الدور الوسيط لفاعلية الذات في العلاقة بين العوامل الخمسة الكبرى للشخصية و الرضا عن الحياة لدى طلاب الجامعة

Abstract EN

The current study aimed to identify the mediating role of self-efficacy in the relationship between the big five factors of personality and life satisfaction among Fayoum University students, identifying the differences between the highs and lows of the bige five factors of personality in self-efficacy and life satisfaction, and to identify the differences between Male and female students in big five factors of personality, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction.

the sample consisted of (471) male and female students of the first year at Fayoum University, the total sample divided into (123) male students,(348) female students, there ages ranged between 17 to 19 years, with a mean age of 18.33 years and a standard deviation of 0.54.

The tools included application for collecting main data prepared by the researcher, The Big Five Factors of personality Inventory prepared by (Goldberge, 1999), translated by (Al-Sayed Abu Hashim, 2010), The General Self-Efficacy Scale prepared by (Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995), & Translated by the researcher, and Life Satisfaction Scale prepared by (Magdy El-Desouki, 2013).

The statistical methods included correlation coefficients, T-tests, and path analysis by using AMOS 24 program.

The results revealed the following: - There weren't significant differences between male and female students in the big five factors of personality and life satisfaction, while there was statistically significant difference in self-efficacy towards male students.

- There were statistically significant differences toward lower in Neuroticism and higher in Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, and openness to experience in both self-efficacy and life satisfaction.

- -The assumed model for the relationship between the Big Five factors of personality (as an independent variable), self-efficacy (as a mediator variable) and life satisfaction (as a dependent variable) have high model fit indicators that emphasize the mediating role of self-efficacy.

- There were direct and indirect effects (pathways) between the big five factors of personality, self-efficacy, and life satisfaction among Fayoum University students.