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Personality factors: Changes in traits of special education teachers after teaching mildly handicapped students for three years or more
Abstract
The purpose of the study was to determine whether there were any significant (p $<$.01) changes in personality factors after teaching mildly handicapped students for three years or longer, as measured by the Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16 PF) (Cattell, 1970). Students from Kearney State College (Nebraska) during the school years of 1972-1981, who received their baccalaureate degree with an endorsement in special education, comprised the subjects for the study. A total of 119 subjects (105 females, 14 males) participated in the study. The personality factors of the following sub-groups were analyzed: (1) comprehensive majors, (2) second endorsement graduates, (3) females, (4) males, (5) unmarried students, (6) married students, (7) subjects with less than 10 graduate hours in special education, and (8) subjects with more than 10 graduate hours in special education. The specific data analysis procedure involved a related measure, matched-pair t test. Findings of the study were: (1) There were no significant (p $<$.01) changes in personality factors of the total group. (2) There were no significant changes in personality factors of the sub-group of comprehensive majors. (3) There was a significant change in personality factors of subjects with a second endorsement in special education. The subjects scored significantly higher on personality factor F. (4) Female subjects scored significantly higher on the personality factor Q1. (5) There were no significant changes in personality factors among male subjects. (6) There was a significant change in personality factor Q4 among unmarried subjects. (7) There was a significant change in personality factor Q3 among married subjects. (8) There were no significant changes in personality factors in the group of subjects who had completed less than ten graduate hours since graduation or in the group of subjects who had completed more than ten graduate hours in special education.
Subject Area
Special education|Teacher education|Curricula|Teaching
Recommended Citation
McHale, Ione Elizabeth, "Personality factors: Changes in traits of special education teachers after teaching mildly handicapped students for three years or more" (1990). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9034281.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9034281