Relation Between Personality Traits and Academic Achievement Among University Students

Abstract

This study aims to determine the significant difference between high and low achievers specific to gender on personality
traits factors (A, B, C, and D). Among a sample of 275 adolescents in the age group of 18-22 years studying in the Tafila
Technical University are selected as a randomized cluster sample of the study from the population. The results indicate that high
achievers are affectothymic than the low achiever; high achieving females are affectothymic than high achieving males, low
achieving males and low achieving females. Additionally, the results indicate that high achievers are more intelligent and bright
than the low achievers; high achieving females show the highest scholastic capacity than the high achieving males, low achieving
males and the low achieving females. It is also indicate that high achievers are more emotionally calm, stable and face reality
appropriately than low achievers. But there is no difference between high and low achievers in excitability.