Personality Profile Of Students

PERSONALITY PROFILE OF STUDENTS

J . Senthil Kumaran

INTRODUCTION 

Personality is defined as an enduring pattern and behavioural characteristics by which each person can be compared and contacted each other.

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According to G.W Allport. “Personality is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psycho physiological systems that determine his/her characteristics, thought and action.”

Academic Performance of the Students

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The Present study is an attempt in the direction to find out the basic personality structure of the students

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Personality Profile - A Personality profile is a knowledge management tool used to provide an evaluation of an Individual's personal attributes, values and life skills in an effort to maximize his or her effectiveness of well being.

AIM AND OBJECTIVE 

Aim of the present study is to find out the basic personality structure of students.

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The objective of the study is that the inputs derived from the present study will help to develop the personality of the students to improve the studies.

SAMPLES 

150 healthy and well motivated students studying higher secondary class at Kesari Higher Secondary school, Mylapore and T.Nagar, constituted as the sample for the present study.

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They were administered with 16 Personality Factor Questionnaire Form – D (16 PF).

MATERIALS AND METHODS 16 PF Questionnaire  It is used to assess the basic personality structure of the student.  This test was developed by Cattel et al (1970).  It is a well known objectively scorable factorial test of personality.  16 PF explains the Individual’s Personality in 16 Primary Factors and 8 Second Order Factors.

Administration of the test  The test was conducted in classroom setting by following the instructions of administration given in the manual of 16 PF. Scoring  The scoring is done with the norms and the Raw scores were converted to standard (STEN) score  Out 150 samples 30 were rejected from analysis due to either incompleteness or high Motivational distortion Md score.  Profile chart is prepared based on the score

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

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Results of the study are discussed in tables and profile chart.

TABLE . I Primary Personality Traits Md A B C E F G H I L M N O Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Mean 4 8 7 9 6 8 5 7 5 5 6 6 3 5 3 5 3

Standard Deviation 2 2.35 2.31 3 2.17 2.35 2.12 2.31 2.12 2.12 2.17 2.17 1.73 2.12 1.73 2.12 1.73

FROM TABLE . I It is seen that the students were,  Pronounced extrovert.  Good natured, easy going, emotionally expressive.  Ready to cooperate, soft hearted, kind and adaptable individuals.  Socially bold, Ready to meet tough people and take rough assignments.  Calm, Cool and composed, satisfied and relaxed.  High on emotional stability, and self confidence and hence stress tolerance is high.

TABLE . II Second order factor

Mean

Category

Factor 1 Extraversion

8.6

High

Factor 2 Anxiety

3.5

Low

Factor 3 Tough Poise

5.3

Normal

Factor 4 Independence 4.0

Low

Factor 5 Control

5.1

Normal

Factor 6 Adjustment

10

High

Factor 7 Leadership

7.5

High

Factor 8 Creativity

1

Low

FROM TABLE .II It is seen that the students were, Group dependent, Prepare to work and make decisions with other people.  Usually sociable, relax, assertive and self assured.  Tough minded and practical oriented.  Stick to tried and true ways of doing things rather than trying new ways.  Want workable and practical solutions. 

PROFILE CHART OF THE STUDENTS

CONCLUSION 

The students are extrovert, happy go lucky type, socially bold, more intelligent. They are high on emotional stability, self confidence, stress tolerance and hence free from tension. They are group dependent but high on leadership and adjustment.

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