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Title RELATIONSHIP OF STUDENTS’ PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ACADEMIC SELF REGULATION SKILLS AT COLLEGE LEVEL

Author(s) Nida Rahman

Abstract The study aimed to determine relationship between students‘ personality traits and academic self-regulation skills at college level. The major objectives of the study were : to assess the level of big five personality traits (openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism) and academic self-regulation skills (self-planning, self-monitoring, selfcontrol, self-evaluation and self-reaction) of college level students, to determine the relationship between students‘ personality traits and academic self-regulations skills, to compare personality traits and academic self-regulation skills of college level students. Two theories were used as a theoretical framework of the study; big five personality traits by costa and mccare in 1992 and, academic self-regulation skills by Zimmerman in 2010. This was a quantitative descriptive correlational study. The population of the study was all the college level students (4699) of district Dir lower KP. 510 college level students were sample of the study. Data were collected from 10 colleges, which included five male and five female colleges. Simple random sampling technique was used as sampling technique. Two close ended questionnaires were adapted to use as data collection tools. Mean, independent sample t test and regression statistical test were applied to analyze the data. The results showed significant relationship between student‘s personality traits academic self-regulation skills. The result showed that there is significant difference between personality traits of male and female students at college level. Student‘s personality traits and academic Self- regulation skills have shown positive and significant correlation. Curriculum may be more social and academic activity embedded to enhance student‘s personality traits and academic Selfregulation skills as these two variables have significant correlation. College administration may develop inductive programs like exhibitions, funfairs, debates, sports, educational trips etc., to help students for improvement of their extroversion and openness to experience. Female students may be provided the opportunities for exposure to social world in order to enrich their personality traits through sports, social work, study and excursion trips etc.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Social Sciences

Department Education

Language English

Publication Date 2022-11-22

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