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Community and Public Health Nursing

Volume  8, Issue 3, September - December 2023, Pages 95-97
 

Original Article

A Study to Assess the Personality of the I Year B.Sc (N) Students in Selected College, at Chennai

V. Abirami1, A. Vimala2, S.P. Sangeetha3

1Professor, 2Principal, 3Assistant Professor, Vijaya College of Nursing, Vadapalani, Chennai 600026, Tamil Nadu, India.

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21088/cphn.2455.8621.8323.3

Abstract

Background: Personality is an individual's unique and relatively stable patterns of behaviour, thoughts and emotions. Student's personality is an essential component in order to plan andteach lessons according to student's individual needs.

Aims: To assess the level of personality, to associate the level of personality with demographic variables.

Materials and Methods: Non experimental descriptive study design was used. 95 students were chosen for the the study through simple random sampling technique. The big five model is used to measure the normal personality of students.

Results: During the interpretation, the parents who are working as a business people, 6% of their children are conscientiousness, the parents who are working as a daily wage people, 33% of their children are agreeableness, the parents who are working as a government employee, 3% of their children are conscientiousness, the parents who are working as a private employee, 16% of their childrens are agree ableness.

Conclusions: Students need to improve the personality to reach the level of conscientiousness. As it is the personality of the students will impact their professional development.


Keywords : Personality; Students; Assessment; Big five personality traits.
Corresponding Author : A. Vimala, Principal, Vijaya College of Nursing, Vadapalani, Chennai 600026, Tamil Nadu, India.