Measuring the Personality of Educational Counselors in Iraq According to the Alternative Five-Factor Model

Abstract

The current research aims to measure: The five alternative factors (impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism-anxiety, aggression-hostility, activity, sociability) among educational counselors. The significance of the differences in the five alternative factors (impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism - anxiety, aggression - hostility, activity, sociability) among the research sample members according to the gender variable (males - females). The objectives of this research, the researchers adopted the Zuckerman-Coleman Personality Questionnaire (1993), a multicultural version, as a tool that enables them to measure the five alternative factors, consisting of (50) paragraphs distributed over five factors, each factor having (10) paragraphs. Its psychometric properties (validity, reliability, confirmatory factor analysis) were verified. The current research community is represented by all educational counselors (males-females) working in the General Directorate of Education in Basra Governorate for the academic year (2023-2024), numbering (739) male and female counselors. The research sample was determined by (253) male and female counselors who were randomly selected with proportional selection. After statistically processing the data using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS), the results showed the following: Educational counselors have a high level of the factor (activity) and low for the factors (impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism - anxiety, aggression - hostility , and sociability). There were no differences in each of the factors (impulsive sensation seeking, neuroticism - anxiety, and sociability) among the sample members according to the gender variable (males - females). There were differences among the sample members according to the gender variable (males - females), in the factor (aggression - hostility) in favor of females, and the factor (activity) in favor of males. The researchers recommended several recommendations, and presented a number of proposals.