Personality traits and its relation to Psychological Adaptation of illegitimate children and adolescents sample

Abstract

The present paper aimed at investigating certain personality traits and its relation to psychological adjustment of a sample consisting of (25) illegitimate child and adolescent (14 child & 11 adolescent). The tools utilized were personality rating scale prepared by Mamdouh Salama, psychological adjustment scale prepared by the present researcher. Results of the study indicated that a positive significant correlation relationship was found between personality traits and psychological adjustment of the illegitimate children participants. Besides, a positive and significant correlation relationship was found between personality traits and psychological adjustment of the illegitimate adolescent participants. It was also possible to detect a significant difference between illegitimate children and adolescents in personality traits and psychological adjustment.