Neuroticism

The Neurotic Personality Trait Definition Neuroticism is one of the five personality traits associated with the Five Factor Model of personality. This model of personality also includes the traits openness-to-experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, and agreeableness. Neuroticism describes a personality trait in which the person possessing the trait may be more likely to voice feelings of anxiety and often fluctuates emotionally (Vitterso & Nilsen, 2002). According to McCrae and Sutin, “neuroticism reflects the extent to which people are anxious, hostile, depressed, self-conscious, impulsive, and vulnerable” (2007). Through personal studies, the term “emotionality” has seemed to convey a clear, simple sense of the meaning behind the personality…

The big five personality dimensions can be divided into five factors: Extraversion, agreeableness, conscientious-ness, openness, and neuroticism (Costa and McCrae, 1992; McCrae and John, 1992; John and Srivastava, 1999). 2.1. Extraversion Extraversion is indicated by positive feelings (emotions) and tendency to seek partnership of others. It reperesents the tendency to be sociable, assertive, active, upbeat, cheerful, optimistic, and talkactive. Such individuals like people, prefer groups,…

A Study of Neuroticism in Psychological Literature Every individual’s personality is composed of a variety of different traits each of different strengths. Neuroticism is one such trait that encompasses a large portion of my personality. Neuroticism as a personality trait can generally be defined as emotionality. Two perspectives of psychology will be mentioned in this essay regarding the trait of neuroticism: The biological perspective and the trait perspective. The goal of this paper is to…

are around that area. The third scale I chose was the neuroticism scale. After completing this scale my score was high on neuroticism. The scale did a great job in assessing the trait of neuroticism because it included all the characteristics that go with that specific trait. It included questions related to worries, depression, anxiety, and mood swings. The majority of my responses does indicate that I am high in neuroticism but very few were low. The very few questions were related to…

of body satisfaction. The results also show that Neuroticism (M= 3.45, SD= 1.07) has a significant negative relationship with body satisfaction (r= -.356, p < .01). This means that the higher the level of Neuroticism, the lower the level of body satisfaction. This report focuses on the HEXACO personality traits of Conscientiousness and Neuroticism and its links with body satisfaction.The hypotheses predicted in this report are consistent with the results and are in line with previous…

Ostracism is the act of being excluded from social interaction, previous research using a virtual ball game called the cyber-ball paradigm has been utilized to show that ostracism can occur even in situations where there are no real people playing, this intern has been shown to lower individual’s self-esteem. On the other hand, studies have also shown that neuroticism has a direct effect on a person’s self-esteem as well yet no study to date has linked these factors together. Therefore, the…

During I briefly review the Big-5 personality test, I use the pen to summarize my Big-5 personality test’s result as below. The five personalities consists of extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness to experience. The full marks of Big-5 personality test are 99. For extraversion, my score is 21, which is the lowest score among the five personalities. The second lowest score is openness to experience which is scored 32. Both level of extraversion and openness to…

Emotional Intelligence assessment result from Enclosure 3 shows better than average score.Emotional intelligence (EI) refers to the ability to face obstacles, criticism and use emotions effectively to manage ourselves and influence positive outcomes in relationships with others. Individuals who scores higher than average score are able to make good decisions, control emotions, manage relationships effectively and motivate themselves with persistence and enthusiasm. Emotional intelligence…

The Big Five Personality Traits and Their Roles From the class clown to the shy artist, personality defines who people are and how the world perceives these characteristics. The Big Five personality traits consist of what is widely accepted as the most basic of human personality by most psychologist. These traits include openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. These traits also have smaller and more specific personality traits that fit into these…

traits, known as the “Big Five” – Extraversion which is also referred to as positive emotionality; individuals with this trait tend to have more positive attitude in life. Openness to experience are individuals who tend to have an open mind, flexibility and are more likely to be less prejudice towards other minorities. Agreeableness are individuals who are likely to resolve conflicts through constructive approaches, they are understanding, supportive and trusting. Conscientiousness are…