Five-factor traits of personality are a predictor of mothers’ aggression

Subject Areas : Educational

mansooreh  nikoogoftar ¹ (Assisstant Professor psychology, payame nour university, Tehran, Iran.)
Freshteh  Jazayeri ² (psychology, Research & science Branch university, Tehran, Iran.)

Received: 2018-02-08 Accepted : 2019-03-02 Published : 2019-06-22

Keywords: direct aggression, mothers, indirect aggression, Personality factors,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is the study of relations between personality factors and direct and indirect aggression among mothers.multi stage cluster random sampling was used to choose 389 mothers of elementary school students in Tehran. Neo Five-factory personality inventory (short form), Buss-Perry aggression questionnaire, The IAS-A indirect aggression questionnaire were utilized. The data were analyzed using Pearson Correlation and Multi-Variables Regression.The findings of Pearson Correlation indicated that excluding openness all the other four factors have significant relationship with direct and indirect aggression. In this way, outgoingness, agreeableness and conscientiousness, have negative significant relation with sub-scales of aggression and indirect aggression. Openness has a positive significant relation with the sub-scales of aggression, other than anger; it also has a negative significant relation with indirect aggression. Neuroticism has a positive significant relation with indirect aggression and aggression. Results from step by step analysis of regression showed that agreeableness, neuroticism and openness factors explain 41.5% of physical aggression variation. Agreeableness, neuroticism, openness and conscientiousness indicate 30% of verbal aggression variation. Agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism and openness factors explain 31% of anger variation. Agreeableness, neuroticism and openness indicate 26% of enmity variation. Agreeableness and openness explain 20% of indirect aggression variation. The result of this study shows that there is a significant relation between the five personality factors and direct and indirect aggression.

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