Influence of Conscientiousness Page numbers The Influence of Conscientiousness on the Dynamics of Institutional Departure Over the years concerns have increased about retention and attrition in higher education. In order to develop and improve retention services it is important to understand the underlying dynamics associated with institutional departure. As opposed to research on college perfo...

This investigation examines a sexual selection-based argument regarding humor’s role in courtship (i.e., humor production signals intelligence/creativity). Lens model (n 1⁄4100) analyses suggest that humor production on Facebook profiles were self-reported and perceived to be associated with extroversion, not intelligence. Study 2 (n 1⁄4 289) found that extroversion was associated humor product...

This study explored the hypothesis that, for women, eating disorder pathology represents a gender-specific way in which some aspects of the Type A response style manifest themselves. Participants were 555 college women who completed measures of Type A beliefs and behavior, along with two eating disorder questionnaires. Women scoring in the clinical range on both eating disorder measures had sig...