Revista Internacional de Psicología (Jul 2014)

Personality traits by gender in Spanish College Students

  • Noelia Fernández Rouco,
  • Rocío Ruiz Cobo,
  • José Antonio del Barrio del Campo,
  • Alba Ibáñez García,
  • Irina Salcines Talledo,
  • Estefanía Santurde del Arco,
  • Jesús Miguel Sánchez Rodríguez

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 02

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Gender differences in personality, optimism and stress coping were analysed in a group of Spanish college students. Specific characteristics in these variables would be found, which will propose specific interventions. Three hundred and seventeen college students, 51 men and 266 women completed several personality questionnaires: The shorter version of Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ-R), the Coping Strategies Inventory (CSI), Revised Life Orientation Test (LOT-R), the Neo Five-Factor Inventory (NEO FFI), the Transparent Bipolar Inventory and the Berkeley Personality Profile. Statistically significant gender differences in social avoidance of coping skills scale and neuroticism of Eysenck Scale and Bipolar Inventory were founded. Men showed highest social avoidance and neuroticism based on Eysenck scale and no differences in other dimensions evaluated were showed. Finally, men tend to use avoidant coping, whereas neuroticism results are not consistent.

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