Argumentativeness and Personality among Law Students

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Maria Jerry Malliakkal and Akshaya I. (Department of Psychology, Kristu Jayanti College (Autonomous), Bangalore, Karnataka)

Being argumentative is said to be a very crucial skill that is needed in lawyers. By analyzing the effect of personality traits on argumentativeness, college students can be provided with a better insight into how to incorporate it to defend themselves in a controversial situation. The research presented here investigates to understand the relationship between law students’ personalities and their ability to argue. A correlational research design approach is employed, utilizing the quantitative surveys-Argumentativeness scale and Ten-Item Personality Inventory for data collection on a sample size of 250 law students (125 males & 125 females) aged from 18-26 years with a purposive sampling method being used. The findings of the study reveal that there was a significant relationship between argumentativeness and the dimensions of personality which were agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness to experience, however, there was not a relationship between argumentativeness and agreeableness. among law students. There is no significant difference found between argumentativeness among male and female participants. More research can be conducted on this population for future studies.