Gender and Regional Differences in Five Factor Personality Traits Among Students at Secondary Level in Punjab, Pakistan

Abstract

The educational success of any person seems to depend on residence. It is usually seen that students residing in urban areas enjoy more facilities than rural pupils, so they show higher academic success. Along with residence, many other factors such as students’ personality type and gender matter a lot in academic success. Personality is considered as a fundamental pattern of all-round development of a person. An attempt in this regard was made to examine difference in academic achievement of rural and urban students of secondary level according to their personality traits. Students of rural and urban areas of 9th grades enrolled in public sector schools at secondary level in district Mianwali constitute population. 935 students were selected as sample through stratified random sampling technique. 752 students responded on Big five (BFI) Personality Inventory resulting 80% response rate. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. Consciousness, neuroticism, agreeableness, personality traits were higher in students of rural area. Openness, extraversion personality traits were higher in urban students. Significant difference between openness personality trait and gender of students while no difference in consciousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism personality traits were observed.