IMPACT OF PERSONALITY TRAITS ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine the role of Personality Traits on Academic Performance. Normative survey method was employed for the study. The data were collected from 433 students of class XI randomly selected from the district of North 24 Parganas (West Bengal). Personality Scale developed by Eysenck, H. J. (1964) was employed for the present study. The research findings revealed that the higher secondary school students have high level of Personality Traits and Academic Performance in the district of North 24 Parganas. The students differed significantly in their Academic Performance with respect to their gender and medium of instruction, but the students of class IX did not differed significantly in their Personality Traits with respect to their gender and medium of instruction. The students of different management of the schools differed significantly in their Academic Performance, overall Personality Traits and in its factor introvert. The findings also revealed that overall Personality Traits were significantly related with academic performance of the students. The good Personality Traits have contributed to highest Academic Performance among the students of North 24 Parganas district. Keyword: Personality, Trait, Five Factor Model, Achievement and Performance.