The Big Five Personality Traits and its Relationship to Self- Awareness Among an- Najah National University Students – Palestine
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https://doi.org/10.33977/1182-016-046-017Keywords:
Big five traits of personality, self-awarenessAbstract
Objective: The current study aimes to find out the nature of the relation between the Big five traits of personality and self-awareness among An-Najah National University students. It also aims to identify the level of each of the big five personality traits and self-awareness, and the impact of each of the independent variables on the variables of the study.
Methods: The study sample includes 250 students divided into 74 males and 176 females from different colleges. Data were collected using the self-awareness scale, and the big five personality traits scale.
Results: The study find that four personality traits are highly prevalent among students, with the element of neuroticism showing up at a low level. University students have a high degree of self-awareness, according to the findings.
Conclusions: A positive relationship between consciousness and self-awareness as well as a negative relationship between neuroticism and self-awareness have also been found. Females were more neurotic trait than males.
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