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BARDAGI, Marucia Patta e ALBANAES, Patricia. Relationship between career adaptability and personality: A study with Brazilian freshmen university students. Psicologia [online]. 2015, vol.29, n.1, pp.35-44. ISSN 0874-2049.
Identify factors that influence students’ university experience is important to research in career development and allows a greater understanding of the students’ academic adaptation. This study investigated relations between personality traits and career adaptability in Brazilian university freshmen. 359 students participated (59.3% women) with a mean age of 20.6 years, who responded to biodemographic questions, a career adaptability scale, and a list of personality traits. Significant correlations were found between adaptability and all personality dimensions. There were no significant gender differences in adaptability, and students of Humanities had significantly lower scores in career concern than students from other areas. The results incite discussions on the impact of students’ incoming characteristics for adaptation and academic engagement.
Palavras-chave : Career adaptability; Personality; University students.