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Investigation of religious/Islamic orientation and traits of students’ personality on the basis of big five-factors of personality (NEO)
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Asgar Zerehpoush   1, Mohammad Bagher Kajbaf2 , Leila Heshmatifar2 , Amir Hossein Sadeghi Hosnijeh2 , Hamed Omidi3 |
1- University of Isfahan , az.zerehpush@gmail.com
2- University of Isfahan
3- Allameh Tabatabaii University |
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Abstract: (9715 Views) |
| Background and Aim: Considering the importance of religion orientation in mental health and its stability up to adulthood, we performed this study to investigate religion/Islamic orientation and traits of students' personality on the basis of big five- factors of personality (NEO).
Material and Method: This was a descriptive – analytical study. 272 subjects (men=128, women=144) between 18 and 28 years of age were selected by cluster sampling method and were assessed by means of two questionnaires: 1) Short – form of NEO- Personality Inventory and 2) Islamic-Religious Orientation questionnaire. SPSS software was used for data analysis.
Results: The results of this study showed that all the traits of five factors of personality except for neuroticism had correlation with religious orientation (P<0.01). Factor of openness to experience predicted 0.11 of religion orientation in the students. According to the results of this study, there was a significant difference in religion orientation between males and females (t= -2/21).
Conclusion: In general in our study, the personality traits had correlation with religion orientation and among them openness to experience had a more important role.
Key words: Religion orientation, Five- Factors of Personality NEO, Student.
Received: May 7, 2013 Accepted: Feb 10, 2014 |
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| Keywords: Religion orientation, Five- Factors of Personality NEO, Student. |
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Type of Study: Original Research |
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Received: 2014/06/9 | Accepted: 2014/06/9 | Published: 2014/06/9
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