Assessing Personality Traits among Adolescents in Secondary Schools: A Comprehensive Inventory Approach
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https://doi.org/10.31674/mjn.2025.v17isupp1.008Abstract
Background: For some young people, their maladaptive personality patterns may become severe enough to be diagnosed as personality disorders. For others, even if their maladaptive personality traits may not reach clinical significance, these problems probably still lead to difficulties in social adjustment and mental health. Objective: Assess personality traits in adolescents and identify their association with demographic variables. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 150 purposively selected secondary school students to assess personality traits using the Personality Inventory for the Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition – Brief Form (PID-5-BF) among children aged 11–17 years. Results: The overall score of the personality inventory is that 66.7% of adolescents have moderate dysfunction, as seen with a mean total score (M±SD= 29.16±7+.019). There is no evidence of the association between adolescents’ personalities and their sociodemographic variables. Conclusion: The overall personality inventory score of adolescents has moderate dysfunction. there was no substantial relationship between adolescent personality traits and demographic variables (age, gender, residence, education, occupation, and socio-economic status) in this study, although overall, the lives of adolescents were quite varied. Recommendation: These results encourage a shift toward a more individualised approach to understanding adolescent personality development, recognising the complex interplay of various influences beyond demographics. The study also recommends establishing educational programs for families, school administrations, and teachers as well on how to deal with adolescents and explaining this critical period in human life and its impact on shaping the individual’s future personality.
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Adolescents, Assessment, Personal Inventory, Secondary SchoolsDownloads
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