Personality and academic performance among graduate students

Personality traits have a significant role in a student’s life to handle academic related issues which may lead to a decline in academic performance. A unique pattern of feeling, thinking and behaving shapes the personality of an individual. The objective of the current study is to examine the relationship between personality traits and academic performance among graduate students in Pakistan. The quantitative research design was used to achieve the objective of the study. The data was collected from a proportionate random sample of 384 postgraduate students enrolled in HEIs of Pakistan. Further, the data was analyzed through appropriate statistical techniques using SPSS and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) using SMARTPLS 3.0. The result indicated that there is a positive relationship between the dimensions of personality and academic performance. There is a significant relationship between neuroticism, openness to experience, extraversion, and academic performance. Whereas there is an insignificant relationship between conscientiousness and agreeableness with academic performance.