Zooming their way through university: Which Big 5 traits facilitated students' adjustment to online courses during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Many students struggled with the abrupt transition to online classes required by the COVID-19 pandemic. The present research used a self-determination theory framework to examine the role of the Big 5 personality traits in university students' adaptation to online learning, measured by their quality of motivation, subjective well-being, self-efficacy, online engagement, and online satisfaction. A longitudinal study was conducted across the 2020 fall semester and included a total of 350 university students who answered surveys in September and December. Results showed that conscientiousness and openness to experience were associated with higher self-efficacy and with different forms of autonomous motivation for online learning. Conscientiousness was related to identified motivation, whereas

SUBMITTER: Audet EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9756973 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature