The relationship of some personality and individual characteristics with an individual's commitment to an ideal vision

This observational study examined the relationships among specified personality and individual characteristics of university students with their level of commitment to an Ideal Vision--a measurable, results focused statement of the world we want to create for tomorrows' child. The study examined the variables of locus of control, generativity, self-efficacy, values, and risk taking, along with variables of gender, membership and activity in a formal religious organization, membership and activity in a civic organization, age, major, number of children, years of part-time and/or full-time work experience, previous work with an Ideal Vision, and previous enrollment in a statistics course to determine their relationship with an individual's commitment to an Ideal Vision. Students in an undergraduate business statistics course had the opportunity to examine the value of using an Ideal Vision as a guide in decision making and to create an individualized Ideal Vision. Concurrent assessments of individual differences and commitment were utilized to investigate the research hypotheses.; The findings of the study indicate that the variables of generativity, gender, membership and activity in a civic organization, and activity in a formal religious organization each showed statistically significant relationship with an individual's level of commitment to an Ideal Vision. Though these findings do not provide evidence supporting each of the research hypotheses, the research findings do provide evidence supporting the continued examination of the role individual differences may have on an individual's level of commitment to an Ideal Vision.