THE RELATIONSHIP OF THE FIVE-FACTOR PERSONALITY TRAITS TO THE CAREER MATURITY OF FIRST-YEAR SECONDARY STUDENTS IN ALKARAK GOVERNORATE

The current study aimed to determine the relationship of Five‐Factor Personality Traits to career maturity among (588) first year secondary students in Al Karak Governorate. The study sample consisted of both males and females students). To achieve the objectives of the study, the Crites scale of career maturity, and the John Donahue& Kentle scale of Big Five Inventory-BFI were employed, and the descriptive analysis approach was used also because of its suitability to the study’s goals. The study results were as follows: 1- the level of career maturity among the first grade secondary students was average, 2-There is a statistically significant positive correlation between Four‐Factors Personality Traits (Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Openness) and career maturity among the study sample, and a negative correlation between the neuroticism factor and career maturity. Based on these findings, the study recommended that high school students should enhance their social skills in order to increase their career maturity levels, especially those with introverted and anxious personality traits. KEY WORDS: Career maturity, Career choice. Personality traits, The five major factors, High school