DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18198305
title: Personality trait differences between ICT students and successful IT professionals: a HEXACO-based study

description: Personality trait differences between ICT students and successful IT professionals: a HEXACO-based study

Description

This dataset supports the analysis of HEXACO personality traits across three groups in the ICT sector: first-year students, upper-year students (2nd-4th year), and IT professionals from the Zhytomyr region of Ukraine.

Data Collection



First-year ICT students (N=83): Online survey conducted August 28-30, 2025, at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University

Upper-year ICT students (N=67): Online survey conducted October 21 - November 6, 2025, at Zhytomyr Polytechnic State University

IT professionals (N=39): Survey of successful software developers from Zhytomyr companies, conducted November 4-5, 2025


All participation was voluntary and anonymous.

File Contents

Data Files (CSV format)

1. (data)ICT_students_1st_year_2025.csv (N=83)

First-year ICT students data with calculated scales:



HEXACO personality traits (HEX_H, HEX_E, HEX_X, HEX_A, HEX_C, HEX_O)

RIASEC vocational interests

SCL-9-NR psychological symptoms (9 subscales)

Q-method educational orientations (Edu_Pos_1-8)

Demographic variables


2. (data)ICT_students_2_4_years_2025.csv (N=67)

Upper-year ICT students data with same structure as first-year data.

3. (data)IT_companies_2025.csv (N=39)

IT professionals data with same structure as student data.

Analysis Scripts (R)

4. (script)HEXACO_samples_comparison.R

Statistical comparison of HEXACO traits across three samples:



Descriptive statistics for each dimension

One-way ANOVA with effect sizes (eta-squared, omega-squared)

Assumption testing (Levene's test, Shapiro-Wilk)

Post-hoc pairwise comparisons (Tukey HSD)

Kruskal-Wallis non-parametric alternative

Generates CSV summary tables


5. (script)HEXACO_visualization.R

Creates publication-quality visualizations:



Radar chart showing HEXACO profiles for all three groups

Trajectory plots with 95% confidence intervals for all six dimensions

Violin plots showing distributions with quartiles and means


Generates high-resolution PNG outputs (300 DPI).

Reference Materials

6. (text)questionnaire.txt

Complete questionnaire in Ukrainian with:



Informed consent

Demographics

HEX-ACO-18 items (18 items)

Q-method ranking (8 statements)

18REST-2 RIASEC items (18 items)

SCL-9-NR items (9 items)


Technical Notes

Scale Calculation

HEXACO scores: Mean of items per dimension (range: 1-4).

RIASEC scores: Sum of 3 items per dimension (range: 3-12).

SCL-9-NR scores: 2025 version with modified item wording and revised response scale to reduce social desirability bias (Dembitskyi et al., 2025).

Q-method positions: Ranked 1-8.

Citation

When using this dataset, please cite:

Serdyuk, A., Vakaliuk, T. A., Antoniuk, D. S., & Vyhovska, O. A. (2025). Personality trait differences between ICT students and successful IT professionals: A HEXACO-based study. [Journal details pending]

References

Dembitskyi, Serhii & Burova, Olga & Hlomozda, Dmytro & Sobolieva, Natalia & Burov, Igor & Marynich, Iryna. (2025). The impact of stressful states on the value and motivational sphere of Ukrainians during the war. Sociology: Theory, Methods, Marketing. 5-24. 10.15407/sociology2025.01.005. 

License

CC BY 4.0

Contact

tetianavakaliuk@gmail.com