WITHIN-UNIVERSITY TRANSFER: ITS RELATION TO PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS.

PERSONALITY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 43 RANDOMLY SELECTED WOMEN WHO REMAINED IN ARTS AND SCIENCES (A + S), 29 WOMEN WHO TRANSFERRED TO COMMERCE, 55 WOMEN TRANSFERS TO EDUCATION, AND 20 WOMEN TRANSFERS TO EITHER HOME ECONOMICS OR NURSING WERE FOUND BY MULTIPLE-DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS TO BE SIGNIFICANT AT THE .01 LEVEL. CONCLUSIONS ARE: (1) WOMEN WHO REMAINED IN A + S WERE MORE AUTHORITARIAN, PRACTICAL, AND CAREER ORIENTED; (2) WOMEN TRANSFERS TO EITHER COMMERCE OR EDUCATION DISPLAYED A MORE INTELLECTUAL APPROACH TOWARD SCHOLARLINESS; AND (3) WOMEN TRANSFERS TO EITHER HOME ECONOMICS OR NURSING WERE LESS INHIBITED, MORE SOCIALLY COMFORTABLE, AND LESS CONFORMING. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)