A study on Personality of B.Ed. Students in Nagaland

Abstract

The current study attempts to find out the significant difference on dimensions of Personality of B.Ed. students with regard to gender. The sample comprised of 110 B.Ed. students from private and government B.Ed. institutions of Nagaland. Samples were randomly selected. The investigator used standardized tool on big five dimensions of Personality called BFI developed and standardized by John et al. (1991) which comprises of five dimensions viz. extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience. Statistical techniques like mean, standard deviation and t-test were used to find out the significant differences on dimensions of Personality. All the dimensions were compared separately. Significant differences were found between male and female B.Ed. students on emotional stability dimensions of Personality with female B.Ed. students having higher mean scores compared to male counterparts.