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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PERSONALITY TRAITS AND INFORMATION COMPETENCY IN KOREAN AND AMERICAN STUDENTS
- Issue Date
- 2012
- Publisher
- SOC PERSONALITY RES INC
- Keywords
- cultural differences; information competency; Big Five personality traits; NEO-Five Factor Inventory; college students
- Citation
- SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY, v.40, no.7, pp.1153 - 1162
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- SOCIAL BEHAVIOR AND PERSONALITY
- Volume
- 40
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 1153
- End Page
- 1162
- ISSN
- 0301-2212
- Abstract
- We examined differences between Korean and American cultures in terms of the relationships between Big Five personality traits (McCrae & Costa, 1990) and information competency. Korean (n = 245) and American (n = 185) college students completed the NEO-Five Factor Inventory (Costa & McCrae, 1992) and the Information Competency Scale (Kwon, 2010). Results showed both similarities and differences between the 2 culture groups. Conscientiousness and openness to experience significantly predicted information competency in both Korean and American students. However, the influence of extraversion was significant only for American students. This result may be because of the high value placed on extraversion in American culture.
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- SONG, HA NA
- Social Sciences (Child Psychology and Education)