Personality profile of the satisfied and dissatisfied Greek university students
Part of : Επιθεώρηση κοινωνικών ερευνών ; Vol.24, 1975, pages 302-305
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From a large sample of Greek university students(N — 1200) those students who were highly satisfiedand those students who were highly dissatisfiedwith their educational program were selected bymeans of a semantic differential x attitude test. Thesatisfied group consisted of 99 males and 92 femaleswhile the dissatisfied group consisted of 36 malesand 20 females. Mean scores on a Greek translationof the Edwards Personal Preference Schedule werecomputed for these four groups of students. The resultsindicate that satisfied males are significantlyhigher than dissatisfied males on need for order andsignificantly lower than dissatisfied males onneed for autonomy. Satisfied females are signifi cantly higher than dissatisfied females on needs fororder and affiliation and significantly lower thandissatisfied females on needs for dominance and autonomy.The variable of need for achievement did notdiffer between satisfied and dissatisfied groups foreither sex.The results suggest that satisfied students, regardlessof sex, tend to be conforming, passive and (forfemales) interpersonally oriented. Dissatisfied studentstend to be independent, non-conforming, and(for females) dominating. The two groups (satisfiedvs. dissatisfied) do not, however, differ in their needsfor achievement and success. Both groups have «average» scores on this achievement variable—a factwhich suggests that high achievement students areonly moderately satisfied with their educationalprogram.The research also presents further evidence for thevalidity and utility of the new Greek translation ofthe EPPS. Although this study is extracted from the same data that were used for the standardizationof the Greek EPPS, the data do support an intuitivelysensible interpretation of the personalities ofsatisfied and dissatisfied university students. Furtherresearch using the Greek EPPS should be able todemonstrate the utility of the test as both a counselingand research instrument.
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