Relation between Personality Traits and Basic Psychological Need with Academic Engagement

MARÍA CRISTINA RICHAUD; BELÉN MESURADO

Yokohama

Simposio; 31st International Congress of Psychology; 2016

International Union of Psychological Science

Previous studied have suggested that individual difference variables can be used to explain not only variance inacademic performance, but also the processes by which traits influence examination outcomes. Drawing on theFive-Factor Model of personality traits by McCrae & Costa, 2003 and Self-Determination Theory by Deci &Ryan, 2000, the present study examines whether personality traits and satisfaction of basic psychological needsare associated with academic engagement. One hundred seventy one Argentinean students M age= 20.07; SD =1.05; 70 males 40.94? participated in this study by completing Ten-Item Personality Inventory by Gosling, etal., 2003, Ryan and Deci's Basic Need Satisfaction Scale, and Utrecht Study Engagement Scale by Schaufeli etal., 2002. We carried out Block lineal regressions to test our objectives. The results have shown that bothpersonality traits and basic psychological needs are associated in a positive way with academic engagementexplaining 23% of the variance