Personal identity, self-efficacy, values and personality traits among adolescents of the minority and majority communities

Pages: 1158-1165
Hena Fatma, Akbar Husain, and Mutaz Duheilan Al-Dalaeen (Department of Psychology, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh)

This research aims to study the relationship between personal identity, self-efficacy, values and personality traits among adolescents of the minority and majority communities. Participants were four hundred adolescents (200 minorities (Muslims) and 200 majorities (Hindus) community). Instruments used were Aspect of identity questionnaire was developed by Cheek and Briggs (2013); the general self-efficacy scale developed by Schwartz and Jerusalem (1995); Lindeman and Yerkasalo (2005); measuring values with the Short Schwartz’s Value Survey and HEXACO PI-R personality traits inventory Ashton and Lee (2009) a short personality inventory that assesses the six dimensions of the HEXACO model of personal traits structure. We can be selected the ten items of each of the 6 six scales from the longer HEXACO PI-R (Honest-humility, emotional, extroversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness & openness of experience). The findings can be inferred that self-efficacy was found to be significantly correlated with dimensions of personality traits and also found out the positive correlation between values and self-efficacy as well as overall personal identity strongly significant correlated among adolescents of the minority and majority communities.