A Correlational Study Examining the Relationship Between Performance in Trade School User Experience Immersive Program and the Five Factor Model of Personality Traits

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2020-12-01

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University of Baltimore. Division of Science, Information Arts, and Technologies

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University of Baltimore. Doctor of Science in Information and Interaction Design

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Abstract

This study examined the relationship between the Five-Factor Model (FFM; McCrae & Costa, 2009), and User Experience education in a trade school immersive program. Research was conducted to determine if any of the FFM personality traits (Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism) correlated with performance as measured using rubric scores. Data were collected from 34 alumni of a trade school User Experience immersive program. Results indicated that none of the personality traits had a relationship except for Agreeableness, which had an inverse relationship [(A): r(34) = - 0.44, p = .008527] with Trade School User Experience Immersive Program performance rubric as measured by Pearson correlation coefficient.