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Relationship between Personality Traits and Anxiety among College Students


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This study was aimed at analysing the relationship between five factors of personality and anxiety among college students. The study also wanted to examine whether the personality factors can predict anxiety. The sample of 441 college students in the age group of 18 to 21years was collected from various colleges in the city of Pune using incidental sampling method. The Pearson correlation, t-test, and regression analysis were used for analysing the data. The study revealed that neuroticism was significantly positively whereas extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness were significantly negatively correlated to anxiety. Agreeableness showed marginally significant negative relationship. Multiple regression analysis revealed that neuroticism significantly positively whereas openness and conscientiousness significantly negatively predicted the anxiety. Extraversion and agreeableness could not predict the anxiety. The study did not reveal significant gender differences in anxiety.

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Personality Traits, Depression, Anxiety, College Students.
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Authors

Vinayak R. Pathak
Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India
R. S. Mhaske
Department of Psychology, Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Abstract


This study was aimed at analysing the relationship between five factors of personality and anxiety among college students. The study also wanted to examine whether the personality factors can predict anxiety. The sample of 441 college students in the age group of 18 to 21years was collected from various colleges in the city of Pune using incidental sampling method. The Pearson correlation, t-test, and regression analysis were used for analysing the data. The study revealed that neuroticism was significantly positively whereas extraversion, openness, and conscientiousness were significantly negatively correlated to anxiety. Agreeableness showed marginally significant negative relationship. Multiple regression analysis revealed that neuroticism significantly positively whereas openness and conscientiousness significantly negatively predicted the anxiety. Extraversion and agreeableness could not predict the anxiety. The study did not reveal significant gender differences in anxiety.

Keywords


Personality Traits, Depression, Anxiety, College Students.

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