Effect of Stress on Different Personality Types

Abstract

Stress and personality are two factors common in everyone yet everyone has a different coping mechanism and reacts to different stressors. There are a lot of personality types and even if someone has the same personality, they still may be different. The aim of the study was to find the effect of stress on different personality types. Samples (N=100) were collected from a sample of males and females in the age group of 16 to 65 years. Two self-rated scales Ten item personality inventory and perceived stress scale were used to collect the data and correlation was used to find the relationship between stress and personality types. The results show that stress had no effect on one’s extraversion, agreeableness and openness to experience, whereas it negatively impacted neuroticism and conscientiousness which leads to traits such as impulsive decisions, irritation and aggressiveness.