Emotion Regulation And Personality Traits Among Professionals

Abstract

This study intended to find the associations between emotion regulation and personality traits among professionals of different organizations. Co-relational research design was used and the data was collected using purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted in government or private hospitals and educational institutes. A sample of 160 professionals which were further divided into 80 Doctors (40 male and 40 female) and 80 teachers (40 male and 40 female) working in different private and government organizations. Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (ERQ) and Big Five personality traits were administered to the sample to measure the variables. The data was analyzed through SPSS 20. Using pearsons product moment correlation a significant relationship between emotion regulation and personality traits was found. Moreover analysis of t-test shows that there was a significant difference of demographic variable (occupation) on the level of emotion regulation and personality traits among professionals of different organizations.