Abstract

ROA-MEGGO, Ysis. GENDER RELATIONS AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN GRATITUDE AND PERSONALITY IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS OF LIMA-PERU. Psychol. av. discip. [online]. 2017, vol.11, n.1, pp.49-56. ISSN 1900-2386.

This study established the relation between gratitude and personality of Peruvian university students residing in Lima; throughout a descriptive correlational design. The sample was composed/conformed by 200 university students living in Lima and it was used the Gratitude Scale developed by Alarcón and the Scale of five factors of Personality by Costa & McCrae.; Both Scales shown a remarkable degree of reliability and validity. Significant relationship between gratitude, Neuroticism, Responsibility and Kindness factors were found in the research; likewise, there were found significant differences according to each sex.

Keywords : personality; gratitude; university students.

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