PERSONALITY TRAITS AS PREDICTORS OF ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES ADAMAWA STATE, NIGERIA
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2023-10-12
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Kwara State University Press
Abstract
This research investigated personality traits as predictors of academic
achievement among undergraduate education students in public universities
in Adamawa State. The main purpose of the study was to determine the level
to which personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extraversion,
agreeableness & neuroticism) predict the academic achievement of
undergraduate students. One research question and one hypothesis were
raised to guide the study. The target population of the study was 2,287
undergraduate students in public universities in Adamawa State, Yola
Nigeria. A sample of 330 participants was selected for the study through
multi-stage sampling, two instruments were used. The Big Five Inventory
model and theory by McCrae & Costa (1992) was adopted, and a Cronbach
Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.875 was obtained for internal consistency.
Pro forma was used to collect students' CGPA, Mean and Standard
Deviation were used to answer the research question while multiple
regression was used to answer the null hypotheses at 0.05 level of
significance. The results revealed that the big five personality traits
(Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness, Extroversion, Agreeableness,
and Neuroticism) predict undergraduate student's academic achievement
with a significant regression equation (F , 315) = 173.666, p = 0.000 p < 0.05 with an R of 73.6 %. The study concluded that the Big Five
personality traits (Openness to Experience, Conscientiousness,
Extroversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) are good predictors
of academic achievement of undergraduate students