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Fear of Missing Out (FoMO), often known as the worry of missing out on exciting or fascinating events, has garnered a lot of attention recently, but little study has been done on its relationship to personality in the Indian context. The term "Fear of Missing Out" (FoMO) was used to characterise a trend observed on social networking sites. The purpose of this study is to look into the relationship between the BigFive Personality Traits and FoMO. The questionnaire was administered to 248 emerging adults who were selected using convenience sampling technique. The collected data was analyzed using correlational research method. The tools used for this study were the Fear of Missing Out (FoMO) scale and the TenItem Personality Inventory (TIPI). The findings of this study reveals that all Big-Five Personality Traits had an impact on FoMO. FoMO and all Big-Five Personality Traits show a positive and significant relationship. Limitations and directions for further research were discussed.

An individual’s concern is striving for perfection, self-evaluation in critical situations and regarding other's evaluation. Most of the students think about getting evaluated for their own abilities. They also face situations where they don’t feel completely successful. This study tries to find the relationship of the Imposter Phenomenon with Perfectionism and Fear of Failure. Using the convenience sampling technique, 166 emerging adults were chosen and given the questionnaire. The correlational research methodology was used to analyse the acquired data. The Multidimensional Perfectionism Scale, The Performance Failure Appraisal Inventory (PFAI) and Imposter Profile (IPP31) were the instruments employed in this study. It was found that Competence Doubt, Frugality and Need For Sympathy were significantly correlated with Self-oriented Perfectionism, Other-oriented Perfectionism and Socially-oriented Perfectionism. Alienation and Other-Self Divergence were significantly and positively correlated with socially-oriented perfectionism. Fear of Failure was also found to have a significant relationship with all sub factors of Imposter Phenomenon.

Cognitive flexibility refers to understanding how to learn and having the flexibility to approach learning in different ways. The person can modify their cognitive processing methods in response to novel and unanticipated environmental circumstances. Previous studies showed that the cognitive flexibility of individuals changes according to their personality traits. The present study investigated the relationship between cognitive flexibility and Big Five personality traits to understand how individuals with different personality traits adapt to new surroundings. 221 college students were selected using the convenience sampling method. The cognitive flexibility scale and ten-item personality inventory were administered online using google forms. The data collected was analysed based on Pearson's bivariate correlational research design. The results of this research showed a significant correlation between cognitive flexibility and Big Five personality traits. Cognitive flexibilitywas found to have a significant and positive correlation with extraversion, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience. The results of this study corroborate earlier studies that show a strong relationship between personality traits and cognitive flexibility.

Homosexuality is an enduring pattern of emotional or sexual attraction to people of same-sex. There may be numerous individual differences have been linked to attitude towards homosexuality. The main objective of this study was to examine the association between the attitude of emerging adults towards homosexuality and dark triad personality traits which may help us to predict how individuals see homosexuals and what's their thought about homosexuals. A sample of 201 people was selected using the convenience sampling technique. The data collected using Google Forms was analysed based on a correlational research design. The finding of our study indicated a substantial negative correlation between attitude towards homosexuality and psychopathy. More studies have to be conducted including large sample size covering a larger population.

Procrastination and the fear of failure have been linked to major issues with achievement and health. To forecast how an individual may experience and interpret procrastination and fear of failure, this study attempts to analyse the relationship between procrastination and fear of failure with the big five personality traits. College student’s procrastination, fear of failure and personality traits were assessed using the procrastination scale, the PFAI inventory and the Ten Item Personality Inventory (TIPI) respectively. A sample of 176 was selected using the convenience sampling technique. The data collected using google forms were analysed based on a correlational research design. According to the present study, procrastination and fear of failure were found to be highly correlated with the Big Five personality traits. The limitations and suggestions for additional research were discussed.