Personality, state-trait anxiety and admission to university in preuniversity students

• Autores: Niño de Guzmán, Isabel, Calderón, Arturo, Escalante, Marisa, Lira, Tula, Morote, Roxana, Ruda Santolaria, María Lourdes
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2000
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/6099
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/psicologia/article/view/6099
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: personality; state and trait anxiety; and admission to university.; personalidad; ansiedad estado y ansiedad rasgo; ingreso a la universidad

This correlational study identifies personality dimensions, type of anxiety and sociodemographic characteristics of students from a preuniversity center. 1t was conducted with 318 participants of both sexes (43.8% female and 56.2% male) whose ages range from 15 to 19 years old. They were assessed with the following instruments: Costa and McCrae's Persona1ity lnventory NEO PI-R (1992), Spielberger's State-Trait Anxiety lnventory (STAI, 1975) and tutors' reports. Results confirm the presence of a basic factor structure of five dimensions: Likewise, they also reveal significant correlations among Intellectual Quotient (IQ). personality characteristics related to Conscientiousness factor and admission to university. Self-discipline stands out among the facets that correlate with admission. Finally, results are discussed.