School-based extracurricular activities, personality, self-concept, and college career development skills in Chinese society

In the present study, we examined in Chinese society the association of school-based extracurricular activities (SBEAs) in both high school and college with students' career development skills in college, as well as with various personality characteristics and self-concept. Each of 281 college...

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Published in:Educational psychology (Dorchester-on-Thames) 2013-03, Vol.33 (2), p.135-154
Main Authors: Shiah, Yung-Jong, Huang, Ying, Chang, Frances, Chang, Chuan-Feng, Yeh, Lun-Chang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Asian people
Career Awareness
Career Development
Career development planning
career development skills
Chinese
College Students
Emotional Adjustment
Extracurricular Activities
Foreign Countries
High School Students
Interpersonal Competence
Measures (Individuals)
Mental Health
personality
Personality Measures
Personality Traits
Questionnaires
Self Concept
Skill Development
Social Adjustment
Society
Statistical Analysis
Student Participation
Students
Taiwan
Tennessee Self Concept Scale
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Summary:In the present study, we examined in Chinese society the association of school-based extracurricular activities (SBEAs) in both high school and college with students' career development skills in college, as well as with various personality characteristics and self-concept. Each of 281 college students administered the Lai Personality Inventory, the Tennessee Self Concept Scale, the Adult Career Cognition Scale and an SBEA questionnaire. The results indicate that students who were more engaged in SBEAs had a healthier self-concept, were more extraverted, had better psychological health, were more emotionally stable, and had better social adaption and career development skills than other students. The implications and limitations of the findings, as well as future directions for research, are discussed.
ISSN:0144-3410
1469-5820
DOI:10.1080/01443410.2012.747240