DOI: 10.5176/2251-1865_CBP13.92
Authors: Chandrashekhar. S. Gawali
Abstract:
Present paper is studying impacts of Caste, Gender and Socio-Economic-Status on Five personality factors which are Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness, Agreeableness and Conscientiousness. NEO-Five Factor personality Inventory-R and Janbandhu’s Socioeconomic Scale were administered on total purposive sample of 144 students both boys and girls studying at degree college. Gender ratio 1:1 was assured. Caste, Gender and Socio-Economic-Status were taken as independent variables, each varying at two opposite levels and five factors of personality were dependent variables. The 2x2x2 factorial design was developed. Computation of ANOVA enabled to investigate main as well as interaction effects of IVs on DVs. Main effect of caste has brought out highly significant result (F = 21.554; df = 1 and 136, p< 0.01.), where scheduled caste students scored more on neuroticism than students belonging to open caste. The caste also drawn significant result (F=4.584; df 1 & 136; P<0.05) on extroversion, where open caste students found more extrovert than scheduled caste students. The SES also brought out significant results (F=4.425; df 1 & 136; P<0.05) related to extroversion and it is noted that, students from high SES scored more on extroversion than students from low SES. Main effect of gender is also significant, with the result (F= 11.774; df = 1 and 136; P<0.01) it is evident that, girls scored more on agreeableness than boys. Keywords: Caste, Gender, Socio-Economic-Status, Neuroticism, Extroversion, Openness , Agreeableness and Conscientiousness.
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