The International Journal of Indian Psychology ISSN 2348 -5396 [605371]

The International Journal of Indian Psychology | ISSN 2348 -5396
Volume 2, Issue 2, Paper ID: B00303V2I22015
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Personality Traits and Psychological Well -being among Youths of
Rajkot District
Mohit M. Pandya 1, Nitin R. Korat 2
ABSTRACT:

The purpose of present study was to find out correlation between the youths‟ Personality Traits
and Psychological well -being. The said sample was 120 both males and females in equal
numbers was selected through random sampli ng. Personality Traits Inventory &Psychological
well-being Inventory are tailor -made instruments, having sufficient reliability and validity. For
the purpose of analysis, The Karl -Pearson „r‟ technique was used. Present study reveals the result
that there is significant positive correlation between the youths‟ Personality Traits and
Psychological well -being. The authors suggest that there is a need to explore the rural and the
urban youths‟ correlation in the line of above study.
Keywords: Personality Traits and Psycho logical well -being .
INTRODUCTION
However, there has been the different point of views on the dimensions and de finitions of
the Big Five (Goldberg, 1993). A well -accepted personality dimensions include Emotional
Stability, Extraversion, and Openness to Experie nce, Agreeableness, and Consci entiousness
(Costa & McCrae, 1995; Goldberg, 1993; Judge et al., 2002; McCrae & C osta, 1989; Saucier,
1994). According to Goldberg (1993), Emo tional Stability (ES) refers to those who are self –
reliant, sta ble, and adaptable to new situ ations. This c oncept sometimes is called Neu roticism
(Emotional Instability). Extraversion(E) is define d as those who are sociable, gre garious,
assertive, and cheerful. Openness to Experience (O ) refers to those who are curi ous,
unconven tional, and imaginative. Agree ableness (A) refers to those who have the tendency to be
cooperative, gener ous, altru istic, and warm. Conscientiousness (C) is defined as those who are
dependable, orga nized, persistent, and goal -oriented.
In short, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that make a person different from another one
is called “personality ” (Levent, 2011:8) . In this context, there are many research studies
investigating personal characteristics that teachers should have, which illustrates the growing
importance of personality traits.
1Ph.D. Resea rch Scholar, Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University Rajkot – Gujarat –
India 360005.
2Ph.D. Research Scholar, Department of Psychology, Saurashtra University Rajkot – Gujarat –
India 360005.

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However, today, it is impossible to say that there is a consensus on the ch aracteristics of an
effective teacher (Çubukçu, 5zenbaș, Çetinbaș, Satı & Șeker, 2012 -28). Research studies
examining personality are generally based on big five personality theory. According to big five
personality theory there are five dimensions of perso nality which are (1) neuroticism, (2)
extraversion, (3) openness, (4) agree ableness, (5) conscientiousness (B acanlı, İlhan, &Aslan,
2009:262 ). In this research the big five personality theory is used as a framework in order to
investigate the participants‒ personality.
“Well -being is a positive and sustainable condition that allows individuals, groups or
nations to thrive and flourish” (Huppert, Baylis and Keverne 2005) .“A state of complete physical
mental and social well -being and does not consist only of the obsess of disease of infirmity” –
World health organization (WHO -1948) . The fundamental proposition of Ryf f‟s psychological
well-being model was that subjective well -being (Diener, Lucas, &Oishi, 2002) . wasn‟t
necessarily a condition for mental health (Robbins & Kliewer, 2000). For example, a psychotic
person might say being happy though psycho logically distresses. Th erefore, additional fe atures
are essential in evalua ting psychological health (Robbins & Kliewer, 2000).
The analysis of the factors associated with psychological well -being provides a means to
understand precisely what it is. As Diener and Suh (2001) suggest, emotions are good predictors
of psychological well -being. The purpose in this study was to examine the subjective perception
that undergraduates have of psychological well -being on the basis of proposals from Ryff and
Keyes (1995).
Psychological state of amputees is usually shattered, leading to a stat e of psychological
un-wellness. Psych ological well -being is a state of complete wellness in the mental status. Below
the knee amputees experience a lot of negative feelings and expectations which are sometimes
overt or covert. People with below the knee amputation experience anxiety and depres sion
following amputation of the lower extremity, sometimes they experiences low self -esteem, loss
of interest in life and can become suicidal. These psychological reactions correlate significantly
with age and marital status, and there is no correlation w ith level of amputation, mode of
ambulation and indication for amputation (Mosaku et al, 2009).
METHOD : Study method is presented below.
OBJECTIVES: To check correlation between Personality Traits and Psychological well -being
of Rajkot District youths.
HYPOTHESIS: There is no correlation between Personality Traits and Psychological well –
being of Rajkot district youths.

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The respondents of the present study 120 young people randomly se lected from various
Areas in Rajkot district. In present research the total sample consisted of 60 male and 60 female
Rajkot district were chosen.
TOOLS:
1.PERSONALITY TRAITS TEST
The Big Five person ality traits were operational zed as the pat – terns of people‟s
behaviors. The International Personality Item Pool (IPIP) (Goldberg, 1999) was used to measure
participant‟s behaviors. The scale reflects the five -factor model traits: Emotional Stability
(Cronbach α = .71); Extroversion (Cronbach α = .71); Openne ss to Experience (Cronbach α =
.70); Agreeab leness (Cronbach α = .66); and Conscientiousness (Cronbach α = .70). P articipants
were asked to rate how accurately each statement described their behaviors. The scale contains
50 items with a 5 -point scale ranging from Very Inaccurate (1) to Very Ac curate (5). For
example, the items are: “carry out my plans ”, “respect others ”, “do not like art ”, “make friend
easily ”.
2. PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL -BEING TEST
It was developed by Bhogle an d Prakash (1995), was used to measure Psychological
well-being. The questionnaire contains 28 items with true and false response alternative. It
covers 13 dimensions of psychological well -being. The maximum possible score is twenty eight
and minimum is zer o. High score indicates high level of psychological well -being. The test –
retest reliability coefficient is 0.72 and internal consistency coefficient is 0.84 . The author has
reported satisfactory validity of the questionnaire.
PROCEDURE:
In this research two test were administrated individually as well as on young people,
which collecting data for the study before attempting the questionnaire the subjects were
requested to read the instruction carefully and follow them in true spirits. Whi le the data
collection was completed then „ r‟ was used to check correlations.

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Table -1
Correlation calculation between Personality Traits and Psychological well -being of Rajkot
district youths.

Sr. no.
Variables
N
df
r
Sig.
Levels

1.
Personality
Traits
120
118

0.58

0.01

2.
Psychological
well-being
120
118

We have seen the table no.1 the correlation between Personality Traits and Psychological
well-being that „r‟ value = 0.58, so we can say that there was significant correlation between the
respondents Personality Traits and Psychological well -being . Here, the positive r value= 0.58,
which was significant at 0.0 1levels.Hence, Hypothesis was rejected . It concluded that there was
positive significance correlation between respondents Personality Traits and their Psychological
well-being. It means that as Personality Traits increases the Psychological Well -being is
Decreases.

CONCLUSION
The study presented in Rajkot district youth s‟ Personality Traits and Psychological Well –
being of which are connected to each other in check. Meaningful result was found. Variable
moderately correlation was seen between the two. Thus, Youth Personality Traits and
Psychological Well -being are correlated with each other mode rately solid. Be the case.

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