BIG FIVE PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CAPITAL AMONG FINAL YEAR MEDICAL STUDENTS.

Abstract

The performance of medical students is influenced by both personality characteristics and positive psychological capital. The aim of the current study was to examine the relationship between Big Five Personality traits and PsyCap among final year medical students and secondly, to determine whether Big Five personality traits hold predictive value for PsyCapof final year medical students. Participants for this study were 200 (90 males and 110 females) final year MBBS students pursuing their course in a Government Medical College of Jaipur City. PCQ-24(Luthans, Avolio and Avey, 2007) and Big Five Inventory (John &Srivastava, 1999) were used to measure PsyCap and personality traits respectively. Results of bivariate associations showed that overall measure of psychological capital(PsyCap) was significantly related to all of the personality traits, except for conscientiousness. By means of multiple regression analysis, the findings revealed that Extraversion and Agreeableness were significant predictors of PsyCap. Implications of these findings are discussed. Copy Right, IJAR, 2016,. All rights reserved.