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Educational self-direction and personality

Miller, Karen A., Kohn, Melvin L., Schooler, Carmi·1986·American Sociological Review
DOI 10.2307/2095308
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We examine the relationship between a central aspect of schooling-educational self-direction-and students' personalities. The data are from a small but substantially representative nationwide sample of white students in the seventh grade through the fourth year of college. We separately assess the reciprocal effects of educational self-direction and two non-cognitive aspects of personality-selfdirectedness of orientation and sense of distress. As hypothesized, educational self-direction positively affects self-directedness of orientation and negatively affects distress; distress, in turn, negatively affects educational self-direction. We also evaluate the complex interrelationships of educational self-direction, cognitive functioning, self-directedness of orientation, and distress. Educational self-direction affects all three facets of personality, its impact on cognitive functioning being in substantial part indirect, through self-directedness of orientation and distress. The findings have implications for our understanding of work in school and its link to work in the labor force.

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  • Some findings support the notion of SES-personality correlation, suggesting that SES influences childhood personality development, personality influences school achievement, and educational and occupational experiences shape personality.

    “Some findings support the notion of SES-personality correlation, suggesting that SES influences childhood personality development (11,12), personality influences school achievement (13,14), and educational (15) and occupational (16,17) experiences shape personality and that adult economic attainment may be linked to personality (18,19).”

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Authors
Miller, K. A., Kohn, M. L., & Schooler, C.
ORCID
Miller, Karen A.
Venue
American Sociological Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1986-06
Volume
51
Issue
3
Pages
372
ISSN
0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/2095308
OpenAlex
W1973181043
Cited by
59
References
21
Citations by year
2025: 1 · 2024: 2 · 2021: 1 · 2018: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
1.73
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Personality Traits and Psychology
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Experimental and Cognitive Psychology › Education, Achievement, and Giftedness
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Grit, Self-Efficacy, and Motivation
Keywords
personality, cognitive function, reciprocal effects, school work, adolescents, university students

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