This is an observational study concerning relationships between
personality openness and attitudinal openness. 209 volunteers from two
samples, participated in this study. The Ohio sample contained data
from 36 self-identified feminists (age 18-65) at the Annual National
Women Studies Conference in Akron, Ohio, 1990. The Oregon State
university (OSU) sample contained data from 173 undergraduates (age
18-52). Personality openness was assessed by the short form of
"Openness to experiences" sub-scale from NEO (Neurosis Extraversion
Openness) Personality Inventory (Costa and McCrae, 1985); attitudinal
openness was assessed by the Feminism scale (Dempewolff, 197 4). The
results suggested that the correlation between openness and feminism
was significantly positive across all samples. Feminism attitudes were
found to be correlated with course selection, gender, and class
standings. On the other hand, personality openness was found to be
fairly stable regardless of course selection, age, gender, or class
standing. The findings are consistent with a personality construct of
openness as a stable disposition, and with feminism as an accumulated
attitude that is influenced by experiences, beliefs, and values. / Graduation date: 1993
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ORGSU/oai:ir.library.oregonstate.edu:1957/37417 |
| Date | 28 May 1992 |
| Creators | Chang, I-Tung Joyce |
| Contributors | Bernieri, Frank J. |
| Source Sets | Oregon State University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
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