Volume 5 : Issue 4 (2018)

Personality of Students Studying in College of Mahisagar District

The present study is intended to examine the personality of student studying in college of mahisagar district. The variables included for the study apart from personality is gender. The study was conducted on a sample of 120 students (60 boys, 60 girls) randomly selected from the various colleges of mahisagar district. A Standardized questionnaire Maudsley Personality Inventory (1959) developed by Hans. J. Eysenck and formatted in Gujarati by Dr. D. J. Bhatt was adopted for this study. There are 48 items in this inventory. The data was analyzed to examine the influence of individual factor on personality variables. 't' test was used for calculation. The results show that girls have suffered from neuroticism and also introvert personality and boys have emotional maturity and also extrovert personality.

Personality, college students, neuroticism - emotional maturity, extrovert - introvert personality.

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