The Relationship Between Personality Traits and Reflective Judgment Among Female Students

Author: Audrey A. Friedman

Source: Journal of Adult Development, Volume 11, Number 4, October 2004 , pp. 297-304(8)

Publisher: Springer

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Abstract:

Forty-three female undergraduate and graduate students preparing for careers as educators provided Omnibus Personality Inventory and Reflective Judgment Interview data. The sample included 14 seniors, 15 master's candidates, and 14 doctoral candidates. Each educational level group included participants with a range of intellectual disposition scores as measured by the Omnibus Personality Inventory. Scores on six scales of the Omnibus Personality Inventory correlated significantly with Reflective Judgment Interview scores (p < .05): thinking introversion, response bias, altruism, autonomy, complexity, and theoretical orientation. These findings support the conclusion that postformal reasoning, as described in P. M. King and K. S. Kitchener's (1994) reflective judgment model of cognitive development, is related to measurable personality traits.

Keywords: reflective judgment; personality traits; reflective practice; wisdom

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JADE.0000044533.75067.ee

Affiliations: 1: Lynch School of Education, Boston College, Campion 115, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts 02467;, Email: friedmaa@bc.edu

Publication date: 2004-10-01