Gender-Based Comparison of Students Personality Traits and Their Academic Achievement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Theoretical framework of this study based on Big Five Personality Trait Theory (Cattell’s & Eysenck’s 1973). Objectives of the study were: i) to compare different personality traits of male and female secondary school students. ii) to compare the academic achievement of male and female secondary school students. Descriptive survey design was used for this study. All the secondary school students of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan constituted the population of the study. Out of 25 districts 2 districts were randomly selected (Bannu & Lakki Marwat). Out of 12009 students who were studying in 119 boys and 73 girls secondary schools of these districts 800 (400 male & 400 female) students of 10 th class were selected through multistage random sampling method using proportional allocation technique as a sample of the study. A self developed questionnaire and result cards of the students were used as research instruments. Personally collected data was entered in SPSS-21. Pearson Product Moment Correlation and Chi-square were applied as statistical tools to achieve the objectives of the study. Keywords: Personality, Traits, Extroversion, Conscientiousness, Agreeableness, Neuroticism, Openness to Experience