Authors : Pragnya Panda and V. S. Yadav
Page Nos : 244-250
Description :
The present study was carried out to understand the gender difference on big five factors of personality among elderly during 2016-17 in Cuttack district of Odisha. The sample comprised 70 elderly; 35 were male and 35 were female in the age of 60 or above years. The background information of the elderly was collected with the help of self-structured questionnaire. Big Five Inventory was used to identify the big five factors of personality among elderly. The results revealed that male and female were similar in their big five factors of personality but only in agreeableness factor female elderly were better than male elderly.
