A STUDY OF THE RELATIONSHIP OF FIVE-COMPONENT PERSONALITY AND SELF-ESTEEM OF FIRST YEAR PHYICAL THERAPY STUDENTS IN THE HEALTH LINE OF A HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTION ACADEMIC YEAR 2021

Abstract

            The objectives of this descriptive research were 1) to find the 5-component personality level and self-esteem of the first-year health students at a higher education institution, academic year 2021, 2) to determine the relationship between the 5-component personality type and their self-esteem. The samples gained by simple random sampling method, consisted of 36 first-year health physiotherapy students at a university in the academic year 2021. The tool was a 5-element personality test. The researchers used the    5-element personality test to test with physical therapy students in Bangkok similar to the sample group to find the reliability again. The reliability was equal to .92 and the self-esteem scale, the research team determined content validity by examining the content's consistency with the objectives and operational definitions and using Cronbach's                α-Coefficient to obtain a reliability equal .88. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The results showed that 1) 1st year physical therapy health students at a higher education institution, academic year 2021, had a level of self-esteem, openness to experience, conscientiousness, and agreeableness personality at a high level, and had a level of extraversion and neuroticism personality at a moderate level. 2) Regarding the relationship, self-esteem was found to have a statistically significant positive correlation at the .01 level, including openness to experience, conscientiousness and extraversion personality types (r=.52**,.72*.*, and .50**), neurotic personality had a statistically significant negative effect at the .05 level (r=-.37*). and no relationship was found with the agreeable personality.