Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería

Pérez-Fuentes, Mª del Carmen; Gázquez, José J.; Molero, Mª del Mar

doi:10.3390/ejihpe2010002

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Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería

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Mª del Carmen Pérez-Fuentes

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José J. Gázquez

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Mª del Mar Molero

Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Enfermería y Fisioterapia. Universidad de Almería. Ctra. de Sacramento, s/n. C.P. 04120. Almería (España)

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Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2012, 2(1), 19-28; https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe2010002

Submission received: 11 December 2011 / Revised: 3 February 2012 / Accepted: 5 February 2012 / Published: 5 February 2012

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Abstract

The goal of the present study is to determine, through the administration of the NEO-FFI, the personality characteristics (as a function of variables such as age, gender, and civil status) of a specific group of 263 people over 50 years of age, who are part of an active ageing program such as the University Program for Older People “Science and Experience” of the University of Almería. Thus, as a function of gender, we only observed significant differences in the factor Neuroticism, with the women presenting higher levels than the men, with a considerable effect size (d = 0.61). With regard to civil status, the group of widowed people obtained the lowest scores in Factor A (Agreeableness), with significant differences with regard to the groups of married people and of divorced/separated people. Lastly, in the analysis as a function of age, we found significant differences in the following factors: Extraversion, Responsibility, Neuroticism, and Openness; the proportion of total variability attributable to age in the score of each variable was low.

Keywords: factors; personality; older people's university; sociodemographic variables

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Pérez-Fuentes, M.d.C.; Gázquez, J.J.; Molero, M.d.M. Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería. Eur. J. Investig. Health Psychol. Educ. 2012, 2, 19-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe2010002

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Pérez-Fuentes MdC, Gázquez JJ, Molero MdM. Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education. 2012; 2(1):19-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe2010002

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Pérez-Fuentes, Mª del Carmen, José J. Gázquez, and Mª del Mar Molero. 2012. "Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería" European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education 2, no. 1: 19-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe2010002

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Pérez-Fuentes, M. d. C., Gázquez, J. J., & Molero, M. d. M. (2012). Analysis of the “Big Five” Personality Factors in Students of the Older People's University of Almería. European Journal of Investigation in Health, Psychology and Education, 2(1), 19-28. https://doi.org/10.3390/ejihpe2010002

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