Relationship between Anxiety and Other Personality Traits among Students in a Malaysian University
This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between anxiety and personality traits among students of Universiti Putra Malaysia. In addition, demographic factors associated to students' anxiety and personality traits were determined. The study hopes to provide more insight on me...
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| Format: | Thesis |
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2002
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| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9289/1/FPP_2002_14.pdf http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9289/ |
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| Institution: | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| Language: | English English |
| Summary: | This study was an attempt to investigate the relationship between anxiety and
personality traits among students of Universiti Putra Malaysia. In addition,
demographic factors associated to students' anxiety and personality traits were
determined. The study hopes to provide more insight on mental health that could
enhance the alleviation of social and academic problems among students and
increase their academic achievement.
The present study is a descriptive correlational research. The relationship of state
and trait anxiety and personality traits was investigated. Besides, the differences
in demographic variables with regards to anxiety and differences between
personality traits of anxious and non-anxious students were also examined. Five
faculties were randomly selected from the list of 13 faculties at Universiti Putra
Malaysia. Accordingly, based on the knowledge disciplines, 263 subjects were selected from the five faculties using the cluster random sampling. Two
instruments, EPQ and ST AI (form Y) were used in data collection to measure
state and trait anxiety.
The results indicated that in general, and in comparison with some other
countries, students had moderate level of state and trait anxiety. All statistical
analysis in this study showed the validity of Eysenck's theory (Eysenck, 1947,
1952) and Spielberger's model of anxiety (Spelberger, 1966), Introversion and
Neuroticism were positively related to state and trait anxiety (P<.05) while
Extraversion and Stability were negatively correlated to state and trait anxiety
(P<.05). Moreover, significant differences were found in anxiety across some
demographic variables including: age, gender, ethnicity, course of study, marital
status and place of residence. Besides, significant relationship was reported
between personality traits and some demographic variables. Finally, the stepwise
multiple regression revealed that the personality traits and some demographic
variables had significant linear relationship with anxiety. |
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