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Faculty Sponsor(s)
Michael Roe, Ph.D.
Project Type
Completed quantitative research study
Primary Department
Psychology
Description
Emerging adulthood is considered a particularly important period for seeking life roles that provide a sense of purpose or meaningfulness. It has been proposed that character prospection, the ability to predict change to one's character in the near future, is an integral part of personality development in emerging adults. The current research operationalizes character prospection as the relationship between search for calling in students early in their college years and presence of calling in students nearing their graduation. Among a variety of variables being explored, we hypothesize spirituality as a mediator of character prospection, due to the role of transcendent summons in both search and presence of calling. Data were collected on two years (i.e., six consecutive quarters) of SPU students enrolled in PSY 1200 Psychology as Vocation (n= 176) and enrolled in PSY 4899 Senior Seminar in Psychology (n= 124). In addition to demographic questions, measures included` the "Calling and Vocation Questionnaire" and the "VIA Character Strength Survey."
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Development of character prospection in emerging adult search and presence of calling
Emerging adulthood is considered a particularly important period for seeking life roles that provide a sense of purpose or meaningfulness. It has been proposed that character prospection, the ability to predict change to one's character in the near future, is an integral part of personality development in emerging adults. The current research operationalizes character prospection as the relationship between search for calling in students early in their college years and presence of calling in students nearing their graduation. Among a variety of variables being explored, we hypothesize spirituality as a mediator of character prospection, due to the role of transcendent summons in both search and presence of calling. Data were collected on two years (i.e., six consecutive quarters) of SPU students enrolled in PSY 1200 Psychology as Vocation (n= 176) and enrolled in PSY 4899 Senior Seminar in Psychology (n= 124). In addition to demographic questions, measures included` the "Calling and Vocation Questionnaire" and the "VIA Character Strength Survey."
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