The relationship between the personality traits and vocational interests Field study on a sample of governal-secondary education students


Abstract in English

The aim of this study is to define the nature of the correlated relation between the personality traits and the vocational interests of the governal secondary education students in Tartous and to define the difference between male and female students according them. The sample is(104) students, and Strong Interest Inventory(SII), Jackson personality Inventory- Revised instruments. This study leads to the following: -There is a positive correlation between Realistic interest and personality traits such as(tolerance, innovation, breadth of interest, risk taking), the Research interest such as (tolerance, innovation, breadth of interest, and organization), the Social interest(anxiety, and empathy), the Opportunistic (breadth of interest, and risk taking), and between Traditional interest (breadth of interest, and risk taking). - There is negative correlation between Realistic interest and personality traits such(complexity, and organization), artistic interest ( responsibility),Opportunistic(traditional values, and organization)and between Traditional interest(traditional values, and organization). -There are statistical difference in the traits of personality as Analytical Factor and dependable in favor Females. - There are satirical difference in the vocational interests such as Realistic and Traditional in favor males

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