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

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 [e-mail]