Abstract
The goal of the present study is to determine, through the administration of the NEO-FFI, the personality characteristics (as a function of variables such as age, gender, and civil status) of a specific group of 263 people over 50 years of age, who are part of an active ageing program such as the University Program for Older People “Science and Experience” of the University of Almería. Thus, as a function of gender, we only observed significant differences in the factor Neuroticism, with the women presenting higher levels than the men, with a considerable effect size (d = 0.61). With regard to civil status, the group of widowed people obtained the lowest scores in Factor A (Agreeableness), with significant differences with regard to the groups of married people and of divorced/separated people. Lastly, in the analysis as a function of age, we found significant differences in the following factors: Extraversion, Responsibility, Neuroticism, and Openness; the proportion of total variability attributable to age in the score of each variable was low.
Highlights
Analysis of the”Big Five" personality factors in students of the Older People's University of Almería
With regard to civil status, the group of widowed people obtained the lowest scores in Factor A (Agreeableness), with significant differences with regard to the groups of married people and of divorced/separated people
Ya sin presentar nivel de significación, los valores promedios entre ambos grupos nos muestran mayores puntuaciones para los hombres en el factor E, mientras que las mujeres superan en el factor C
Summary
Quedando reflejado en la misma tabla, la muestra presenta una media de edad de 67 años (DT=6,412); siendo la edad mínima de los participantes de 52 años, y con una máxima de 85 años. Para la aplicación del cuestionario fueron instruidas dos personas que se desplazaron a la sede de Universidad de Mayores de la provincia de Almería, donde se informó al alumnado sobre la finalidad de la investigación, sobre la voluntariedad de la participación, el anonimato de los cambios y posibilidad de asistir a una conferencia donde se iban a dar a conocer los resultados encontrados. Sólo en lo que respecta al factor N (neuroticismo), se puede observar cómo las mujeres obtienen puntuaciones significativamente superiores a las de los hombres en este factor (t (2,263) = -4,857; p = 0,000; d = 0,61) siendo considerable el tamaño del efecto de la variable género. Ya sin presentar nivel de significación, los valores promedios entre ambos grupos nos muestran mayores puntuaciones para los hombres en el factor E (extraversión), mientras que las mujeres superan en el factor C (responsabilidad).
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