Inojales, Rosemarie G.

BSED SS 1-1D

CORRELATES OF PERSONALITY TRAITS AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF

AB PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS AT TARLAC STATE UNIVERSITY

Abstract

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology This study was conducted to determine if the personality traits of
AB Psychology students in the five domains of Big Five Inventory: Openness,
Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism correlates to their Academic
Performance through General Weighted Average (GWA). It sought to describe the significant
relationship of personality traits and the academic performance of all AB Psychology students.
The respondents were AB Psychology students of Tarlac State University. There are 344
students who are enrolled in Psychology Program where mostly are females. The Pearson
Product Moment Correlation method was utilized as a statistical tool to correlate the two
variables and to analyze the data. To determine the personality traits of the respondents they used
the Big Five Inventory Scale as an instrument. The academic performance or the GWA (general
weighted average) was requested from the respondents. Based from the findings of the study,
majority of the respondents are high in Agreeableness. In terms of their academic performance,
most of the respondents have a GWA of 1.75 or 90 and 2 or 87.5. As to the relationship between
the personality traits and academic performance, it shows that there is no significant relationship
between the two variables. Although, when academic performance was correlated with each
domain, openness and GWA showed a weak relationship and there was no relationship with the
other 4 domains. Based from the findings of the study, personality traits of the students do not
impact or predict their academic performance, considering that the program is diversely broad as
the curriculum per year level progresses, and that the students do not have a particular
personality. Motivation is seen as more of a major factor that affects the academic performance
of the students rather than their personality traits.

Keywords: Personality Traits, Academic Performance

REFERENCE:

Bolos, L. Martin, J., & Serraon C. (2017). Correlates of Personality Traits and Academic
Performance of AB Psychology Students at Tarlac State University. Undergraduate Thesis
Tarlac State University College of Arts and Social Sciences. Retrieved from
https://www.academia.edu/34858547/Title_CORRELATES_OF_PERSONALITY_TRAITS_AND_ACADEMIC_
PERFORMANCE_OF_AB_PSYCHOLOGY_STUDENTS_AT_TARLAC_STATE_UNIVERSITY
Inojales, Rosemarie G.
BSED SS 1-1D

THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MASAKLAW NA PANUKAT NG LOOB (MAPA NG

LOOB)

Abstract

Studies have shown that trait constructs measured by the two earlier. Filipino personality
inventories and a lexically based Filipino personality research instrument are well represented by
the Five-Factor Model (FFM; Katigbak et al., 2002; Church et al., 1997). On this basis, a 188-
item instrument that sets out to operationalize the FFM with Filipino trait constructs was
developed, with a core of twenty facet scales, each with eight items, and grouped by four for
each of the five domains. In six successive item-testing studies, considerations of internal
consistency reliability, content validity, keying balance, and factor structure were addressed.
While most of the samples across the six item-testing studies came from the national state
university in Metro Manila, data for the last study (total N = 576) also included
student samples from three other universities (N = 192), as well as an adult sample (N = 192).
The reliabilities for the final version of the instrument ranged from .65 to .81, with a mean of .72.
Keying balance for sixteen facet scales is perfect or near-perfect, with the remaining four having
a balance of 2:6. A Principal Component Analysis of the twenty facet scales showed a clear five-
factor structure, with each facet loading on its intended factor. Further work on the Mapa ng
Loob, which includes the development of a 50-item short form, an English version, and
validation studies, are briefly discussed.

Keywords: Big Five, Filipino trait constructs, Five-Factor Model, personality scales, personality
traits, test development, validation studies

REFERENCE:

Del Pilar, G. (2017). The Development of the Masaklaw na Panukat ng Loob (Mapa ng Loob).
Philippine Journal of Psychology. 50 (1), 103-141 Retrieved from https://www.pap.org.ph/
sites/default/files/upload/pjp2017-50-1-pp103-141-delpilar the_development_of_the_masaklaw
_na_panukat_ng_loob_mapa_ng_loob.pdf