Personality Traits of Gifted Students at Ajloun Governorate

Abstract

The current study examines the personality traits of gifted students at Ajloun governorate. The sample of the study consisted of all gifted students at King Abdullah II School for Excellence/Ajloun, totaling (380) male and female students. A 60-item questionnaire for five personality traits (Neuroticism, Extraversion, Openness to Experience, Agreeableness, and Vigilance Conscientiousness) was administered. The study revealed that the means scores of gifted students' personality traits at Ajloun governorate ranged between (3.52-4.07); as the "openness to experience" ranked first (M = 4.07), then the "extraversion" (M = 3.91), the "agreeableness" (M = 3.81), the "vigilance conscientiousness" (M = 3.77), and the "neuroticism" (M = 3.52), respectively. The study showed no statistically significant differences at (a = 0.05) due to gender in the total domains, except for the "neurotic" domain, where differences were in favor of females.