Personality traits and self-esteem among young adults

Pages: 484-486
Ankit Kumar, Ravi Rathee, and Sunil Kumar (Department of Psychology, PDM University, Bahadurgarh, Haryana)
Shalini Singh (Department of Psychology, M. D. University, Rohtak, Haryana)

Self-esteem is the reflection of the overall evaluation of subjective emotions of an individual which are worthy. Self esteem is the attitude of the individual towards his/her self. It contains the beliefs about oneself, as well as the emotional states like joy, hopelessness, pride and shame. The present study was conducted to explore the association between personality traits and self esteem among young adults. For the purpose of the study, samples of 100 students belonging to age group 18-25 years were randomly selected. The NEO-FFIand Self Esteem Inventory was administered on the subjects. A correlational design was used in the present study. Results of the study showed that neuroticism trait is negatively correlated with self esteem, on the other side; Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Extra version and Openness to experience are positively related with self esteem.