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Student Personality Traits And Values Across Generations, Thomas J. Lavin, Richard W. Prull Sep 1989

Student Personality Traits And Values Across Generations, Thomas J. Lavin, Richard W. Prull

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To assess possible generational differences in student personailty traits and values, an analysis was conducted of four samples of college freshman who had completed the Omnibus Personality Inventory (OPI) at intervals spanning 1969 through 1987. A linear increase in impulsivity during that period was the strongest of the observed shifts.