Personal identity and neuroticism among late adolescents
Journal Title: Journal of Management Research and Analysis - Year 2018, Vol 5, Issue 2
Abstract
Every human thrives for an identity for themselves they like to be known to others The characteristics beliefs values behaviours and thoughts all together form the identity of an individual In other words it can be said as the concept that is developed about oneself Neuroticism is one of the big five personality factor which basically the emotional instability of a person The feelings of anxiety rumination fear and frustration is high in individuals who are high in neuroticism The researchers of this study made an attempt to investigate the connection between personal identity and neuroticism of a person This area is less studied and thus the study follows the exploratory research design to gain new insights and understandings of the association The exploration included 127 late adolescents who fall under the age ranging from 18 19 years The participants were selected from 4 different educational institutions using systematic sampling technique Aspects of Identity Questionnaire by Cheek J M Briggs S R 2013 and Eysenck39s personality Inventory Short Form 1985 were administered to the participants A statistical analysis of the data is done using parametric tests Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Independent Sample t test The results of the data showed a significant negative relationship between personal identity and neuroticism And also there did not exist any gender difference among the variables of the study The implication limitations and suggestions of the study are discussed in the paperKeywords Personal Identity Neuroticism Late Adolescents
Authors and Affiliations
Indumathy J, Divvyalakshmi N. N. , Ashwini U R, Ashwini K.
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