Personality Correlates of Forgiveness among Post Graduate Students | Original Article

ABSTRACT:

The aim of the study was to study the personality correlates of forgiveness among post graduate students. The correlation research design was employed and the data was obtained from 100 participates i.e. 50 male and 50 female post graduate students by using NEO Personality Inventory and Heartland Forgiveness Scale. In finding out the correlation of personality traits with different dimensions of forgiveness i. e., forgiveness of self, forgiveness of others and forgiveness of situation and total forgiveness a pearson’s co-efficient of correlation was calculated. The results of a pearson’s product moment correlation revealed Openness has a positive correlation with forgiveness of self among female post-graduate students, Extraversion, Openness, and Agreeableness has a positive correlation with personality traits correlates of forgiveness of self among male post-graduate students, Extraversion, Openness, and Consciousness are positively correlated with forgiveness of others among female post-graduate students, Extroversion, Openness, Agreeableness also have a positive correlation with forgiveness of others among male post-graduate students, Openness, Agreeableness, and Consciousness have a positive correlation with forgiveness of situations among female post-graduate students. Extroversion, Agreeableness and Consciousness are positively correlated with forgiveness of situations among male post-graduate students. Extroversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Consciousness have positive correlation with total score on forgiveness among female post-graduate students. Extroversion, Openness and Agreeableness have a positive correlation with total score on forgiveness among male post-graduate students. The implications of the finding are discussed in detail.