CORRELATES BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SELF- ESTEEM OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

CYNTHIA GNANAMALAR.S; Dr.VASIMALAI RAJA .M

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2017

CORRELATES BETWEEN PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS AND SELF- ESTEEM OF HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS

Cynthia Gnanamalar. S, Dr. Vasimalai Raja . M

Abstract :

This study aimed at investigating the relationship between personality and self-esteem of high school teachers. Data of this study were collected by administering a questionnaire of self-esteem and questionnaire of personality type measuring test that were prepared by the researcher. The instruments were administered to a random sample from government and private high school. The sample consisted of 60 teachers (30 males and 30 females). Pearson Coefficient Correlation was used to determine the relationship between variables. Results of the study revealed that there was a positive relationship between overall self-esteem and personality. Likewise, positive relationships between situational and task self-esteem with the relationship between personality type was significant.