Personality characteristics of commerce and science graduates and male female dichotomy- a comparative study

In the present study an attempt has been made to compare the Personality Characteristics of Commerce and Science graduates, pursuing B.Ed course in Directorate of Distance Education, University Of Kashmir. Cattell’s Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire has been chosen as a tool for comparing personality traits of the subjects with respect to their academic background and gender. The hypothesis examined that Female students were not significantly different from Male students and students with commerce background were not much different from students of science background. Results showed that there were no significant difference among students in personality, on the basis of academic background except for the measures of Sensitivity and Perfectionism. The study findings also resulted in significant Gender based differences in some measures of personality like Warmth, Sensitivity, Vigilance, Abstractness and Openness to change.