personality traits

The article is devoted to the problem of the correlation between the foreign language acquisition effectiveness and personality traits, which are analyzed on the basis of Five-Factor model (P. Costa and R. McRae) and System-Functional model (A. I. Krupnov). The empirical study hypotheses were tested that the success of studying English by students is related to the Openness and Conscientiousness of the FiveFactor model, as well as to the variables from the instrumental-dynamic subsystem of initiative, considered within the framework of the SystemFunctional model.

The article reviews the problems of intercultural competence (ICC) in Western and Russian psychology. Special attention is given to considering the correlation between personality characteristics and intercultural competence using the example of Big Five factors. The results of empirical research of correlations between the indicators of intercultural competence and the Big Five factors in students are presented. For the diagnosis we used «The Scale of intercultural sensitivity» proposed by O. E. Khuhlaev and M. Y. Chibisova and «The Five Factors questionnaire» in M. V. Bodunov and S. D.

The paper presents the results of theoretical and empirical research of psychological types and factors of well-being. We suggested the existence of the specifics correlation between personality traits and severity level of psychological well-being, which determines the types of well-being of the personality. The results of empirical research carried out on a sample of students (N = 170, aged 16 to 25 years) with the use of psychodiagnostic tools: questionnaire «Life style index »; «The scale of psychological well-being» (C.

This paper presents the relations between the temperament properties and typological features of the sociability, persistence and curiosity as a traits studied in terms of the System-Functional approach developed by A.I. Krupnov. A total of 207 students took part in the research, including 60 male and 147 female. The age of the respondents is from 17 to 25 years. The sociability, persistence, curiosity and temperament properties were measured by the Questionnaires developed by A. Krupnov in accordance with the System-Functional Model.

The results of the longitudinal study of intelligence and personality characteristics of school children aged 9-12 years are presented. The study was performed on a sample of 128 students of 3 - 6 grades during three years. The R. B. Cattell's 12-factor questionnaire and Cultural Free Test are used. The new complex data processing method based on the neural networks and factor analysis is developed.