New place, new person?: is acclimatisation to university accompanied by change in scores on personality tests?

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New place, new person?: is acclimatisation to university accompanied by change in scores on personality tests?

Introduction: Personality Trait theories uncritically accept the lay perspective of personality as an internal phenomenon linked to individuality and agency. This view flies in the face of empirical evidence demonstrating environmental influences on behaviour (Bargh & Ferguson, 2000). The idea t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Nair, Vikas
Format:	Thesis (University of Nottingham only)
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	Mixed methods Narrative Identity Personality Homesickness
Online Access:	https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/12968/

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