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http://dx.doi.org/10.7856/kjcls.2012.23.2.117

Undergraduate Student's Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Creativity and School Adjustment: The Mediating Role of Creativity  

Youn, Jeong-Jin (Dept. of Early Childhlood Education, DongMyung University)
Kim, Kyoung-Eun (Dept. of Child Welfare, Namseoul University)
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The Korean Journal of Community Living Science / v.23, no.2, 2012 , pp. 117-128 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study investigated the manner in which extraversion, openness to experience and creativity related to school adjustment and explored the mediating role of creativity in extraversion-school adjustment and openness to experience-school adjustment relationships. The participants of this study were 258 undergraduate students from around the capital city and Pusan Greater Metropolitan area. The results revealed that extraversion related positively to openness to experience, creativity and school adjustment. Openness to experience related positively to creativity and school adjustment and creativity related positively to school adjustment. Furthermore, creativity was found to mediate the effects of openness to experience on school adjustment. The influence of openness to experience on school adjustment occurred indirectly through the facilitation of creativity. The importance of extraversion, openness to experience and creativity to predict undergraduate student's school adjustment is also discussed.
Keywords
extraversion; openness to experience; creativity; school adjustment; mediating;
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