Relation between Psychological Pertinacity and Personality Inventories NEO with Defense Mechanisms at Students

Abstract

The research aims to determine relation between psychological pertinacity and personality inventories NEO with defense mechanisms of students. The method was descriptive- correlative. The statistical society consisted of all students of Islamic Aazd University, Kermanshah Branch (N=9329). The sample has been selected from Morgan table by volume 360 people from said society as randomly and evaluated by psychological pertinacity questionnaire of Kobasa, defense style questionnaire and NEO 5 factors questionnaire. Then the data has been analyzed by statistical method (deviation, deviation standard, correlation and regression) by using SPSS software. The findings showed that psychological pertinacity and personality inventories predicated 39% of student defense mechanisms. Also, as for results of Alpha of variables, psychological pertinacity has the more share (B=0/62) and intravenous personality inventories (B=0/56) were other defense mechanisms. Based on findings, we can conclude that the stubborn persons control life affairs more and evaluate environment happenings as meaningful whereas, persons lack pertinacity involved inability, strange and threat. Absolutely, this insight plays vital role in manner of evaluation. Thus, it is effective to consider psychological pertinacity in life affairs of students.

DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s6p32