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The purpose of this study was to identify personality characteristics, using The Adjective Check List, that could be used to predict lifelong learners in the human service professions. 143 professionals responded to The Adjective Check List and a demographic form. 23 of the scales were subjected to principal factor analysis followed by a varimax rotation. Multiple regression was applied to the extracted factors to predict the average number of hours spent in learning activities per month. Characteristics identified were insufficient to develop a profile of lifelong learners. Only one factor—Organized—significantly correlated with the amount of time human service professionals spent in learning activities over the past year.

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The Adjective Check List as a Predictor of Lifelong Learning in the Human Service Professions

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