The relationship between the big five personality traits and mental health

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The study aimed to reveal the relationship between the big five personality traits and mental health.

the sample of the study consisted of (528) students of the A'sharqiyah university in Oman.

the researchers adopted the correlational descriptive methodology.

the results indicated that the level of mental health was at a high level with a mean (105.20) and a percentage (71%) and that the agreeableness trait is the most common among the study sample with a mean of (8.19), followed by the openness trait with a mean (7.61), then the alertness of consciousness trait with a mean (7.49).

neuroticism and extraversion were the lowest, with a mean of (6.05 and 5.98), respectively.

the results also indicated a positive correlation between the level of mental health and personality traits : (agreeableness (r = 0.42), alertness of consciousness (r = 0.58), extroversion (r = 0.17), and openness (r = 0.05), and a negative relationship with the trait of neuroticism (r = 0.43).

the multiple regression analysis results indicated that personality traits explained approximately (46%) of the mental health variance.