Can Personality Traits Predict Students’ Satisfaction with Blended Learning during the COVID-19 Pandemic?

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Table 1. Descriptive statistics of study variables.

Variable	N	M	SD	Range
Extraversion	72	43.10	11.90	18–64
Agreeableness	72	57.85	6.29	41–70
Conscientiousness	72	49.46	7.83	28–63
Neuroticism	72	34.40	11.31	13–59
Openness	72	49.65	7.79	28–66
Satisfaction	72	4.68	1.77	1–7

Table 2. Correlation between study variables.

Variable	Sex	Age	Year of Study	Course	Extraversion	Agreeableness	Conscientiousness	Neuroticism	Openness	Satisfaction
Sex	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Age	.047	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Year of Study	−.127	−.115	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Course	.062	.083	−.504**	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Extraversion	−.032	−.208	.078	−.185	—	—	—	—	—	—
Agreeableness	.082	.321**	.141	−.094	−.144	—	—	—	—	—
Conscientiousness	.070	.060	.076	−.102	.019	.186	—	—	—	—
Neuroticism	−.304**	.235	.299*	−.154	.204	.004	.280*	—	—	—
Openness	−.254*	.231	.086	−.136	.171	.216	−.127	.106	—	—
Satisfaction	−.165	.177	.050	.050	−.165	.050	.220	.267*	.148	—

*p < .05, **p <.01.

Sex is coded as 1 male, 2 female. Course is coded as 1 psychology, 2 non-psychology.

Table 3. Predictors of satisfaction with blended learning.

	Model	B	SE	Β	t	p
H1	(Intercept)	1.67	2.42		0.69	.492
	Extraversion	−0.04	0.02	−0.26	−2.25	.028*
	Agreeableness	−0.02	0.03	−0.07	−0.50	.557
	Conscientiousness	0.04	0.03	0.20	1.62	.109
	Neuroticism	0.04	0.02	0.24	2.03	.046*
	Openness	0.05	0.03	0.21	1.73	.087

Data availability statement

Data related to this submission can be found at the Open Science Framework: https://osf.io/69qj3/?view_only=8a0a2145370643269fc17996da959832