Impact of Personality Traits on the Academic Achievement of Students at the College Level

Abstract

This research aims to determine the impact of personality traits on the academic performance of students at the college level. Research questions and research objectives lead the study. Objectives were; to enumerate the different personality traits that college students display which the five-component model theory explains, to evaluate the connection between a student’s personality characteristics and academic success, to analyze many personality traits that affect students’ academic success, and to make suggestions for how to solve the issue so that more studies may be done. The survey research design was used to accomplish the objectives. The study focused on undergraduate students from Government colleges of District Rahim Yar Khan. 400 ADP students were chosen from a target population of 7 Government colleges (girls & boys) in Sadiqabad, Khanpur, and Rahim Yar Khan by using the simple random technique. A five-point Likert scale i.e. SD, D, UD, A, SA self-structured questionnaire was used to collect data from the participants. The collected data were analyzed by using SPSS software with descriptive statistics (percentage, mean, and standard deviation). On the basis of the conclusion, there is a significant relationship between panic situation and personality; task handling and efficiency; skills and social situation with a positive correlation at α=0.05