Determining associations between Big Five personality traits and executive function in an undergraduate student sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study sought to determine the associations between executive functioning and Big Five personality traits in an undergraduate sample.

Method

Participants included 200 undergraduates (73% women), with a mean age of approximately 21 years. Participants completed the Big Five Inventory-44 and a psychological assessment battery, which included the Trail Making Test and the Semantic Fluency Test.

Results

Results from multiple regression analyses suggested agreeableness was negatively associated with Semantic Fluency - Animals (β = -0.310, p < 0.001). Moreover, conscientiousness was positively associated with Trail Making Test B-A (β = 0.197, p = 0.016), but negatively associated with Trail Making Test A (β = -0.193, p = 0.017).

SUBMITTER: Quarles E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11957935 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature