Five factor personality traits and psychological resilience among secondary school students in Egypt

الملخص EN

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationships between the big five personality traits: (conscientiousness, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness to experience, extraversion) and psychological resilience among secondary school students in Egypt.

The sample consisted of 200 male secondary school students.

Aged ranged from 15-17 years (M=16.02, SD=5.12).

It was found that significant positive associations existed between the psychological traits (conscientiousness, agreeableness, extraversion, openness to experience) and psychological resilience.

Nevertheless, one personality trait; neuroticism, was found to be negatively associated with psychological resilience