Page No 110-116
Esmaiel Shirdel, Mohammad Moshkani Mohammad Ali Vakili
Counseling and Psychological Services of Golestan University of Medical Sciences
Center Baran, Golestan, Gorgan, Iran Gorgan, Iran
Mohammad Ahmadi Azam Kaboosi
Tehran University, Tehran, Iran Payame Noor University, Behshahr Branch, Iran
Since personality and its components play a key role in a person’s identity, the present
study aims at investigating the relation between the personality characteristics and
identity styles in university students of Iran. A sample of 333 university students were
chosen through random sampling. The results show that personality traits of openness
and conscientiousness are positive predictors of information identity status. The
personality traits of extroversion, agreeableness and conscientiousness are positive
predictors of normative identity status. However, the personality trait of openness is
a negative predictor of normative identity status and conscientiousness is a negative
predictor of diffusion identity status. The personality trait of extroversion, openness and
conscientiousness are positive predictors of commitment identity status. Openness is
the only characteristic trait, which is a positive predictor of informational, normative and
commitment identity style and a negative predictor of diffusion/avoidant identity style