The present research was an attempt made to investigate the relationship between Big Five Personality Factors and Mental Health among the students of Annamalai University. The samplesize for this study comprised of 100 students randomly selected from Annamalai University. Tools for data collection were the Big Five Personality Inventory (John & Srivastava, 1999), and the Mental Health Scale (Kamalesh Sharma, 2002) respectively. The duration for data collection was spread over a period of one month (approximately). The researcher met the participants individually and data was obtained through face-to-face interview. Mean, t-test and Pearson’s moment correlation, and liner regression were the statistical analysis done. Results revealed that Big Five Personality Factors were significant predictors of Mental Health. The outcomes of the present study also demonstrated that there is significant relationship between Big Five Personality Factors and Mental Health.
Big Five Personality Factors And Mental Health Among The Students Of Annamalai University
Research Article
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijrsr.2017.0812.1253
Subject:
science
KeyWords:
Big Five Personality Factors, Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, Neuroticism and Mental Health.
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