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On the road: Personality and values of sojourners

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We investigated differences in personality traits (Big-5) and human values amongst four groups of Brazilian students staying at home or studying abroad. Two groups came from Brazilian universities: one had no interest studying abroad (n = 112), while the other group was interested studying abroad (n = 227). The third and fourth groups were Brazilian sojourners (n = 121) and Brazilians returning to the country after finishing a degree abroad (n = 150). Results showed that students who were not interested in studying abroad had lower scores on excitement values and on the personality trait of openness when compared to the other three groups. Overall, students interested in studying abroad did not differ significantly from sojourners or returnees, except on the trait of agreeableness and the value of excitement, in which they scored lower than sojourners and returnees, respectively.

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  1. School of Psychology, Massey University, Auckland, 0632, New Zealand

    Roosevelt Vilar, James H. Liu & Rafaella C. R. Araújo

  2. University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Gabriel L. H. Coelho

  3. University of Essex, Colchester, UK

    Paul H. P. Hanel

  4. Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Cuiabá, Brazil

    Renan P. Monteiro

  5. Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa, Brazil

    Valdiney V. Gouveia

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Vilar, R., Liu, J.H., Coelho, G.L.H. et al. On the road: Personality and values of sojourners. Curr Psychol 42, 1193–1200 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01526-9

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