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Introduction: Speaking anxiety in educational settings is among the most prevalent and important social anxieties playing a critical role in the anxiety experienced by students. Objective: The current study aimed to test the structural relations model of personality traits with speaking anxiety among students. Method: The present research was descriptive-correlational of structural equations type. The statistical population consisted of all undergraduate students of psychology at Islamic Azad University, Babol branch, in the academic year 2021-2022, among them 136 people were selected by the convenience sampling method. McCrae and Costa’s Personality Traits Questionnaire (1985) and Bartholomay and Houlihan’s (2016) Public Speaking Anxiety Scale were used for data collection, and data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling using SPSS software version 18 and Amos software. Results: According to the results, the personality traits of extroversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were significantly and negatively related to speaking anxiety (p

Introduction: Speaking anxiety in educational settings is among the most prevalent and important social anxieties playing a critical role in the anxiety experienced by students. Objective: The current study aimed to test the structural relations model of personality traits with speaking anxiety among students. Method: The present research was descriptive-correlational of structural equations type. The statistical population consisted of all undergraduate students of psychology at Islamic Azad University, Babol branch, in the academic year 2021-2022, among them 136 people were selected by the convenience sampling method. McCrae and Costa’s Personality Traits Questionnaire (1985) and Bartholomay and Houlihan’s (2016) Public Speaking Anxiety Scale were used for data collection, and data analysis was performed by structural equation modeling using SPSS software version 18 and Amos software. Results: According to the results, the personality traits of extroversion, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and agreeableness were significantly and negatively related to speaking anxiety (p<0.05), and the personality trait of neuroticism was significantly and positively related to speaking anxiety in students (p<0.05). Also, according to the results of structural equations, extroversion (β=-0.033), conscientiousness (β=-0.162), and agreeableness (β=0.001) negatively and neuroticism (β=0.533) positively affected speaking anxiety. Conclusion: The results demonstrate that personality traits significantly affect speaking anxiety, and the structural relations model has the necessary fit. Therefore, teachers should be aware of personality traits because conducting personality assessment may be very beneficial in directing students in learning and improving speaking [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Motivation is essential in learning and progress. Every person's action has a source of reason whose purpose is to strengthen the person's desirable efforts and feelings. Aim: This study examines the relationship between personality traits and psychological characteristic of achievement motivation among girl’s students. Method: The method was descriptive- correlational. The population includes all students among ShareRay branch of Islamic Azad University, Sama and AmirKabir Universities in 2018-2019. 175 girls were selected by the available sampling method. Subjects completed the Neo Personality Traits (NEO-AC), and Gill Achievement Motivation Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient test with using SPSS-20. Results: The results showed that there were significant inverse relationships between neuroticism personality trait with conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness (P0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, the personality characteristics of female students can be mentioned as an important factor in improving their psychological components. Thus, based on the obtained results, it is suggested that in explaining the results related to the psychological characteristics of female students, their personality characteristics and achievement motivation should be considered.

Introduction: Motivation is essential in learning and progress. Every person's action has a source of reason whose purpose is to strengthen the person's desirable efforts and feelings. Aim: This study examines the relationship between personality traits and psychological characteristic of achievement motivation among girl’s students. Method: The method was descriptive - correlational. The population includes all students among ShareRay branch of Islamic Azad University, Sama and AmirKabir Universities in 2018 -2019. 175 girls were selected by the available sampling method. Subjects completed the Neo Personality Traits (NEO -AC), and Gill Achievement Motivation Questionnaire. Data were analyzed using the Pearson correlation coefficient test with using SPSS -20. Results: The results showed that there were significant inverse relationships between neuroticism personality trait with conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness (P<0.05), a direct and significant relationship between conscientiousness and agreeableness (P<0.05), and a direct relationship between extraversion with conscientiousness and agreeableness (P<0.05). Finally, none of the personality components had a significant relationship with achievement motivation (P>0.05). Conclusion: According to the results of the present research, the personality characteristics of female students can be mentioned as an important factor in improving their psychological components. Thus ; based on the obtained results, it is suggested that in explaining the results related to the psychological characteristics of female students, their personality characteristics and achievement motivation should be considered. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Introduction: Life satisfaction is so important that it can be said that it is the goal of life. However, reports show life satisfaction is low among Iranian students. The result of this issue, for example, is leaving the country. Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality and satisfaction of life among students. Method: A sample of 407 students were employed in this study and the measument instruments were five factors of personality (NEO) and Diner, et al,'s life satisfaction. Results: Results show 56% of the respondents had a high level of neuroticism and agreeableness. Also, 48% had high-level of Conscientiousness, 51% had low level of extraversion and 56% had low level of openness. Conclusion: Extraversion and Conscientiousness were the most important predictors of students' life satisfaction, respectively.

Introduction: Life satisfaction is so important that it can be said that it is the goal of life. However, reports show life satisfaction is low among Iranian students. The result of this issue, for example, is leaving the country. Aim: The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between personality and satisfaction of life among students. Method: A sample of 407 students were employed in this study and the measument instruments were five factors of personality (NEO) and Diner, et al,'s life satisfaction. Results: Results show 56% of the respondents had a high level of neuroticism and agreeableness. Also, 48% had high- level of Conscientiousness, 51% had low level of extraversion and 56% had low level of openness. Conclusion: Extraversion and Conscientiousness were the most important predictors of students' life satisfaction, respectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Background and Objectives: Professional ethics and accountability are of considerable importance for professionals who provide professional services. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of personality traits in professional ethics and individual accountability. Methods: This study was performed as a descriptive-correlational study on all counselors and psychologists working in Tabriz city in 2014. The samples (N=110) were selected by convenience sampling. The data were collected using standard questionnaires. Data were analyzed by Pearsonchr('39')s correlation coefficient and multiple regressions tests. Results: In this study, there was a significant positive correlation between personality traits and individual accountability (p

Abstract Background & Aim: Happiness is one of the most urgent natural and psychological demands of human beings and because of its major impact on the health and development of society, the human’ mind has always been busy about it. This study seeks to determine the factors associated with elderly happiness in Ilam city. Material & Methods: It was a descriptive cross- sectional study with predictive- correlational design. The sample consisted of 370 elderlies of Ilam city who were recruited by systematic random sampling. Data was collected in 2014 by a three part questionnaire including (1) personal characteristics sheet (2) a researcher made questionnaire to measure aggression, adaptation strategies, social capital, religious orientation, relative deprivation and alienation variables (3) and Oxford Happiness Questionnaire (29 items version) and was analyzed by Pearson correlation coefficient, ANOVA and multiple regression using SPSS- PC (v.18). Results: The findings revealed that the respondents’ happiness was moderate (92 / 53). A significant direct correlation was found between social capital (r=0 / 457), income (r=0 / 344), and adaptation strategies (r=0 / 275) and happiness (p

Introduction: Learning style is performance indicators for each individual in the process of receiving information for learning. Personality traits are the factors affecting learning styles and Knowledge of personality is helpful to effectively tackle the problems of life. The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between personality traits and and kolb learning style that among Bandar Abbas University of Medical Sciences was conducted. Methods: Research method was correlation, and statistical population included and 300 students participated in this study Participants were asked to complete the five factor personality questionnaire (NEO-FFI) and kolb leaning style questionnaireThe reliability and validity of the scales were reported optimal. In order to test study hypothesis multiple regression analysis and MANOVA were used. Results: The results showed that there were significant relationships among the components of personality traits (extraversion, agreeableness desire for new experiences) and their lerning style. But there was no significant relationship between neuroticism and duti fulness. In addition, there is the significant negative correlation between extraversion and converging learning style (Pvalue=0.00, β=-0.48) and the desire for new experiences has a significant positive relationship with converging learning style (Pvalue =0.01, β=-0.29). There is the significant negative correlation between agreement and divergent learning style (Pvalue =0.02, β=-0.27) and the desire for new experiences has a significant positive relationship with converging learning style (Pvalue =0.001, β=-0.37). Conclusion: The results showed that there were significant relationships among the components of personality traits and their lerning style. But there was no significant relationship between neuroticism and duti fulness. In addition, there is the significant negative correlation between extraversion and converging learning style. And the desire for new experiences has a significant positive relationship with converging learning style. There is the significant negative correlation between agreement and divergent learning style. And the desire for new experiences has a significant positive relationship with converging learning style.

Background and aims: since faculty members are among the most important assets of higher education institutes, surveying and identifying factors associated with these sources which can be effective on their performance & stress, have gained increasing importance. Accordingly, the aim of this study was surveying the mediating effect of individual accountability in causal relations among conscientiousness, agreeableness, and stress and job satisfaction of faculty members. Methods: To conduct this study a sample consisting of 250 faculty members in three state universities were chosen using random stratified sampling. The data were gathered through NEO big five factor inventories and stress, job satisfaction and individual accountability questionnaires. To evaluate the relations among latent variables, measured in conceptual model, the structural equation modeling was used. Results: The results showed that the personality trait of conscientiousness bears a negative and significant relation with stress, a positive and significant relation with felt accountability,and the personality trait of agreeableness bears a positive and significant relation with satisfaction and a negative and significant relation with accountability. The results also showed that the relation between conscientiousness and job satisfaction is mediated through felt accountability. The mediating role of the felt accountability in the relation between the personality trait of agreeableness and job satisfaction was confirmed.Conclusion: According to the results, individual accountability affects the relation among personality traits, stress and job satisfaction of faculty members. The results put emphasis on the necessity of reassessing the mediating role of individual accountability in surveying the causal relation among personality traits of conscientiousness, agreeableness, and stress and job satisfaction.

Although employees are expected to contribute to the development of organization with their knowledge, ideas, opinions and suggestions, they sometimes prefer to remain silent. Personality can be important in employers’ decision to speak up about organizational issues. This study aims to examine the effects of Personality on knowledge-based employee silence. The objective of this research is to investigate the role of personality traits in silence formation among Personnel of RIPI. The population consisted of all knowledge workers in RIPI. Sample Size based on Morgans’ table is 180 persons. The main tool to gather data is questionnaires and data has been analyzed with LISREL software. Research methodology includes both descriptive and correlation analysis based on structural equation modeling. Research results indicate that personality dimensions such as extraversion, openness to experience and Conscientiousness have a negative and meaningful relationship with silence; whereas Agreeableness has a positive and meaningful relationship with silence, and finally, Neuroticism didn’t have meaningful relationship with silence

The purpose of this study is examining and determining the personality profile of the accounting students and professional accountants. The Five-Factor Model of Personality (NEO) is used for that purpose. The sample was consisted of 97 accounting students and 80 professional accountants. A descriptive and inferential analysis is used for analyzing the data. In order to test the hypothesis, Independent Samples t-Test and one sample T Test is used. The results suggest that about 70.52% of accounting students, 55.69% of professional accountants, and 63.79% of overall accountants have conscientiousness personality profile (C). Also, there are not any significant differences between the personality profile of the accounting students and professional accountants. Furthermore, at the level of 5% significant, the accountants' personality profile is conscientiousness personality profile (C). These results can be used in accounting education context.

The present study aims at investigating the relationship between personality characteristics and marital satisfaction. The statistical population were married individuals in the first and fourth regions in Tabriz, among whom 160 ( 80 males & 80 females) were selected through cluster sampling. Data were collected through “Marriage Satisfaction Questionnaire ( 47 statements) and “Personality of NEO-FFI” ( 60 statements). The correlation coefficient of Pierson was computed and then regression analysis was performed. The results indicated that there is a significant relationship between personality characteristics and marital satisfaction. Among the different aspects of personality, “Neuroticism” and “Openness” contributed to the prediction of marital satisfaction, respectively.