مطالعه لغوي عوامل شخصيت در زبان فارسي

LEXICAL STUDY OF PERSONALITY FACTORS IN PERSIAN LANGUAGE

This article discusses the lexical study of personality factors in Persian language. 12000 traits were found from four Persian dictionaries and forty story books from famous and important authors. After refining the traits (e.g. omission of synonymous, oposits, etc.), finally 74 traits remained. A questionnaire was provided including first person statements for each trait. Three-hundred and sixty bachelor level students who were selected from universities, in Tehran, completed the questionnaire. A factor analysis with varimax rotation was administered on the data. The factor analysis revealed five factors namely; Commitment (C), Openness (0), Neuroticism (N), Extraversion (E), and Religiosity (R).