BIG FIVE FACTORS OF PERSONALITY AMONG PHYSICAL EDUCATION TEACHER-TRAINEES OF PUNJAB IN RELATION TO GENDER

This study aims to investigate the Big Five factors of personality among Physical Education teacher-trainees concerning gender differences. A thorough examination of existing literature, coupled with a meta-analysis, revealed inconsistencies in the comparison of Big Five factors across diverse populations concerning gender. Study was delimited to Physical education teacher-trainees studying in colleges and departments of physical education located at Jalandhar, Hoshiarpur and Kapurthala Districts of Punjab. The final sample consisted of 228 (Female=92; Male=136) Physical education teacher-trainees from these districts. Big Five Inventory (BFI) developed by John, Donahue, and Kentle (1991) was used to measure Big Five Factors of Personality of Physical education teacher-trainees. Analysis in relation to t test revealed that male and female Teacher-trainees had equal level of all Factors of Personality under Big Five Factors of Personality except Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. Female Teacher-trainees had higher level of Agreeableness Factor of Personality under Big Five Factors of Personality than male Teacher-trainees. Male Teacher-trainees had higher level of Conscientiousness Factor of Personality under Big Five Factors of Personality than female Teacher-trainees.