| dc.description.abstract | This descriptive-correlation method study design was undertaken to
measure the correlations between personality traits and occupational
interests among 236 purposively sampled freshmen college students
enrolled in the nine programs of UM Digos College for the School Year
2012-2013. Utilizing two standardized measures of determining the
psychological constructs of the participants, 16 PF’s Global Factor Scales
(GFS) manifested an average result in all five scales measuring students’
tough-mindedness, extraversion, anxiety, independence, and self-control,
while a similar result was gleaned on the dimensions of Occupational
Aptitude Survey and Interest Schedule (OASIS-2 IS). Further data
analysis reveals the relationships between the mean scores of GFS and
OASIS-2 IS wherein anxiety has bearing on accommodating interest of
the students and that mechanical interest significantly relates with their
level of tough-mindedness, while their level of independency highly
correlates with leading-influencing interest. Regression analysis found
some demographics which are predictors of students’ GFS and OASIS-2
IS: age, sex and course predict students’ self-control, tough-mindedness
and independence respectively, while sex and course predict some
interest dimensions such as nature, protective, mechanical, industrial,
business detail, accommodating, humanitarian, artistic, and selling.
Interestingly, the scores of GFS except extraversion predict (Overall R2
mean = .023) those various dimensions of OASIS-2 IS at 23%
determination level such as accommodating, humanitarian, mechanical,
leading-influencing, and physical-performing. Implications are discussed
in the light of the findings of the study.
Key Words: personality traits, occupational interest, career guidance
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