القوة التنبؤية للعوامل الخمسة الكبرى وبعض المتغيرات في الإيجابية لدى طلبة جامعة البلقاء التطبيقية
This study aimed at investigating the relationship between the big five personality traits and the positivity among Albalqa Applied University students. The sample consisted of (428) students. NEO Inventory was applied for big five personality traits that consisted of: Neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness and conscientiousness, also positivity scale was applied which prepared by Caprara et al. (2012). Results indicated that there were significant differences in the positivity due to the sex in favored to female, academic average in favored to v. good and more, and family income level in favored to high income, whereas results indicated that there were no significant differences in the positivity due to the study years and specialization. Results also indicated that there were positive significant correlations between the following personality traits: extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness with positivity, but negative correlation between neuroticism and positivity, while no significant correlations were found between openness to experience and positivity. Stepwise regression analysis showed that extraversion, conscientiousness, and agreeableness explain together about 49% of the variance in positivity. Finally, the study recommended that activities in extraversion, conscientiousness and agreeableness should be integrated into programs that aims to developing the positivity among the university students. (Published abstract)