scholarly journals Personality Traits and the Feeling of Loneliness of Post-Graduate University Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dr. Satyananda Panda
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Clinical Sample ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Objective Condition ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Post Graduate ◽  
High Level

Loneliness  as  a  psychological  phenomenon  is  a  state  of  mind  rather  than  an  objective condition.  Individuals  may  feel  lonely  while  totally  surrounded  by  others  or  may  be totally fine  on  their  own. The purpose of this research was to examine personality traits and the feeling of loneliness of post-graduate university students. For this purpose, a non-clinical sample of 60 post-graduate students (30 male and 30 female) from various disciplines in the age group of 21 to 24 years were administered NEO Five-Factor Inventory-3 (NEO-FFI-3) and perceived loneliness scale. Correlation analysis showed that three Big Five personality dimensions which are openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness are negatively and moderately correlated with loneliness of post-graduate university students. However, significant differences were not found among male and female post-graduate university students on loneliness and Big Five personality dimensions. But since high level of mean scores of feeling of loneliness were found among both male and female post-graduate university students in this study, professionals need to pay attention to university students’ psychosocial state.

Assertiveness and Personality Dimensions in Chinese Students

1994 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 127-130 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Nicholas Hamid
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Chinese Sample

In a Chinese sample of 208 the Big Five personality traits profile was compared for 104 assertive and 104 nonassertive students. While assertiveness was associated with higher scores on Neuroticism, Extraversion, and Openness, Nonassertiveness was associated with greater scores on Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Implications of the findings for cross-cultural counselling were highlighted.

Does Personality Smell? Accuracy of Personality Assessments Based on Body Odour

2012 ◽  
Vol 26 (5) ◽  
pp. 496-503 ◽  
Author(s):  
Agnieszka Sorokowska ◽  
Piotr Sorokowski ◽  
Andrzej Szmajke
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Chance Level ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Personality Assessments ◽  
Personality Dimensions ◽  
Opposite Sex ◽  
Body Odour ◽  
The Relationship

People are able to assess some personality traits of others based on videotaped behaviour, short interaction or a photograph. In our study, we investigated the relationship between body odour and the Big Five personality dimensions and dominance. Sixty odour samples were assessed by 20 raters each. The main finding of the presented study is that for a few personality traits, the correlation between self–assessed personality of odour donors and judgments based on their body odour was above chance level. The correlations were strongest for extraversion (.36), neuroticism (.34) and dominance (.29). Further analyses showed that self–other agreement in assessments of neuroticism slightly differed between sexes and that the ratings of dominance were particularly accurate for assessments of the opposite sex. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

scholarly journals A Study on Role of Big 5 Personality Traits on Social Ostracism

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-107
Author(s):  
P Manoj Kiran ◽  
A Thiruchelvi
Keyword(s):  
Life Satisfaction ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Social Ostracism ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Big 5 Personality

Social Ostracism is an act of isolation of individuals. This feeling of isolation induces feelings of negative emotions on humans. It causes anger, depression, and loneliness among people left out or deprived of social interaction. So it’s important to study the causes of Social Ostracism and its implications on life satisfaction. This study assesses the role of the Big five personality traits on Social Ostracism and the relationship between Social ostracism and life satisfaction. This study uses a convenient sampling of data of 113 individuals, both male and female. The study finds that there exists a significant relationship between personality traits and Social ostracism. Also, there exists a relation between personality traits and life satisfaction. Social Ostracism hurts life satisfaction.

A gender study of personality and humor in comedians

2015 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew J. Schwehm ◽  
Wilson McDermut ◽  
Katherine Thorpe
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Humor Styles ◽  
Male And Female ◽  
Personality Differences ◽  
Stand Up Comedy ◽  
Gender Study ◽  
And Gender

AbstractAlthough individual differences in personality traits and humor between comedians and non-comedians have received increased attention, conclusions are limited to males as prior samples include few female comedians. This is the first quantitative study of personality traits and humor with more female (n=36) than male (n=33) comedians. This study compared comedians to a diverse non-comedian sample of undergraduates (n=89). A logistic regression using personality, humor styles, and gender as predictors correctly identified 83% of participants as either comedians or non-comedians. As hypothesized, personality and humor styles, but not gender, were significant predictors of comedian status. Male and female comedians were similar on Big Five Personality traits except for neuroticism, on which female comedians scored significantly higher than their male counterparts. Comedians scored significantly higher than non-comedians on extraversion and openness, while non-comedians just failed to be significant in scoring higher than comedians on agreeableness. In addition, as measured by the Humor Styles Questionnaire, male and female comedians scored similarly on all four humor styles (affiliative, self-enhancing, aggressive, self-defeating) and scored higher than non-comedians on the humor styles. Overall, these findings suggest personality differences and humor styles are two traits responsible for individuals pursuing stand-up comedy.

scholarly journals Big Five Personality Traits, Coping Strategies and Compulsive Buying in Spanish University Students

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 821
Author(s):  
José Manuel Otero-López ◽  
María José Santiago ◽  
María Cristina Castro
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Coping Strategies ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Multivariate Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Compulsive Buying ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
And Coping ◽  
Buying In

Personality traits and coping strategies have historically been two key elements in the field of health psychology. It is, therefore, striking that there is no study in the field of compulsive buying that integrates the most generic, decontextualized and stable aspects (traits) with those having a more marked processual and dynamic nature, which are closer to goal-based views of human nature (coping strategies). Another weakness of the compulsive buying field is that, despite the confirmed growing increase in compulsive buying in the younger age groups, most studies have been conducted with adult samples. Hence, this study seeks to clarify the role of the Big Five domains and different coping strategies in university students’ compulsive buying. The sample consisted of 1093 participants who were classified as either compulsive buyers or non-compulsive buyers. Both groups were compared regarding sociodemographic variables (gender, age), the Big Five personality traits, and coping strategies through chi-square tests or Student’s t-tests. Besides, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine which of these determinants might play a part in the construction of a risk profile for compulsive buying. The results showed that other than gender (specifically being female), Neuroticism and the use of such coping strategies as problem avoidance and wishful thinking are risk factors that increase the propensity for compulsive buying. The use of active coping strategies such as problem solving, cognitive restructuring and social support, as well as the Conscientiousness dimension are protection factors that decrease the likelihood of becoming a compulsive buyer. Finally, and on the basis of the findings obtained, possible guidelines are given, which, hopefully, may effectively contribute to the prevention of and/or intervention in compulsive buying among young adults.

scholarly journals Big Five Personality Traits and Their Impact on Job Performance of Managers in FMCG Sector

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (5) ◽  
pp. 3104-3109
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Big Five Personality Traits ◽  
Big Five Personality ◽  
Time Period ◽  
Prime Objective ◽  
Three Stages ◽  
High Level

Personality of a manager is a very crucial factor to get success in his career and leading the high level of job performance in all departments of every organization. Appropriate personality of a manager always helps him to achieve the goal of the organisation. The prime objective of the research is to determine impact of five traits of personality on managers' performance at the workplace particularly in FMCG Sector. A questionnaire is made, comprising three stages where questions in first stage are based on respondent’s personal details, questions in stage second are framed for items of big five personality traits, which helps the managers to perform their jobs within a stipulated time period, part three for Job Performance. 400 managers of FMCG Sector are considered to collect the responses. Out of 400 managers, questionnaire was properly filled by 350 managers. Collection of data was done through interviews, questionnaire and www-link. Analysis of data was done through descriptive statistics i.e. measurement of percentage, mean and standard deviation, Correlation, regression technique and reliability analysis. This research study has made an attempt to study the big five personality traits and their impact on manager’s job performance. The result of the research shows that the manager’s personality traits affect their job performance in the organization.

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