developers

Abstract This study assessed the influence of personality traits on individuals’ mobile application usage behavior in different application categories. In the assessment of personality, this study used the well-known Big Five personality traits taxonomy. The Big Five personality traits were measured by using the Mini-International Personality Item Pool scale. Rather than using participants’ self-reports about their app usage behavior, this study utilized actual app usage data that were collected via app usage tracker installed in the participants’ mobile devices. Instead of focusing on a single category of app, this study assessed the participants’ actual behavior across 10 broad and distinct categories of apps. This study showed that personality traits do play an important role in usage behavior of different mobile application categories. Results of this research show that individuals who are extravert and open to experience are more likely to spend time using photography and video editing-related mobile apps. While emotionally stable individuals are less likely to access social networking apps, conscientious individuals tend to stay away from e-commerce-related apps. This research also found that agreeableness is negatively related with access and usage of health and lifestyle mobile apps as well as Internet searching and browsing apps. Application developers and marketers can use the findings of this research to increase users’ adoption and usage rate of their apps.

scholarly journals THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BIG FIVE PERSONALITY TRAITS AND WILLINGNESS TO COMMUNICATE

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-81
Author(s):  
Jelisaveta Šafranj ◽  
Marina Katić
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
English Language ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Willingness To Communicate ◽  
English Language Teaching ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Five Dimensions ◽  
Novi Sad ◽  
The Relationship

The relationship between personality traits and willingness to communicate (WTC) in English language teaching (ELT) was investigated in this study. The examinees included 303 university students at Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad. Data were gathered using the International Personality Item Pool (IPIP; Goldberg, 2001) and Willingness to Communicate (WTC) Scale (McCroskey, 1992). When talking to strangers 33.7% of the examinees obtained low scores on WTC, 49.5% had medium levels of WTC and 16.8% had high WTC. When talking to acquaintances 36.3% of the examinees reported low levels of WTC, 46.9% reported moderate levels and 16.8% reported high levels of WTC. Similar results were reported when talking to friends. In addition, coefficients revealed significant positive correlations between WTC in EFL and all Big Five dimensions. Interpretation of the coefficients suggest that there was a small correlation between WTC in EFL and Conscientiousness, Emotional stability and Agreeableness. Moderate to high correlations were between WTC in EFL and Extraversion and Intellect. It was concluded that the interaction of the Big Five Personality Traits may significantly contribute to the promotion and production of WTC in learning English as a second language.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TRAIT KEPRIBADIAN BIG FIVE TERHADAP KEPERCAYAAN KONSUMEN UNTUK BERBELANJA PADA TOKO ONLINE

2013 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 70
Author(s):  
Intan Pandina ◽  
Gumgum Gumelar
Keyword(s):  
Regression Analysis ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Sampling Method ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Regression Equation ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Item Pool ◽  
Personality Item ◽  
Positive Effect

Abstract This study aims to know the effect of big five personality traits against consumers trust for shopping in online shop. The research takes 120 subjects who ever did spending in online shop and domiciled in Jakarta. The methods was used in this research is quantitative approach with the regression analysis. The taking of sample in this study uses a nonprobability accidental sampling method. Instrument of this study consists of two scales, there are scale of consumers trust according to Mcknight, Kacmar, and Choudhury theory and scale of big five personality traits which had been adopted and modified from organization of International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) based on NEO-PI-R. The study result explains that there is significant effect between the big five personality traits against consumers trust for shopping in online shop. Regression equation obtained is Y = 38,315 + 0,044 X1 + 0,076 X2 + 0,406 X3 + 0,269 X4 + 0,067 X5, which means there is a positive effect between the big five personality traits against consumers trust for shopping in online shop with the value F = 4,618; p = 0,001 < 0.05 (significant). The amount of effect (Adjustment R Square) to the occurrence of the big five personality traits and consumers trust for shopping in online shop is 0,132 which means that the big five personality traits affect to consumers trust for shopping in online shop by 13,2% and the remaining 86,8% affected by another factors, outside of the big five personality traits. Keywords: Consumers Trust, Big Five Personality Traits, Online Shop.

Intelligence and Personality

2020 ◽  
Vol 41 (3) ◽  
pp. 124-132
Author(s):  
Marc-André Bédard ◽  
Yann Le Corff
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Original Study ◽  
Life Assessment ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Verbal Intelligence ◽  
Nonverbal Intelligence ◽  
French Canadian

Abstract. This replication and extension of DeYoung, Quilty, Peterson, and Gray’s (2014) study aimed to assess the unique variance of each of the 10 aspects of the Big Five personality traits ( DeYoung, Quilty, & Peterson, 2007 ) associated with intelligence and its dimensions. Personality aspects and intelligence were assessed in a sample of French-Canadian adults from real-life assessment settings ( n = 213). Results showed that the Intellect aspect was independently associated with g, verbal, and nonverbal intelligence while its counterpart Openness was independently related to verbal intelligence only, thus replicating the results of the original study. Independent associations were also found between Withdrawal, Industriousness and Assertiveness aspects and verbal intelligence, as well as between Withdrawal and Politeness aspects and nonverbal intelligence. Possible explanations for these associations are discussed.

Personality of Clown Doctors

2016 ◽  
Vol 37 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Dionigi
Keyword(s):  
General Population ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Normal Population ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Published Data ◽  
Big Five Personality

Abstract. In recent years, both professional and volunteer clowns have become familiar in health settings. The clown represents a peculiar humorist’s character, strictly associated with the performer’s own personality. In this study, the Big Five personality traits (BFI) of 155 Italian clown doctors (130 volunteers and 25 professionals) were compared to published data for the normal population. This study highlighted specific differences between clown doctors and the general population: Clown doctors showed higher agreeableness, conscientiousness, openness, and extraversion, as well as lower neuroticism compared to other people. Moreover, specific differences emerged comparing volunteers and professionals: Professional clowns showed significantly lower in agreeableness compared to their unpaid colleagues. The results are also discussed with reference to previous studies conducted on groups of humorists. Clowns’ personalities showed some peculiarities that can help to explain the facility for their performances in the health setting and that are different than those of other groups of humorists.

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